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| I have a mare that was a solid 1D in 2015 and we struggled last year hitting the 2/3D. She's a bleeder. I have had extensive work done on her (hocks, xrays, ulcer treatment, etc). Now i am pretty confident there is no more pain but mentally, im not sure how to get past the fears. Any advice? Excersices that will give me back the fire to push her? Do i let someone else run her so i can see she's good to go?
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Location: Where the stars at night are big and bright, TX | You can do that, but curious why you're afraid to run her - just to discover she's not good to go? Did something dangerous happen? She went down? You got hurt? Horses are limited in their careers anyway some sooner, some later. That's not something to feed to create an insurmountable fear. It's not the end of her life if she's not. Horses are money pits, we're either keeping them sound or we're replacing them.
Tough love here...keep things in perspective. My cousin broke her neck in a bad riding accident late last summer. She'll back in the saddle finally in another 6 weeks...THAT'S a reasonable mental battle. Maybe I'm missing your point, but don't feed something like this if all you're worried about is whether your efforts and money spent worked. They did or they didn't. No amount of worry is going to help, it'll only consume you. | |
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| Tilt The Kilt - 2017-03-23 6:03 AM You can do that, but curious why you're afraid to run her - just to discover she's not good to go? Did something dangerous happen? She went down? You got hurt? Horses are limited in their careers anyway some sooner, some later. That's not something to feed to create an insurmountable fear. It's not the end of her life if she's not. Horses are money pits, we're either keeping them sound or we're replacing them.
Tough love here...keep things in perspective. My cousin broke her neck in a bad riding accident late last summer. She'll back in the saddle finally in another 6 weeks...THAT'S a reasonable mental battle. Maybe I'm missing your point, but don't feed something like this if all you're worried about is whether your efforts and money spent worked. They did or they didn't. No amount of worry is going to help, it'll only consume you.
Im a worry wart. This mare will run through most anything so im afraid to push. I had her hocks injected and they were horrible...vet indicated they had been bad for a long time. she never let me know. im not agressive anyway so.....just trying to figure out how to ride her like i used to. | |
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Location: Not Where I Want to Be | allaboutme2 - 2017-03-23 9:23 AM Tilt The Kilt - 2017-03-23 6:03 AM You can do that, but curious why you're afraid to run her - just to discover she's not good to go? Did something dangerous happen? She went down? You got hurt? Horses are limited in their careers anyway some sooner, some later. That's not something to feed to create an insurmountable fear. It's not the end of her life if she's not. Horses are money pits, we're either keeping them sound or we're replacing them.
Tough love here...keep things in perspective. My cousin broke her neck in a bad riding accident late last summer. She'll back in the saddle finally in another 6 weeks...THAT'S a reasonable mental battle. Maybe I'm missing your point, but don't feed something like this if all you're worried about is whether your efforts and money spent worked. They did or they didn't. No amount of worry is going to help, it'll only consume you. Im a worry wart. This mare will run through most anything so im afraid to push. I had her hocks injected and they were horrible...vet indicated they had been bad for a long time. she never let me know. im not agressive anyway so.....just trying to figure out how to ride her like i used to.
if that is truly a 1d horse and she was struggling to stay in the 2-3d she did let you know. You may have not been listening, but the horse was telling you.
As far as your question. Just go do it. Mental toughness is something only you can control.
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Location: MN | I went thru a somewhat similar situation a few years ago when my horse came off of a broken splint bone. When he was legged back up ready to haul again, I was a nervous wreck. I'm also a worry wart! So my friends convinced me that he would be fine and drug me to a jackpot. I've never been so nervous in my life at a little 40+ head jackpot. Needless to say, my horse did the talking for me and went in there to win the dang thing by 2 tenths. Not much but we had some tough company there and I literaly just sat on my horse like a limp noodle the entire run!
My point is, let your horse do the talking and keep doing what youre doing. Its only a matter of time! She will come around!
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how to get out of my own head?