Free longe, she says. I goes out, and i immediatelies canter. She waits, and waits and waits. I has a lot of cantering to do- I can do it!!! I has so much better feelings my legs feel so long and my steps are huge.
OMG I'm not even cantering, I has good trotting steps all by myself! I goe back to canters and my partner waits for me. Soon i go back to trottings and she cannot believe teh strides I make.
Tehn teh trailer comes. OMG, NOE! I has to run, and she lets me, go go go she says. No more getting in yur way. i goes. and soon, i realize no one else is running, and I stops.
We goes to teh trailer, and just stand tehre. i want to go in and out really fast, and my partner doesn't even look at me. I tihnk she fell asleep standing up. i want to pull on teh rope, but every time i pull, teh rope moves like a snake and i can't pull on it. I keep trying, and each time it comes alive. i move my feet in all directions, my partner is still asleep. but her hand gets longer and tells my belly to move over. Soon it stops and i face teh trailer. She looks in teh trailer, and i go see it too. It is dark by now, and I soon goes in. She says she doesn't care about it, she cares about out. I flies out. again and again- trying to find teh end of teh rope to pull on. And soon I just get tired and i walk out of teh trailer. she says good boy we go back into teh barn, and I has dinner.
Teh next day teh trailer shows up again when i has free longe time. Teh long rope comes out, and we go by teh trailer.I want to stand on teh side, my partner lets me for a bit. Ten she brings out teh stick and taps my belly so i move. I goe, but goe right back and want to pull. tehre is no resistance. tehn she asks for forward, and i say no! I want to stay on teh side. teh same pressure is on teh rope, and teh stick taps teh belly. I move. over and over. I still don't like teh rope- I has pull back tendencies. She says it is high time to learn to porcupine to pressure on teh head and soon it starts happening taht if my partner clucks and I don't move to teh trailer, teh rope starts to get a little tense. If I pull back, teh rope is suddnely strong as heck and I can't pull back! I has to stop, tehn step forwards. Teh rope is loose again. Teh rope is stronger tahn me- what teh heck? Tehn she asks again, and sumetimes has to remind me wiht teh tap on teh belly. She says its not teh normal way of doin' tihs loading stuff, but we have to be different to change teh way we normally react to tihngs.
Over and over again, I suddnely has no wanting to run very far backwards.She asks for forward on teh rope, and if i don't give, teh stick comes out to do teh annoying tap tap tap.
Teh weird part is taht my partner is IN teh trailer, and I am not. She says we are gonna do tihs together. And soon i figure out taht if I go into teh trailer when she clucks tehn no rope pulls and no sticks...and I gets a treat if i stay long enough! over and over and over. She says it doesn't matter if it takes 2 million tries.
Teh backing out part is trouble- i just has to run out fast- who knows wehn teh door closes? My partner doesn't buy it. In and out, over and over again. Soon I stays in teh trailer for lots of time, and she begins asking me to take a step forward in teh trailer! OMG! But i soon do it. and when i fly out, she asks me to come right back in- she says I has to learn to give to pressure on my head when she asks- and she will do nothing to hurt me. And about a million loads later, I can take a step forward and back in teh trailer, and i can back out halfway and go right back in with a cluck of teh tongue.
She says taht is teh right stuff, goe Ernies!!! And tehn we're done.
I dun't knowe waht tu tihnk of all tihs just yet. But she says we're doin' tihs every day tihs week. I dun't knowe why cuz teh trailer never takes me anywhere. Its weird- but teh treats are good!
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
The Release that Teaches
I has been struggling wiht waht i want to do wiht my skillz of speeds. Manee human mares i knoe don't necessarilies enjoy my speeds, and I has a hard time trying to has slow moves. Sumtimes I worrie about it so much I has sickness and tenshuns in my muscles.
My current partner has notices teh tenshuns. She has lots of other human mares to help her figure out waht to do, and I has feelings of loss during tihs time. Sick of waiting for somewon to get it right, i'd rahter not do anyhting at alls. I has memories of my past tries and tribulashuns, and I dun't know if I can do it anymores.
I saw her worries on her face, and saw her trying to tihnk of waht to do. She asks me, "Ernies waht do you want? waht is best? if you want to be in teh pasture forever, taht's okay. if yu want to just goes, tahts has rightness too- we all has understandings and yu deserve to be free."
