Ready To Make Change

Feb 23, 2012

My Life in a nut shell is Horses. I live and breathe horses. I had a rough start with a paint gelding that I got green with no experience with a so called friend that only began to speak to me again because I was getting a horse. When he arrived she was like “we got a horse” and when I went to buy a saddle she told me what to get and the seat wasn’t big enough (she was smaller than me) and said that id lose weight to fit into it. Needless to say I parted ways with her soon after as her true colours came out.

                So here I am with a horse I had no idea what to do with and if my friend didn’t come along to help he (horse) probably would have killed me. I couldn’t handle him so I tried to send him for training and my trainer (is one of the best I know) couldn’t help me. I wasn’t a strong enough rider for a crazy horse.  After a month of training I decided to sell him. I then took on a sweet gelding that needed some work and sold him to a nice lady for her daughter. Later my coach found an amazing mare I had bought myself for Christmas.

I had never felt so happy. I worked every day with her. She was still green but she was sweet and kind. Someone wasn’t so nice to her it showed with some of her reactions to things but we worked though it together and for the most part she is over some of those fears. I put her in training and I thought her showmanship. Summer 2011 we sent in our first shows together (she did a summer in the AQHA a few shows and won NSBA green trail). I enjoyed it so much with my friends and my pony but couldn’t help feel uncomfortable about my size in the clothes and on my horse. I look at pictures and even thou I loved it I always felt I shouldn’t be there because I wasn’t a bean pole. But put that aside and enjoyed the experience and time with my mare. For our first year we took reserve Showmanship and trail, had never been a more proud mama.

When I think of the accomplishments over just one year after all the hard work I put in, I know that I can make the lifestyle changes required to make this surgery work.  Hard work and dedication take a big role in this journey. I am going to work very hard because i can’t imagine my life without my passion Live Breathe Sleep...Horses

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