I moved Cassie to a new yard last week as she was suddenly got lame and I panicked and thought it might me lami. With the m25 works going on our stables are totally out, I did section an area off in the field but the next night she jumped out:stomp: Clearly feeling better and whilst it definately wasnt lami it made me realise that the risks were too high being out 24/7 so I moved her back to the yard we came from 2 and a half years ago. She settled immediately:biggrin: After a few days I started walking her in hand and then free schooling her, asked the yard manager to watch her move as unless hopping lame Im not much good:frown: She said she seemed fine this morning, so I planned to ride her this evening......however first of all it chucked it down so went back to the yard about 7.30 when it was dry and everybody gone:biggrin: Being my usual namby panmby self I decided that I shouldnt ride as..........cant remember what excuse I gave to myself to be honest but I did have one, honest:unsure:....So took her in the school for a walk and trot in hand, backing up etc. She was just soooo lovely that I decided to freeschool her, again a little angel. So for some unknown reason I took her over to the mounting block, got on her and had a walk around bare back, no bridle, no hat (whoops) and most importantly No Fear!!:bounce: We even did a little bit of trotting:spin: I am so proud of her, she seems to love being at the new yard as do I. I didnt ride when I was young, the horse world didnt enter mine until I was the ripe old age of mid 30's but tonight I feel like a teenager:bounce:
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I often wonder if other people have these moments of closeness with their horses...I see people on my yard with their horses and I struggle to see them have moments of closeness like you describe....maybe I'm wrong but their horses do just seem to act like robots...