huhtikuuta 14, 2010

And one day I will dance with my horses



Today I've exhausted myself with stupidly arguing about my ways comparing to others. Then from Stormy's blog comments I find a link to Carolyn Resnick's blog where she writes about ways to make a difference.

Well, what to learn about this? Nothing much.

Just kidding. One day I, too, will dance with my horses.
klo

7 kommenttia:

  1. June15. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 19.03

    Who were you arguing with? You mean like a "live" argument with another horse person?
    So far I haven't had to deal with that. The people at my barn are very tolerant of my funny ways.

    VastaaPoista
  2. JEN-SKA16. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 14.10

    Luckily not in real life but in a finnish web forum. I can't even understand what made me do that. I just felt that maybe I could make someone see what I think is wrong with Parelli & others who are mentally forcing horses to bend in their requests. I posted this video with Linda Parelli, sure you've seen it. It just kind of escalated from there when someone was defending Linda's choices and Parellism in general.

    I am lucky to have nice & like-minded stable mates too :)

    VastaaPoista
  3. June17. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 2.41

    I think it is very hard to explain to people. None of it really makes sense until you start to get feedback from the horse, and you realize what you've been missing all along by not listening. I really don't know why I had to go along with Spilker when I read the book. I just did, even though I couldn't figure it out. Now I see - it's like opening a window and letting in the sunlight - how could you close the shutters again? But for people who don't know sunlight, how can you explain it?

    VastaaPoista
  4. JEN-SKA17. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 11.29

    Yes, you are so totally right, and I just hate it when it starts to sound like a cult when trying to explain it :D

    VastaaPoista
  5. June18. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 7.27

    Of course Spilker and Hempfling and Resnick and Nevzorov all have horses who are doing spectacular stuff. It would be easier to justify to others if you could point to results and say - See what my horses are doing. Well, from a personal point of view, I see results - but not what an outsider would consider to be a result. Hempfling says that you shouldn't aim for results but that if you're doing things right, results will follow. And if you don't see something tangible, then you're doing something wrong. I don't know - I haven't been doing this long enough to know what to expect long term. I was explaining the changes in Chloe today to someone, and I almost felt like I was talking in a foreign language or something. Even though I was talking to a very sympathetic person. Oh well, it's nice we can sympathize via blogs!!!

    VastaaPoista
  6. JEN-SKA18. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 22.48

    I am a bit worried that when Olga moves to new stable, all other people will consider her to be a bad behaving pony :/

    These few blogs that I am following have become really important to me <3

    VastaaPoista
  7. June19. huhtikuuta 2010 klo 18.20

    People at our barn have gotten used to seeing Chloe running around free while I'm there. She may not be very well "trained" - but she never bothers anyone - never "gets into stuff," never goes up to horses in cross-ties, never gets into anyone's "space" in other words. I think their reaction to her as a non-nuisance speaks loudly. At least that's what I like to think!!! Of course her small size makes her non-threatening. On the other hand, people must think I'm crazy when Chloe's not moving, and I'm standing there, saying: "Well what do you want to do now?"!!!

    VastaaPoista

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