Napping - plain and simple, after going over and over the last year and how far I have fallen from my once confident self, I do beleive thats what all my fear is about.
Its so stupid that I can ride Daisy on my own on the common and not be bothered but its the getting there that freaks me.
I just cant bring myself to ride down my lane.
OH was walking with me last week but he kept stopping to 'chat' to Bentley and Daisy would wait for him or get a bit shifty if I made her go on and I just cant take it, off I jump and lead her in hand to the common or to my lesson.
I overcame her bolting the other day by going out the next day on my own and riding her through where she had bolted from. I think once I am away from her home turf I am fine. Its just this flippin napping, which I may add she has done 3 times in over 4 years.
I have now worked out in my silly little head that the only way to overcome this fear is for her to nap and for me to ride her through it but the minute she started to dither on my lane I was off.
How do I overcome this.
I am thinking Daisy needs to trust me more but apart form these isolated incidents she is as good as gold, my worries are causing the dithering and her dithering casued me to worry.
I think I need to grow a pair.:banghead:
Its so stupid that I can ride Daisy on my own on the common and not be bothered but its the getting there that freaks me.
I just cant bring myself to ride down my lane.
OH was walking with me last week but he kept stopping to 'chat' to Bentley and Daisy would wait for him or get a bit shifty if I made her go on and I just cant take it, off I jump and lead her in hand to the common or to my lesson.
I overcame her bolting the other day by going out the next day on my own and riding her through where she had bolted from. I think once I am away from her home turf I am fine. Its just this flippin napping, which I may add she has done 3 times in over 4 years.
I have now worked out in my silly little head that the only way to overcome this fear is for her to nap and for me to ride her through it but the minute she started to dither on my lane I was off.
How do I overcome this.
I am thinking Daisy needs to trust me more but apart form these isolated incidents she is as good as gold, my worries are causing the dithering and her dithering casued me to worry.
I think I need to grow a pair.:banghead: