3/28/12

zeek's day


This is the message I sent to Gwin's previous owner tonight:

"I just got back from being with Gwin. She came walking right over to us when we got to her pen. she's made best friends with the two "top" horses in her pen, surprisingly. and I can already tell the horses like her.

I groomed her for about 45 minutes, and then I walked with her inside. I have been working on walking her without a lead, and today she did SO well. She will walk with her nose nearly on my right hand, straight ahead and even with tight turns. She'll also stop with me and a voice command. I'm working on teaching her to back up to marching feet. For now, I touch her chest and say "back" while marching. She's SO sweet and attentive.

I rode her for about 30 minutes, doing circles and getting her mind off the beaten path. I can tell she's been a trail horse for awhile.

Then I let my son ride her for the first time. She wouldn't do much for him with me in the ring, so I just led her around by walking with her. I was also able to have him ride her completely bare back after I took her saddle off.

I noticed that she is not comfortable even with the idea of being bare back with me. I haven't mounted her yet, but when I checked how she'd react by just draping my arms over her while I stood on the block, she did not like it one bit. I figured he'd have a better chance at it being less than half my weight. I DIDN'T think we'd get him ON her today, but she had no problem with it. He was proud.
Again, I led her around for him. She's kind of a one person girl I'm noticing.

It was hard leaving her tonight. I missed her already half way down the road. She's just so soft and cuddly and sweet. She lets me love on her so much, and she's so loving, herself. I love it!

In Heaven.
Love, Lora"


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