This is a blog about me and my horse Nalle's travel together as horse and human, as companions we've got: love, language, leadership and lightness. Our destination is all about the road we travel and my guide is my furry "drinker of the wind".

lördag 28 maj 2011

Trailerloading with a twist...

Today we did some IP-games and I used to trailer as a place to rest to get him to relax 100% in it again, we havent been able to play with the trailer this winter but I had to drive him a few times so it's not just a place for games anymore. I like to have one trip somewhere out of ten times playing with it.
It started out good, we rode in and after a few times he really relaxed and used the trailer for resting, in the trotgame he did circles around the trailer until I let him go in....
But then he get stuck with the halter inside the trailer, "oh shit!". He paniced and tried to get out, but he realised after a few seconds that he was stuck, that I was on his back and he had to think of me and that there was help to get. So he stood still and tried to control himself, I tried to unstuck the halter from his back, that didnt work so I tried to get it off, that didnt work either so I had to dismount and try to get him loose. I have never dismounted inside the trailer before, but he didnt care to much about that. After a while I found a way to unstuck the halter but there was a million thougts runing thru my head during that time.
When Nalle felt that the pressure got away and that he could get out he backed out but he didnt ran out, I asked him to get in again and he did that but was making a "are you really sure?"-face.

It was horrible but now I know how he reacts in panic-situations and that he understands that we are a team, Im always there to help me and that he have to think of me and not just act on his instincts. 
Im also very glad that he trusted me enough to get inside the trailer again after such a thing, he's just amazing.

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