It's been a weird week for me. I let B stay out every night until last night when Sandra brought B in while I went off somewhere socialising. It rained a lot yesterday and there was thunder and lightening. B looked at me like she didn't remember me this morning for a while but after a lot of approach and retreat while I brushed all the mud off her, for the first time she walked with me at liberty around the yard to the field.
Tonight when I went to be caught, as soon as I got to the gate of the runway, her head was up and she walked towards me. Very sweet.
So why weird? I think I am totally institutionalised! I know that horses should really live out 24/7 but letting B stay out all night feels weird lol. I miss her terribly and then within a few days I get used to not being at the yard and wonder how it would be if I didn't have her. That thought snaps me back to reality and how much a horseless life would make me miserable. This probably has to do with previously owning an aged horse who didn't want to stay out. Interesting to find I was thinking that while B is out I don't 'have to' ride her. Blimey. My mind seems to work in strange ways. I put it down to lack of confidence on my part. How interesting!
I found out the other day from talking to the lovely girl who loaned B before me that she has had problems in the school. Makes sense given her reaction in the school with me. I did wonder why she was a little reluctant the first time and then completely RB the next with another horse being lunged. So I shall endeavour to go easy and slow and start all over again. More approach and retreat I think.
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