It's all gone Pete Tong, what now, please help?

[merlinalison]

Fantastic - so pleased to hear this - you should be really proud of yourself.

[jacquidales]

You sound a lot more positive since your lesson. Glad to hear that you've got a way forward.
Good luck

[Deleted]

I feel guilty though - is that just stupid? I can't see that he got anything out of the afternoon's work except hassle and submission, I would like to do something that he could enjoy, and for it all to be 'nice'. Quite a lot of what happened seemed to be quite rough, with a lot of resistance from him. Is he going to be resentful and try to catch me off-guard to get his own back - or is that a human interpretation?

I think 2 hours was a long time to work him though, I've read through all the notes, and will do a couple of the exercises each day, for 15 - 20 minutes maybe.

[jakesmum]

well done these ponies try the patience of saints. I did have an image of your instructor booting you round the field ;D at one point LOL. It all sounds like progress

[jacquidales]

I think your idea of 15 to 20 mins a day is great. Maybe you just needed to do more at the start to establish some groundrules. I'm sure from what you have said you've been too nice before, so please don't feel guilty about redrawing the boundaries with him. You sound like you care for him very much and won't do anything harsh, so I suspect you're only feeling bad because you've always been so good to him.

[Deleted]

I have always tried to be good to him, and I felt sorry for him because of the start he'd had and how hard he'd had to work as a baby.

Charlie says most of the problem is his early experiences, plus me being too soft and not clear enough re. bounderies etc.

He was much cheekier today without Charlie there - I don't think a nice lateral flexion counts when accompanied by teeth nipping the air somehow. We managed to do just about everything once without him getting more than mildly annoyed anyway (I was not threatened at any time by a huge black bottom), and later when I was sorting out the fencing, I got him to shift out of the way just by body language and without touching him or speaking, so that felt good.

He must think the world has just gone mad at the moment!

[rebeccajane]

Oh well done you, the traffic warden of horse owners - the slightest transgression and he gets a ticket no room for negotiation.

Go girl - cant wait for the next installment.