Showing posts with label longeing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label longeing. Show all posts
May 24, 2010
We Have Finally Achieved Normalcy!!
It only took four years. You can read about our struggles to conquer Solo's abusive longeing past here . If you are not familiar with...
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thoughtful insights
January 5, 2010
Patience, Grasshopper
Riding & training are not always a linear, forward progression of learning. In fact, if they are, you should get off your horse & b...
November 25, 2009
Small Victories, Pt. II
I decided to try a slightly different approach than we'd used before. I put him in a nice, forward, rhythmic trot and let him stretch d...
Small Victories, Pt. I
I lean into him and lay my head on his back as he munches sweet grass hay. My ear on his fur, I can hear the echo of his teeth grinding thr...
August 27, 2009
Work, work, work, OOO CLINIC!
We kept practicing. Slowly longeing became less about torture and Solo became less convinced that I would beat him to death. We could walk...
August 22, 2009
Circles of Doom
I had been told by the seller that Solo "didn't longe" because she had let another girl work with him and she had spun him in ...