You Never Know When Your Going to Need It...

Today was one of those days that you just thank God for blessing you with the knowledge you need. When I think back right now of today the old saying, "an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure" is running through my mind over and over. Let me explain...

Well about 3PM I went out to play with Pride, we had an exilerating OnLine play time today. We played mostly around the Squeeze Game and Driving Game, we did the Weave and Figure 8. Pride was having fun and so was I. Then we went to the round corral to do the Focus Game while riding, I was bareback and had his bridle in. He responed lightly, he was just great!!! Well we played for 1 1/2 hours and then did some undemanding time. I let him graze out in the yard while I read a book under the tramp (Shade! It was like 85 degrees here today, not a cloud in the sky) and just hung out with him. When....oh I have to back up a little bit :). (the picture of Pride is when we were doing undemanding time, the sun was setting and making everything so bright!)

Before I played with Pride I was doing school when my dad suddenly burst into the house laughing, he pointed outside and explained that Nickers was in the trench we had just dug (we are currently moving our facilities around and trying to finish our house so my dad had to dig up our power lines and will have to move them. He made a trench to lay them in with the Backo, it was up to Nickers withers and so narrow it was bushing both his sides at once). I didn't see it but I guess Nickers tried jumping out of the trench when he got to the end (our well, so it had cement sides) and scraped the crud out of his back legs. It hurt him pretty badly. My dad has had this trench here for a couple days now, and I have not turned the horses out into the pasture becuase of it. I didn't want them to get in it, since I know horses. If there is something to get in, get on, or get under they will. For the life of me I still don't understand why my dad let them out.

Now back to undemanding time with Pride. I was sitting there eating my dinner (I was eating outside with Pride) when I looked over and Nickers was....guess. Back in the Trench. I knew he would, he's so calm and curious it doesn't surprise me Nickers got in there again. I would have locked all of the horses in the corral, but my dad had insisted that I don't. That Nick wouldn't do it again. Direct Line thinking...or...HUMAN thinking as it is called, I should have just locked them up because I knew it would happen again. Anyway, I raced over to Nickers, abandoning my beautiful dinner on the lawn... and not to mention Pride. :) On the scene of the accident, I started backing Nickers up the trench to were he could turn around and jump out. I tried backing him without a halter on, but was affraid he would try to jumpt out and I sure as heck was not getting in the trench with him...for safety reasons of course. I finally yelled to my mom who was eating supper inside (the windows were open). She came out and started yelling at me because the dog was eating my supper....he ate everything except the peaches. I asked her to get me a halter, which she did, so I could control Nickers in case he tried to jump. I didn't want to risk my life or his on it if he did try, I wasn't willing to take a chance. Anyway after what seemed like hours and after my muscles were burning I finally got him out.

All I can say is Nickers is truly a trooper. That trench was rocky and it ran uphill so he had to back all the way up it. He is truly a great horse, he did all the work because I asked him to. He backed uphill with the rocks hurting his back legs for me, all because I asked him to. The relationship is so important, you never know when your horses life or yours will depend on it.When you ask your horse to do something, that he will do it no matter what. That he will do it that second, without hesitation. I now know how much the relationship means to that horse, through all the training I've done I was also able to stay, calm and not make irresponsible and irrationall decisions. My horses life was in my hands, and he knew it too. He trusted me with it. And believed that me as his leader would get him out of his situation safely.

And that is the plane, simple truth. You never know when your going to need it....

-Keep it natural,

            Kaylee

This is Sunny. He's my kitten, I took this picture when I was doing undemanding today with Pride, I love this picture because it shows his true attitude and kittynality (like my new word?). I have a really cool thing in mind...I'll type it up tomorrow, so stay tune!!! This picture has something to do with it.....