So after 2 and a half weeks off I finally felt comfortable enough about Sophie's leg to start working her again. We still got a lot done though on our break though- we got her wormed, her feet trimmed and I was able to practice trailering a bit more also.
Here's a recap of today-
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| We practiced saddling and I flapped the stirrups to let her know they were there. |
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| I took an empty grain sack and rubbed it all over her, flapping and desensitizing her to it (note: this is the end product of many days of desensitizing. Please don't ever just go up to a horse with something like this unless you know they are ok with it) |
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| Then we practiced pick me up off the fence. She is getting more comfortable with seeing me up there. |
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| And also playing with the saddle...she has to know that it moves around up there and makes noise. |
Sophie is doing pretty well and I am happy with her progress. I've still got a few more lessons I want to cover before we go for our first ride. I want to make sure she is happy and accepting everything new that I show her, so I am taking the time that it takes. A lot of people like to rush into things wham bam shezam...but I like taking my time and knowing that she's confident and I'm confident. This way I don't have to go back and fix a lot of problems later on. I love that she is relatively untouched because she hasn't developed any bad habits. That's just the way I like it!
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