I have thought many times that as amazing as my journey with my horse, Walker, has been, I should have long ago written down all the transforming events, large and small, that the two of us have experienced getting to know each other. Well, today is the day.
Later, I am going to Sienna Stables in Missouri City, Texas, where Walker lives, to play with my handsome, mischievous horse. He is an Arab/Quarter Horse cross, and a right/left brained extrovert with lots of energy and strong opinions. As I blog, if I have time, I will define unusual terms for you. I hope for whomever might be reading this, you find this useful. For me, defining things has always been helpful, just to make the knowing of them second nature to me.
Today I am going for more dressage training, as much for me as for Walker. Thanks to our new coach, Cody Seibert, we are having a lot of fun doing it. She does not object to the fact that I have chosen to follow a natural path with my horse, not one that most people in the world of horses choose to do. In fact, many in the horse world look at us "naturals" askance. That's OK with me. I've always been a bit of a maverick anyway.
My own personal definition of a natural horsewoman starts with one who puts the relationship between the horse and human first. I don't always succeed, but I try my darndest!
I'll post more later, but for now, I just want to remind myself again how far Walker and I have come. His first inclination used to be total and complete disdain for me and all other humans. Not any more. Now he whinnies when he hears the sound of my voice as if to say: " Isabelle, what are you doing? Get over here and let's start playing for goodness sake!" I can't wait to see what he'll say to me today . . .
