The start of the journey.

So here we are! This is Breeze, hopefully my new partner along the Parelli journey. At the moment she is in Cornwall. I went to spend the weekend with her and the loan was agreed in principle. We have to sort out the legalities and then the logistics of getting her here.

I hadn't quite realised the extent of which I have missed having a horse. I knew I missed Lizzie and played with a few other horses. It just isn't quite the same as being with your own.

Breeze is very sensitive and unconfident and at the moment I think she in a RBI. Although she is 8 she seems younger and exhibits some foal like behaviours like mouthing and lifting her front leg up to paw the air. Very different from my experiences with Lizzie who was much older. She is also very ticklish on her belly and further back. Initially she was quite anxious about her back legs being touched but over the weekend she relaxed and was happy to be scratched and groomed everywhere. Breeze is terrified of the c/s so a lot of aproach and retreat is needed and that will be true of a lot of things for a while. I am in awe of how she turns from a wild eyed, snorting, tense creature at the beginning of our play to a relaxed, soft eyed horse at the end.

There is so much about her I love and I see a lot of potential for both of us. I am sure it will take quite a while to gain her trust but as Pat says, take the time it takes! Although I am wondering to some extent if I have enough savvy, Parelli does and I have access to tons of that savvy lol. I do have the time and the patience and the will to try and that's a pretty good start.