I can’t think of a better way of starting this blog than writing the first post when I’m in a bad mood and Shah is definitely not my friend. I always write lots when I’m in a bad mood. I’m hoping that by being able to post our progress, and particularly steps backwards, I will be able to look back on our bad days and realise that we are actually becoming friends and Shah is improving. But that seems a long way away today.
I hope this blog will help you find ways of developing a better relationship with your horse, avoid the mistakes I made, and make life better for a whole bunch of horses out there that are in need of rescuing in one way or another. Shah is a rescue horse, sort of. He’s not mine, I share him with his owners. But I’m the only one who rides him and the owners don’t think he will ever improve. I am a very stubborn person who seems to like huge challenges.
The latest twist in our story is that we have just started doing natural horsemanship and I’d like to be able to look back on our beginnings in a few months time and say ‘hey, this NH stuff really works, back then he was awful and right now he’s going really well and impresses even the local dressage judges” – that’s a long way away I know, but you have to have goals don’t you?!
So, today he’s not my friend Shah, but tomorrow, who knows?
