Sue – How Do You Do with your Pathetic Rider?

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Monday nite lesson. Here was another riding experience when I was more scared than Sue! Of course you know that Sue doesn't like other horses too close to her and certainly not Behind Her!At the Monday nite lesson, someone rode too close behind her. Sue tightened up. I tried to zip around the arena, cut through the middle etc and lose the horse, BUT NO! The horse stayed right on Sue's tail. I asked the rider not to ride that close to us, but nothing happened. I was pretty desparate…

Sue – How Do You Do with Friends?

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I set aside my fears tonight and it felt good. We got to ride outside in the big arena with dear good friends. That felt really good. We warmed up really good. We are trying to do the hill climbing that Linda Parelli recommends so that Sue will be better balanced. Sue gets to trot up and down a small hill.  She also got to jump over some logs. What a fine time she had. Our friends were in the arena. Our good friend Jane opened the gate for us.…

Sue – How Do You Deal with Susan’s Fear?

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It's become apparent. It's out there for the world to notice. Jenny noticed today and that's a sad thing. Yes, no longer can we talk about Sue's fear. Her fear has abated to flinching and perhaps a few quick steps...or a head up. Yes, we have to talk about Susan's fear. It's now greater than Sue's fear. My latest fear came from being bucked off last year and breaking my collar bone. Boy Howdy did that hurt! My brain flashes back to a horse bunching up and then bucking. My…

Sue – How Do You Do with Having a Bad Day?

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Sue had a hard day today. Well, let me tell you about it. We went to Pine Dell and Isabel was boiling in her stall. It's her turn to stay with Velvet in the dry lot at night. I got the saddle on Sue and then got Isabel. I let Isabel loose in the big arena and she ran back and forth from the gate where Sue was tied and the front of the arena. Finally, I got Sue ready and in we went. I let Sue loose and we…

Sue – How Do You Do at Bonding?

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Sue-I Do Bond with You At last, a chance to really play with my girl, Sue. I groomed her while she was eating. She has a patches of dead skin on her tail. yeccha. One was an inch square. I got them off. Several times she turned and stared at me. I told her what she had. These spots where a little raw under the dead skin patch, but she didn't flinch. I'll treat it tomorrow with special salve. She was as calm as could be while I was grooming…