Since my last bold post about dealing with falling off, I've suffered a massive loss of confidence! It hasn't helped that I've been hormonal all week and whether Poppy is picking up on that, or maybe coming into season herself, I don't know, but we've both been jumpy as ferrets. I've been downing Rescue Remedy like sweeties. These are some of the things I have been worrying about:
- That Poppy will get away from me when I walk her up to/back from the field (which is a 10 min walk from the yard) and gallop right down to the main road and die
- That she will trip over her mats in her stable and die (the ones I bought off eBay turned out to be absolute rubbish, I need to replace them and will do tomorrow)
- That I am not riding her enough and that's why she's jumpy
- That she's too thin
- That I will fall off her out hacking and we'll both die, or I'll be paralysed, like Christopher Reeve
- That I am getting everything wrong
HELP! As you can see I am actually driving myself mental!
- That Poppy will get away from me when I walk her up to/back from the field (which is a 10 min walk from the yard) and gallop right down to the main road and die
- That she will trip over her mats in her stable and die (the ones I bought off eBay turned out to be absolute rubbish, I need to replace them and will do tomorrow)
- That I am not riding her enough and that's why she's jumpy
- That she's too thin
- That I will fall off her out hacking and we'll both die, or I'll be paralysed, like Christopher Reeve
- That I am getting everything wrong
HELP! As you can see I am actually driving myself mental!