I has time to tihnk about it. In teh meantime, we just spend times in teh arena. I has no halter or rope, and i just run. First i has nervousness abut it. No one wants teh speed of Ernies- maybee not even me. My partner decides to chase me. WaHT? I has more nervousness. She says "just goe, as fast as yu can!!" I tries, but i tihnk she really wants slow ernies. Stop chasing me!
Teh next time she tries again. I has nervousness. I hate trotting, I cannot tihnk when i trot. She asks for canter. I goes, and I looks at her. A few laps, she says again, "just goes, as fast as yu can!" I cannot goes. She asks again. I still cannot- i don't knowe waht will happen to mee- she may has anger. She asks again, OMG I goes!
She stops moving, stops chasing mee. She just stands in teh middle. She waits for me tu stop moving. I look at her wiht my head high, tehn my head low- waht just happened? I goe to see her in teh middle and she gives me a treat, pets me and says I has good-boy tendencies. She tells me to not be afraid of my speed- it is my best quality of alls.
And just wehn i tihnk we are done, we go teh other way. Tihs time i goes fast teh first time she asks. And tehn she just waits for me to come back down- it doesn't matter how long it takes- I always get a treat at teh end.
Tihs weird game happened for a few days. Each day it seems easier for me to use my speeds. And for some reason, I begins to has better feelings. My partner sees me on sun-day, and says we are gonna ride todays.
Really? We gets ready. Saddle, bridle. We goes in teh arena, and someone is taking pickshures. We do some moving, and by now i knows its ok to use my speeds with her.
Tehn she climbs on. OMG do I use speeds now? I can't I can't I can't. But I has want to. She just sits there and tells me its OK. I break into trots, she goes too. OMG I can't do it. We stop. She says ok, and start again. OK, goes. Teh speed picks up and suddenlies we are cantering, but OMG i has to buck a little, i can't do tihs wiht a rider. She says to try. We goes again, its easier to canter. Around and around we goes- I want so much speed but teh arena is too small. she helps me stay up with teh reins and teh leg- she says don't fall down! Okays.
And soon its over. OMG I did it! She says, yes, yu did, and gets off.
Teh video of teh riding part. I still has good looks!
My current partner has notices teh tenshuns. She has lots of other human mares to help her figure out waht to do, and I has feelings of loss during tihs time. Sick of waiting for somewon to get it right, i'd rahter not do anyhting at alls. I has memories of my past tries and tribulashuns, and I dun't know if I can do it anymores.
I saw her worries on her face, and saw her trying to tihnk of waht to do. She asks me, "Ernies waht do you want? waht is best? if you want to be in teh pasture forever, taht's okay. if yu want to just goes, tahts has rightness too- we all has understandings and yu deserve to be free."
I has time to tihnk about it. In teh meantime, we just spend times in teh arena. I has no halter or rope, and i just run. First i has nervousness abut it. No one wants teh speed of Ernies- maybee not even me. My partner decides to chase me. WaHT? I has more nervousness. She says "just goe, as fast as yu can!!" I tries, but i tihnk she really wants slow ernies. Stop chasing me!
Teh next time she tries again. I has nervousness. I hate trotting, I cannot tihnk when i trot. She asks for canter. I goes, and I looks at her. A few laps, she says again, "just goes, as fast as yu can!" I cannot goes. She asks again. I still cannot- i don't knowe waht will happen to mee- she may has anger. She asks again, OMG I goes!
She stops moving, stops chasing mee. She just stands in teh middle. She waits for me tu stop moving. I look at her wiht my head high, tehn my head low- waht just happened? I goe to see her in teh middle and she gives me a treat, pets me and says I has good-boy tendencies. She tells me to not be afraid of my speed- it is my best quality of alls.
And just wehn i tihnk we are done, we go teh other way. Tihs time i goes fast teh first time she asks. And tehn she just waits for me to come back down- it doesn't matter how long it takes- I always get a treat at teh end.
Tihs weird game happened for a few days. Each day it seems easier for me to use my speeds. And for some reason, I begins to has better feelings. My partner sees me on sun-day, and says we are gonna ride todays.
Really? We gets ready. Saddle, bridle. We goes in teh arena, and someone is taking pickshures. We do some moving, and by now i knows its ok to use my speeds with her.
