TW is a super germ at the moment. We were grazing near the shelter when she arrived this morning as 1) she was late (had to wait for her car to be ready she said) and 2) we were partitioned off by the water. To be fair we (Misty) had knocked down the wooden bar but hadn't broken the strand of electric tape stuff, I don't think the germ could take it today. She checked my tummy a few times and it was all good.
Anyhoo, she hayed us up and sat around for a bit. She was feeling a bit crappy as she had to cancel her hack cos of the snot issue, but chilling in the fresh air is always good. She had a good idea and took the mounting block to the water and hoped that someone might want to be ridden! I kept on nomming with my back to her.
Dildred hasn't been ridden for ages so TW thought she would chance it and popped on her rope halter. |So far so good so she nipped into the store to get the saddle, when she came back out she was chuffed to see Dilly stood waiting outside for her and saddled her up. Off they went to the mounting block and just sat for a while. Dilly said she couldnt really walk in the opposite direction from the hay so they discussed it for a while and then TW let Dilly walk her back to the hay pile. TW was very pleased.
I reckon TW was feeling a bit brave again so she tried to put the halter and Jez who bimbled off without her, stood by the stable and waited nicely to get tacked up. Very impressive. The thing with Jez is she's a bit odd. She stood there with all her tack on and then wont move her feet. She sort of goes into a trance like she's frozen. Normally TW gets really stressed by this and the more stressed she gets the more frozen Jez gets. Today TW tried hard, she breathed slowly and talked softly and told Jez that she didn't need a smack (Jez thinks people are going to smack her for some reason). Eventually she moved. TW was chuffed. But then she stopped again. By the big concrete block.
TW was confused and wondered how she was going to get the rest of the way to the mounting block when she realised that Jez wanted her to get on there. So she popped on and they pootled down to the water , had a sit and a mooch and came back. TW was very very very pleased.
I said to TW I dont want to be ridden today thanks and she said that's fine and sat about a bit longer before pottering off on her own snotty way.
In the evening she came back and gave us our second bale and Boblet walked the dawgs. Then she played a game - it was who will let me near them on a mounting block. God only knows why she tried Bracken first but TW thought it was hilarious. Brack moved off, I moved off, Lyra and Mikka moved off, Dilly pretended she was going to play but shen she moved off too. So TW stood on her mounting block with Jez and lay over her back and they meditated while Jez nommed.
Then as they were about to leave the Queen Bee followed TW to the stables and demanded a bit of scratchy reiki - TW wouldnt need a mounting block to get on her lol.
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