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Lady Hwin and I have officially graduated Level 2 of the Parelli
program. We are capable of doing Level 3
and 4 things on the ground and more or less Level 3 things riding-wise (minus
cantering). We’ve been that way for a
year… two years… nothing got better, if anything, it got worse. Lately it has seemed to me that we had come
to the point that neither me OR Lady looked forward to spending time
together. I feed, she eats, that’s the
end of it. I just can’t keep her
attention… and when I try she goes right brained or finds a way out of
working. No fun…
Sooo… I have decided that we both need to learn to love
again. It’s a hard fact to face, but I think
it’s true. If there is no enjoyment from
either party, what is the point?
My solution? Not completely
sure yet… but I chose to start off with 7 days of undemanding time. In the cold.
I decided that this morning.
Went out this afternoon. Took a
chair, plopped down in the middle of the paddock, near the hay, and just sat. I sang to myself a little bit. The cat, One, came to hang out, so I cuddled
him and kept me warm! :)
Tempest-pony decided to come see me first… she nibbles, so I
had to be careful about just letting her touch me, but it worked out fine… she
sniffed a bit and then just stood, relaxed.
Lady remained facing away from me for a long while.
It probably took fifteen minutes or so before she came to
see what this was all about. She came up
from behind (big Right Brain Introvert signal!) and stood for a while… and then
very carefully sniffed my arm and hand and shoulder… and the cat. ;)
All in all, I think I sat about 25 minutes in the cold. But nothing happened to scare me away from
doing it again… so I guess I’ll be at it again tomorrow.
The little things in life are what make it the most
wonderful… Working on it.
Savvy On!
-Kit Marie & Lady Hwin & Tempest
