bit of a long winded story, sorry!! last night after a long hard day at work i got to the yard with my daughter to bring our horses in. it was cold, dark and torrential rain. to cut a long story short, my daughters horse planted his feet outside his gate and refused to move and stormy followed suit. he was snorting and spinning and eyes were rolling. after 10 mins of this i confess that i got really cross and shouted and stropped and flicked my beloved stormy with the end of the lead rope telling him loudly to 'get on'!!!
we were making very slow progress along the track when a friend came by and told me that there was a trailer full of pigs parked ahead! Suddenly i felt extremely guilty as pigs are stormy's absolute hate and he could obvious smell and hear them in the dark. I feel really guilty about not recognising the difference between real fear and being silly about nothing. and as soon as my attitude changed, so did his. we eventually made it into the stable where I made a huge fuss of him, telling him how brave he was and gave him a big handful of nuts to compensate for my stupid behaviour.
now feeling really stupid that i did not immediately recognise that he was scared out of his skin, and think i should give up all this nh lark because obviously when i am stressed, tired and wet it all goes out of the window! he couldnt have told me any clearer that there was a serious issue. all i can do is apologise to him and hope that my promises to listen in the future are taken seriously. am i being too hard on myself??
we were making very slow progress along the track when a friend came by and told me that there was a trailer full of pigs parked ahead! Suddenly i felt extremely guilty as pigs are stormy's absolute hate and he could obvious smell and hear them in the dark. I feel really guilty about not recognising the difference between real fear and being silly about nothing. and as soon as my attitude changed, so did his. we eventually made it into the stable where I made a huge fuss of him, telling him how brave he was and gave him a big handful of nuts to compensate for my stupid behaviour.
now feeling really stupid that i did not immediately recognise that he was scared out of his skin, and think i should give up all this nh lark because obviously when i am stressed, tired and wet it all goes out of the window! he couldnt have told me any clearer that there was a serious issue. all i can do is apologise to him and hope that my promises to listen in the future are taken seriously. am i being too hard on myself??