Wednesday, March 4, 2015

Pocket Pony

Today's session with the cows was marginally better, but got cut short because the Landlord came roaring in with his bale truck so I had to get out of the way. Delia was not quite as petrified, but she did drop her shoulder into me in her hurry to get her butt turned to the cows. I did get her to stop, stand and look a few times before I had to leave.
 So the thing I need to work on is keeping her out of my personal space.
This is how close she wants to be.
In fact, every time I walk in her pen, she is right behind me....

She even followed me as I walked all the way around the tree....
She definitely keeps an eye on me.
And on the landlord as he walked into the cow pen too!
The next few days I will be working on getting her to learn where my bubble is, and to keep a respectful distance unless invited in. She does lead well, including stopping and going and turning in unison with me, just have to work on keeping a little further away especially so that when she gets worried she will not run over me but have that space ingrained enough to keep me safe.

4 comments:

John and Regina Zdravich said...

She is really pretty - I love her mane. She is going to be a good horse. I also LOVE the scenery where you live -- just beautiful! I would love for you to pop over to my blog and read the post about rein repair -- I am curious to see what someone else has to say about the type of clasps on our tack. It is the 3rd post down. Thanks.

Anonymous said...

I understand the personal space thing. But I'd love it if my horse followed me once in a while (if I had a horse)

lisa said...

Let the games begin! You are going to do great with her. Good luck.

T.L. Merrybard said...

Aww, bless her, what a sweety. I know greys have their special problems but I can't help loving them. Especially greys as pretty as Delia is!