In your own time

Tonight I was really hoping to capitalise on the success of yesterday. It has been another lovely evening, but without the horrendous clouds of midges we have had recently, which is a blessing.

I let Faith out of her stable to have a mooch about the yard. I was going to give her a nice brush, and just pick up her feet a couple of times. Faith had other plans however. She spent some time having a chat with Tilly and Tommy over their stable doors, investigating the chickens, and just generally pottering.

She wasn’t really interested in standing to be brushed, so I just sat on my jump blocks and admired her until she was ready to stand for a bit. It didn’t take many minutes for her to complete her investigations, but it really brought it home to me that this type of work, with the horse at liberty, really encourages you to slow down, and go at the horse’s pace. I spend most of my time complaining about the fact that I am rushing around like a blue @rsed fly, so actually this is a really nice, restful process for me, and is doing the world of good for me as well as Faith.

Anyway, my patience paid off and she let me pick up and handle both her back feet with absolutely no problems at all, and in a relaxed fashion.