Monday, November 27, 2006Sue How Do You See the Heart on my Hand
It was chilly and late. I stopped at “For the Horse” Ranch to play with Sue. We played our right brain/left brain games for a while and she is staying in her left brain more and more. Translation: I up my body language and ask her to do things faster. She gets scared (right brain). I slow my body language and she calms down (left brain). She’s starting to understand that being scared isn’t the end of her world. She can recover.
I ask her to jump over a set of barrels both ways. she evades the barrels for a while. We jump over one barrel perfectly and I stride quickly to sit on a barrel and pet her. It’s part of the training.
Then it’s jump the barrel going the other way. Evasion is the course. Finally, she jumps the barrels. I quickly sit on the barrel and rub her.
I decide to communicate with my entire being how much I love her. I cradle her head and rub her with as much love as I can manage.
Session ends
Treat is fed.