Horseback riding...why not? It's fun ! I use to ride all the time when I was little. It would be good for me & Ty..a bonding mother/son experience. Of course...the only riding Ty had ever done was someone guiding a horse by the reigns and walking in a circle..or the kind you feed a quarter to at Walmart.
As we were sitting around..waiting on the wranglers..I spotted this pretty tan horse. I pointed her out to Ty..and decided to take a walk down to get a better look. I petted..she looked at me..we bonded. I don't know if it was fluke or fate..but who do you think the "wranglers" matched me up with to ride? (and they were no where around to have seen our earlier bonding) That's right..the pretty tan horse..ShaiAnne. They gave me simple instructions..but told me nothing about her temperament =) Even when we were suppose to just follow the other horses around the corral..she was raring to go. The wranglers kept telling me to "not let her get in the behind" of whatever horse was in front of me. I would later find out "why" !
We started on the trail..everything was fine..except she REALLY wanted to go. She had her own mind about the "pace" she wanted to walk..and it was as if she was getting VERY impatient that the horses in front of her were not noticing her agitation (at this point..I'm thinking "who does this sound like? It's like..if you're not going to go already..get out of MY way =)
I had to keep a tight reign on her just to keep her in her assigned spot !
Our first challenge was as Ty and his horse passed this branch that was sticking out..it got caught on his foot..and as he passed it left his foot just in time to slam into ShaiAnne's face. Do you know how skiddish a horse can be? She immediately starting backing up with me..which did I mention we were right along a ravine that if she stepped back too much..her & I were most likely going to tumble into the stream below. I didn't panic as she just kept backing up and rearing away..I held on..started talking to her..patting her...calming her down..until she realized it was safe to move forward. Whew...crisis mastered !
We walked..we trotted (fun by the way)..just going along..I was feeling pretty confident & relaxed..when all of a sudden, Tyler's horse Buckshot was NOT happy about ShaiAnne being "up in his business". He literally reared around and went after her.(I could see his teeth) No warning at all..I thought Ty was going to come off..our two horses were going at it..both of us trying to calm them down. Now..can I stop just a moment to say...NO OTHER HORSE..out of the 8..were seeming to have any problems. No personality squabbles..just doing their thing. This happened like 3 more times !! Buckshot would look out of the corner of his eye and before you know it..he was on us. Finally...Tyler caught on and as soon as he would turn his head..Ty would jerk him back around. It was like having a "family squabble" on horses....no lie ! hahaha All Ty kept saying was, "ShaiAnne started it...just like YOU do ! You push & push...til someone retaliates"...hahaha
Memories !! I will never forget =) When we got back to the stable..the girl asked me how ShaiAnne was? I said, "her and Buckshot DID NOT get along..I don't know WHAT the problem was." She just looked at me and said, "yeah...ShaiAnne's a bully..and they don't like it!" hahahaha
I had a horse friend who told me recently....we tend to bond with horses that have our SAME personality traits ! Hmmmm.....I'll leave you to figure that one out. =)
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