Thursday, October 28, 2010

FAIL

That's right, today was dressage fail.....
India behaved like a squirrel on caffeine......
it was baaaaaaad...........

She kept contact very nicely though...i mean she had some really brilliant moments where everything just fell into place
then there was the "OHSHIT!!!nobrakesdon'trunintotheWAAAALLLL!!!!" moments.

F.A.I.L

Lots of it was my fault, i was rough with my hands, because i had no brakes......i love having brakes. Because i was rough with my hands indie got nervous and flipped out losing more brakes. and so the cycle continued........
then it got dark and she started flipping out at everything, so i moved to the lit arena where she fell to pieces.......... and i finally just cantered around until she got some energy out and we cantered one good circle did a canter-walk (a really good one i might add) and quit right there.

Even though we had some hairy moments she was brilliant the rest of the time, i got some of the best quality trot i've ever gotten

Sooooo not total fail.......

But i am publically saying that
I Need Help!!!
i can't train this horse all by myself anymore, i don't need anyone else to ride her i can do that part. I just don't know where to go from here. I know the feeling i need to get i just don't know how to get it without making my horse have a meltdown......and i feel terrible about it.

Now that i have a job i'm going to start coughing up the 100 dollars every couple weeks and convince the rents to trailer the pony's butt up the expensive trainer, when dorothy's not here.



*Also please enjoy this not fail*

2 comments:

Dressager said...

Sounds like Greta girl yesterday!! Had to take her for a short gallop before our lesson began haha. Even though I tried to DIY it, I reached the point where I didn't know what I was doing either, so I too, coughed up the $200 for 4 $50 lessons a month with new, super cool trainer. Hopefully I'll soon reach the point where I can do lessons every other week, but a lesson every week is much more logical for my intro-level self. Intro level, so embarassing lol!!

photogchic said...

I don't think it is about throwing money at a trainer...it is about your relationship with your horse. When your horse trusts you as a leader...spooky and bad behaviors stop. I strongly suggest learning to play the seven games with you horse. I had a mare that flipped over backwards..playing the games work. Try it. It is cheaper and more fun than a trainer.