Tehn she climbs on. OMG do I use speeds now? I can't I can't I can't. But I has want to. She just sits there and tells me its OK. I break into trots, she goes too. OMG I can't do it. We stop. She says ok, and start again. OK, goes. Teh speed picks up and suddenlies we are cantering, but OMG i has to buck a little, i can't do tihs wiht a rider. She says to try. We goes again, its easier to canter. Around and around we goes- I want so much speed but teh arena is too small. she helps me stay up with teh reins and teh leg- she says don't fall down! Okays.
And soon its over. OMG I did it! She says, yes, yu did, and gets off.
Teh video of teh riding part. I still has good looks!
Sunday, February 24, 2008
To My Friends
Sorries! I has not had good internets for sumtimes for manee reasons. First my partner has sickness she called flavor poisoning. WAAHT?! Hasing sickness from flavors? Oh noes!
Tehn I needed sum times off to figure out exactlees waht I want to do. Maybee it has to do wiht teh winter weather but, I has teh blues. My partner has busies at work and can't make it to teh barhne lots. Tehn my partner scared mee by bringing in another mare and starting to play wiht ohter horses. I has so much sadness I dont even has feelings about taht. She tells me she tihnks I may need a break cuz I has bad 'tude about teh work.
But teh weather has had goodness- finally teh sun comes out for a few days, and teh ground gets better. I has 3 mare friends and life is good. I meets massage therapist who helps my muscles, though it has funny feelings and I don't know if i has likes for it. My partner also gives me tihs special stuff called flower essences (she has crazie mind, I knoe, but I takes it to not hurt her feelings) after tihs woman who can talks to animals talks to me and I tells her a few tihngs, mostly about my bad feelings, and waht I want to do in my life. I want to has speeds outside.
We start werking again- but a little bit differentlies. Normally i has a lot of challenge to do teh trots. So we don't do much of taht anymore. A littel, cuz it has importance, but my partner is trying to push me to has speeds. I don't knowe my feelings about tihs. I has worries cuz I don't know if she can handle my speeds. I hasn't really opened up yet, but maybee one of tehse days I will.
So all in alls I has much better feelings. Hopefullys i will has more updates in teh coming days.
Tehn I needed sum times off to figure out exactlees waht I want to do. Maybee it has to do wiht teh winter weather but, I has teh blues. My partner has busies at work and can't make it to teh barhne lots. Tehn my partner scared mee by bringing in another mare and starting to play wiht ohter horses. I has so much sadness I dont even has feelings about taht. She tells me she tihnks I may need a break cuz I has bad 'tude about teh work.
But teh weather has had goodness- finally teh sun comes out for a few days, and teh ground gets better. I has 3 mare friends and life is good. I meets massage therapist who helps my muscles, though it has funny feelings and I don't know if i has likes for it. My partner also gives me tihs special stuff called flower essences (she has crazie mind, I knoe, but I takes it to not hurt her feelings) after tihs woman who can talks to animals talks to me and I tells her a few tihngs, mostly about my bad feelings, and waht I want to do in my life. I want to has speeds outside.
We start werking again- but a little bit differentlies. Normally i has a lot of challenge to do teh trots. So we don't do much of taht anymore. A littel, cuz it has importance, but my partner is trying to push me to has speeds. I don't knowe my feelings about tihs. I has worries cuz I don't know if she can handle my speeds. I hasn't really opened up yet, but maybee one of tehse days I will.
So all in alls I has much better feelings. Hopefullys i will has more updates in teh coming days.
Friday, January 25, 2008
Poke N Prod Pony Day
Well, teh poking and teh prodding happened today. I has no good feelings abut tihs. Well okays, it wasn't so bad. Has fleckshuns testing too. I has clean fleckshuns except for some minor stuff many horses have.
But my back has 'nother story. Has such tightness taht teh vet had hard time even feeling teh spine, nevermind adjusting, which I didn't really like anyways. Recommends massage to loooooosen me up between adjustments.
So now my partner has to find me one of tehse human mares who knows how to do tihs. If yu know of anyone, let me knowes please.
Tahnks!
But my back has 'nother story. Has such tightness taht teh vet had hard time even feeling teh spine, nevermind adjusting, which I didn't really like anyways. Recommends massage to loooooosen me up between adjustments.
