Working With Mae

Working with Mae and her Ground Manners:

I love riding Mae under saddle she is INCREDIBLE! But, her ground manners are very.... um.... "not nice".

She wont stop when she is told, she figits, she walks sideways when told to stand still. And the worst, is when I try to get her in the washrack, she will just walk out. I can't even stop her.

She is still having these issues, but we have found ways to fix them and we will be working with her:

To stop the figiting (in washrack)- I use a crop and when she doesnt move, i "tap" her with it and she will move.

To make her Stop when told- I smack her once in the front

To make her back up in the washrack and not run out- I repeatdly smack her front with the whip until she backs and stands still.

Sounds mean huh? THIS ISN'T ABUSE! This is teaching a horse to do something right. It would be abuse if i smacked her for no reason.

Now, since I changed my blog into something I mostly talk about horses and my life, here is a picture I want to discuss a little bit:



What is love? Have you ever asked yourself that? I found this very interesting and true. I thought they shouldve added that "The person you love doesnt have to attract others, but it will attract you". Or something like that.

Also, could you love someone that you haven't "dated" or been with (not like, family like bf/gf)? I have loved someone i couldnt have, and I still do but now hes like, a brother to me now. I do have 2 guys I like right now, but i dont know if I "love" either of them. I know the one it wouldnt be okay if we dated but i still like him, and the other is dating a girl I hate so yeah lol.

Love. To be Loved. Love love love.

I want to be loved, by the "significant other" im happy my family loves me, but I am LONGING for another love from a boy/man <3

~Nikki Carter