It doesn't matter how much I may enjoy being with them, grooming them, working them and riding them, there is no way I can adequately describe what it feels like not to have the energy or the inclination to be around them when I am not well. Trying to saddle up a horse correctly takes so much energy that I am then too tired to even have a leg up to get on and take a ride. So while I can and am able I use the opportunity to my advantage.
Today I managed to spend time with Switch who is still carrying a lot of pregnancy weight. She was very good and let me do so much with her. I measured her to see how much she weighs now...she is 380 kg and she is our tallest horse at 15 hands. I managed to put the halter on her, and then the numnah and saddle too. She looks so fat and yet the area that the saddle is strapped around her with the girth is quite small. I used Zorro's saddle today and I was able to tighten it a lot smaller on her than on him. All the while she just stood obediently and let me work with her. To hoist myself on top of her I needed to use a step,well not a step, but an old car tyre, but she didn't mind. To sit on her was the best feeling I have had in a while. I felt so tall and all the while she just kept her stance. We walked a bit around the ring but not a lot. It is the first time since she has been with us that I have done this as we first had to let her get used to us and then with her being pregnant we decided to rather earn her trust than work her.
After lunch I spent time with Angel, my dad's horse. I didn't use a saddle as I was too lazy to go and fetch it. I just sat on a numnah. She too was very good and I had a nice little trot with her around the ring. She has picked up quite a bit of weight over summer with too much delicious grazing to eat so she really needs us to ride her more often.
I am going to try my best to be with the horses every day this week...it doesn't just help them but it helps me too. How lucky am I!!!!
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