I've been playing with Pride lately and just yesterday I noticed (It was very apparent, I was just oblivious to it) that whenever I asked him to do a Yo-Yo game towards me, he would pin his ears and get this nasty "FINE!" look on his face, he was doing it because he thought he "had" to not because he wanted to. I noticed him getting the same ugly "FINE THEN!" look on his face when I asked him to play the Stick To Me Game with me. If I went faster than a walk he would pin his ears and look like he was just doing it so that afterwards I'd leave him alone.
I don't know how I missed the signs! Why did it take me this long to see it? I didn't see it at first when it was little, now I see it when its a big. I'm so focussed on this and this and this, I'm not really paying attention to what Pride has to say about it, all I was focused on was teaching Pride what he needed to know. I needed to pay attention to what he though, what he wanted to do instead, and if he wanted to do it. Being raised in the middle of 2 brothers (on a ranch none the less) I've learned to hold my own, that if I wanted something I had to be abrupt to get it.I guess I need to be a little more patient... I was so focused on what I went out their to teach him I forgot he was there, that I wasn't playing with a stuffed animal. Yes I know, I'm ashamed. I've been doing Parelli for almost a year and didn't catch this ahead of time.All I can say is in the future I will definently be more aware of Pride and his feelings.
My new goal for this month is to get rid of the FINE THEN attitude and get the YES! LETS DO IT attitude. I don't care if we don't learn anything new, I only care about our relationship. At from this point on, it will stay that way.
Your Truly,
Kaylee and Pride
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