persevere

Today was a day of many parts, and many bad words. TW came up early and chucked out the hay and tried to convince me that we should try another pootle. I declined. Multiple times. She decided that I was winding the others up by my running away from her skills so in the end went for Jez instead. Jez was a good girl and got up to the stables quite easily. TW was pleased. They managed a tiny way along the track before Jez got scared and then Jez came back. TW was sort of sad that Jez was scared but reasoned that she was being much better at coming away form the herd so that was good enough.

I decided I was ready then, so she caught me, brushed me and tacked me up. Nae bother. She got on me by the stables and off we went. Or not. I backed up and backed up and turned and backed up. We tried again. And again. And again. TW dropped her phone and I tried really hard to step on it and stamp on the mounting block. The air turned blue. She shouted and shouted and shouted. The girls were shocked and stood staring. I carried on nap nap nap. TW eventually jumped off, rescued her phone and moved the mounting block closer to the donkeys. She got back on. I nap nap napped and threatened to rear and napped some more. I refused to turn left but circled right and tried to trample the conifers. We went round and round and back and forward. We did not get past the donkeys. TW wanted to cry. I went back to the field and went to sleep.

Hoof lady came and Mikka was a good girl. Then Jez was a good girl too. Then I had mine done and I was a good boy and last but not least Misty was a very good girl. TW was confused cos my legs and tummy seem fine. Hoof lady says she thinks I just don't want to leave the girls. They are all super flirty squirty at the moment, Lyra is the worst!!

Anyhoo, TW went home and a wee while later she returned with Boblet and the dawgs. The dawgs went for a play with Boblet and TW decided she was going to take me for a walk. So she got me in and I was a good boy. So she tacked me up and I was a good boy. She found her purple glitter stick and took me for a walk past the donkeys and to the lambs. No problem. So she popped on me. No problem. And asked me to walk. Nap nap nap. We stopped and did some slow breathing and I napped some more. So she rode me down to the yard. No problem.

Tried to ride me back. Nap nap nap. "I do not even understand what you are getting out of this!!" muttered TW and wiggled her sparkly stick some more. I sighed and walked out of the yard, past the donkeys and to the lambs. TW was confused but very very pleased. The lambs were scary so we turned round and came back and she rubbed some oils on me and Boblet gave me a groom. I'm shattered.