Monday, January 26, 2009

DAY 17

WHAT A DAY IT HAS BEEN ! LOTS TO TELL AND FEEL FREE TO ASK QUESTIONS IF ANY BECAUSE I AM ENTERING A TOPIC THAT ALONG THE WAY I AM GETTING EDUCATED MYSELF. I AM A TRUE BELIEVER IN USING NATURAL REMEDIES TO SOOTHE YOUR BODY AND YOUR SOUL SUCH AS CANADIAN FOREST TREE ESSENCES OR SIMPLY BY DOING YOGA TO RELIEVE STRESS, SO I DECIDED TO IMPLEMENT THIS INTO MY TRAINING. I CALLED UP MY FRIEND LORI WHO IS AN EXPERT IN THIS FIELD AND OWNER OF MIND BODY MASSAGE(FOR ALL WALKS OF LIFE) AND SHE EXCITEDLY AGREED TO COME AND TAKE A LOOK AT MJ AND GIVE ME SOME ADVISE TO HOPEFULLY SPEED UP OUR PROGRESS - MEANING TRUST TRUST TRUST!!! FIRST WE INCORPORATED ON FRI. RESCUE CREAM BY BACH FLOWER ESSENCE TO HELP COMFORT PAST TRAUMA ALSO, ANIMAL RESTORE BY CANADIAN FOREST TREE ESSENCES USED AS A MIST SPRAY TO HELP SPEED ALONG THE PROCESS FOR MJ TO RELAX AND TRUST ME AND I APPLIED THESE EVERY DAY . I FEEL THAT THE MIST IS REALLY HELPING RELAX HER AND SHE REALLY ENJOYS IT-NEVER MOVES AN INCH WHEN I SPRAY WHERE AS MY RIDING HORSE WOULD HAVE AT LEAST DANCED AROUND A LITTLE JUST TO GIVE ME HIS OPINION. LOL. THE RESCUE CREAM I AM NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE AFFECTS SO I WILL BE DISCONTINUING THE USE OF IT AS OF TODAY. I GUESS WE WILL SEE WHAT TOMORROW BRINGS. THIS MORNING I ALSO GAVE HER SOME TREATS THAT WERE SOAKED IN CANADIAN ESSENCES FOR BEING NERVOUS AND WHEN I TOOK HER OUT OF HER PEN SHE WAS NOT NEAR AS JUMPY AS THE DAYS BEFORE, BUT SHE WAS A SLIGHT AGGRESSIVE NOT GOOD. DISCONTINUING THAT ALSO. WORKED HER FOR A HALF HOUR THAN SPRAYED HER WITH MY ANIMAL RESTORE MIST AND SHE SEEMED TO COME BACK TO ME , SO I AM GUESSING THAT NERVOUSNESS IS NOT THE ISSUE, IT IS JUST PLAIN TRUST. I CONTINUED TO WORK HER AND PROGRESS AGAIN WAS BEING MADE . I REALLY WANT TO PUT A SADDLE ON HER BUT SOMETHING IS TELLING ME THAT SHE JUST IS NOT READY AND MY FATHER ALWAYS TOLD ME TO LISTEN TO MY GUT SO I DID . NO SADDLE TONIGHT BUT I DID LAY MY SURCINGLE ALLOVER HER BACK AND MOVE HER AROUND AND SHE DID NOT MIND THAN I PUT THE LARIAT WHERE THE CINCH WOULD BE WHICH WAS TRICKY IN ITSELF, BUT I DID IT AND SHE WAS GOOD WITH THAT. BY THE END OF OUR SESSION I WAS LEADING HER WITH THE LARIAT WHICH WAS TOTALLY AWESOME!! AFTER THAT HARD WORKOUT WE WENT FOR A STROLL OUTSIDE FOR THE SECOND TIME AND SHE DID REALLY WELL. SHE DID GOOD ON THE ICE WHICH IS EVERYWHERE AND SHE DOES NOT LIKE MY DOG TO WELL BUT SHE WILL LEARN TO DEAL BECAUSE HE IS MY RIGHT LEG WHEN I AM TRAINING. JUST AS I WAS PUTTING HER BACK IN THE BARN LORI WAS COMING TO CHECK ON US AND IMPRESSED SHE WAS WITH MY DAY AND THINGS THAT I HAVE LEARNED AND BEFORE SHE LEFT US FOR THE NIGHT SHE DID A REIKKI (ENERGY) TREATMENT ON MJ"S LEFT SIDE, WHICH SEEMS TO BE HER MOST CHALLENGING SIDE . SO THANK U LORI AND WE WILL SEE U AGAIN ON SATURDAY.

2 comments:

  1. Deb and MJ,
    Keep up the great progress!! Just go slow and I think you will have better trust. Right!?! What a beautiful horse MJ is. I am so proud of you taking on this challenge.
    Love Ya
    Karyn

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  2. So cool that you are taking an alternative training path. I honestly believe that dom horses are left sided, but so far, from what im hearing that mustangs and wild horses are the opposite! I have been working Sierra primarily on the left side to help her get used to my presence there and she was trying to always switch to the right. cant wait for the HEAT WAVE of 30 next week!!! lol

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