tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post2250482873765822896..comments2024-01-03T03:28:48.980-07:00Comments on mugwump Chronicles: In Which Sonita Teaches Me the Difference Between Feel and Patience IIMugwumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487540636265322556noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-80929985870734298722014-06-11T09:44:32.549-06:002014-06-11T09:44:32.549-06:00Wow. Horses are amazing and they're just wait...Wow. Horses are amazing and they're just waiting for us to figure it out. It's so hard for us to not impose our human nature on them. <br /><br />Well written!!!!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-24218074438515127492014-06-10T20:17:29.837-06:002014-06-10T20:17:29.837-06:00Wonderful clarity. Achieving that selfless way of ...Wonderful clarity. Achieving that selfless way of riding, being completely in tune to their instinct is so difficult to do, yet alone describe.<br /><br />Thanks for both figuring it out and sharing the process.Jillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00386998873768199907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-761325232525098652014-06-10T16:34:17.125-06:002014-06-10T16:34:17.125-06:00Thank you for posting this story. You did a wonder...Thank you for posting this story. You did a wonderful job of articulating the vicious cycle of reactiveness that we all get sucked into as riders and handlers at one time or another. Great food for thought. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-68558366604748876612014-06-10T16:27:15.254-06:002014-06-10T16:27:15.254-06:00I love how you explain your thought processes, Mug...I love how you explain your thought processes, Mugs. It's a good approach to figure out why a problem or behavior exists.Snipehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09691114613313099716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-83063289080978930882014-06-10T15:26:36.388-06:002014-06-10T15:26:36.388-06:00Wow, sounds just like my grouchy old gelding. I am...Wow, sounds just like my grouchy old gelding. I am embarrassed to say that after being the one to start him and, mostly, the only one to ride him for the last fourteen or so years that I am only now learning this about him. Or at least it is just now really sinking in. I think it's because we are no longer working. Nowadays I hop on bareback and we "plod" around the yard.<br />He is hot, alert and reactive. I can feel every twitch of his back muscles without the saddle and if I keep my seat relaxed he calms back down. If I tense and react, at all, it builds to a major tantrum. Love hearing that good riders are slow to pick up on these things too.neversummerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08016741145612184296noreply@blogger.com