14 Nov 2012

Are Diamonds a Girls best friend?





People Riding Inappropriate Animals


I found the first picture on Facebook of a woman riding a deer. This aroused a curiosity in me, so I started looking after animals people have tried to ride on. Some of them has probably more ability than others. But it's strange to see some of the animals with a rider on them. It looks so wrong.

Did you know that there are races with ostriches, water buffaloes, reindeer, elephants and camels. Funny isn't it?















Good morning everyone!


Good morning everyone.
I hope you all had a good night sleep.

Right now I'm sitting at school and writing a assignment about Wombats. However, while I'm sitting here I can't stop looking at equipment for my horses. I have already begged my boyfriend! This year, I only want something horse related. If I want to work with them in the future the equipment has to be okay and nice looking. Every day I become more and more sure of this studio is right for me :-)



13 Nov 2012

A rather crazy horse


Today Giga was in a very lively mood especially after she had eaten her food. She saw that there was driven hay up in the paddock and that triggered her. I simply could not help laughing at her, she looked like someone who came close to getting a panic attack. She was so afraid to miss out on anything. Not only did she galloped at full speed but she also had to at the same time call / warn the others that she was coming. Poor Victor he was constantly disturbed during his dinnertime! :-D



 
Sorry the quality is really bad. It is recorded in semi-darkness on a mobile.
 
 

Don't follow in the footsteps

 
"Don't follow in the footsteps of the old masters, but seek what they sought"
 
~ Matsuo Basho
 
 
 
 

It is the difficult horses...

 
 
It is the difficult horses that have the most to give you ~Lendon Gray
 
I found the perfect quote. It's just right for me. Both of my horse was really difficult to train/ride in the beginning when I got them.
 
Victor was my dream horse from the first time I saw him. And my father and mother had no doubt about that he was the perfect calm horse for me. But they/and I where wrong. Victor was probably not ridden or well trained when i got him. He was a head-shaker, he kicked with his front legs, threw himself around and every day when I rode him I knew that I would fall off. In spite of all my bruises and all my tears he gave me, I loved him still deep within in. My parents came close many times to sell him, everybody said was too dangerous. But I chose to take a different approach to it all. Instead of continuing to train him after "the old-fashioned riding school style", I chose a new way. I started with Monty Roberts methods (Today, I am against them) but I can only say that he was the first man, to stand up and show a new way to handle horses. He was the frontman for HMS. Here our friendship and understanding to each other started. I later began to read a lot of books about Klaus Hempfling and he gave me much inspiration. And quietly Victor became what he is today. A calm and well-trained horse.
 
If I had got a highly trained and skilled horse from the beginning, I hadn't probably never had the need to think out of the box. I would have followed the same track as thousands of other people but because I got a "wild horse", I just had to find a new way.
 
And it made my job easier with Giga. She had however more temperament than Victor, and she still has it, it's just her personality. But we have also come a long way beyond what I had ever hoped for.              
 
 
 

 
 
 
 

 
Gratitude is the sign of noble souls. - Aesop