So now my partner has to find me one of tehse human mares who knows how to do tihs. If yu know of anyone, let me knowes please.
Tahnks!
Buzzzzzz, I has even better looks now!
Yesterday started totally normals. Went outside, ate with my mares, toyed wiht Franks on teh other side of teh fence. Partner came, brings me afternoon snacks to eat while normal groomings.
When I finish my snack, My partner tells me we are gonna do sometihng different. Like wahts, I say? Well since yu ask, she says....here! She shows me a small stick and its going like BUZZZZZZZZZZ. I go, OMG is a bug stuck in tehere? Beeeeeees! NOOOOO!
She laughs and says, chill out. She walks away and then turns it back on. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. She's not getting stung. Waht teh hell? She shuts it off. She has teh power! She brings it closer, turns it on again. Buzzzzzz. OK, so teh bees are trapped, I get it.
Turns it off and touches me wiht teh stick. Okays. Turns it on. touches again....omg I love teh massage on my mouth! BUZZ BUZZ don't stop! Ooooooooooooooo.
So we played wiht this for awhiles- turns out i gots a trim on my muzzle and under my jaw and stuff. My partner says it'll be easier now to fasten up teh bridle. Hmm okays. I'm just happy I has even better looks for teh mares.
When I finish my snack, My partner tells me we are gonna do sometihng different. Like wahts, I say? Well since yu ask, she says....here! She shows me a small stick and its going like BUZZZZZZZZZZ. I go, OMG is a bug stuck in tehere? Beeeeeees! NOOOOO!
She laughs and says, chill out. She walks away and then turns it back on. Buzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. She's not getting stung. Waht teh hell? She shuts it off. She has teh power! She brings it closer, turns it on again. Buzzzzzz. OK, so teh bees are trapped, I get it.
Turns it off and touches me wiht teh stick. Okays. Turns it on. touches again....omg I love teh massage on my mouth! BUZZ BUZZ don't stop! Ooooooooooooooo.
So we played wiht this for awhiles- turns out i gots a trim on my muzzle and under my jaw and stuff. My partner says it'll be easier now to fasten up teh bridle. Hmm okays. I'm just happy I has even better looks for teh mares.
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Ernie teh Predator
Bwahahaha, I has so much fun again todays. Ok, not so much wehn my partner comes to mees and says "Ernie just a minute yu need to be dewormed again, but yu has such large size, yu need many tubes" Somehting called instistent strong something. I has worries I has bugs in me. Damn. Do teh dewormer, equines.
But back to teh fun! Since we're in teh businezz of killin' stuff todays, I has predator tendencies too.
Taht ball has NOT escaped teh arena, and I was so gonna kill it before my partner stopped me. Teh stroke of death goes like tihs: bite teh ball. Swing leg over teh ball. Use head and neck tu lock it in. Tehn lay entire bodee on it. Wait for partner to run over to say "stop it!" and take off laughing. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
She tehn challenges me wiht a plastic bag on a stick. Whatevers, I eat those for lunch. STOMP STOMP STOMP MUNCH CHASE when it moves.
I point to teh plastic and I tell teh ball, "hey Greenie, tihs is what yu has to look forwards to" STOMP.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH.
But back to teh fun! Since we're in teh businezz of killin' stuff todays, I has predator tendencies too.
Taht ball has NOT escaped teh arena, and I was so gonna kill it before my partner stopped me. Teh stroke of death goes like tihs: bite teh ball. Swing leg over teh ball. Use head and neck tu lock it in. Tehn lay entire bodee on it. Wait for partner to run over to say "stop it!" and take off laughing. HAHAHAHAHAHA!
She tehn challenges me wiht a plastic bag on a stick. Whatevers, I eat those for lunch. STOMP STOMP STOMP MUNCH CHASE when it moves.
I point to teh plastic and I tell teh ball, "hey Greenie, tihs is what yu has to look forwards to" STOMP.
HAHAHAHAHAHAH.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Has a Ball!
OMG I LOFF my new friend Juliane. Yesterdays she brought over teh best tihng ever. A big green ball! I has tons of fun wiht it. We gots some videos and pictshures, but teh indoor suns don't werk very well for videos and stuff.
Click here for teh video of me rippin' it up!
Click here for teh video of me rippin' it up!
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