That horse and this clinic changed my life. My old trainer posted one day about this clinic she went to, and how everything just sort of clicked, and how amazing it was. I knew what she had been through, the challenges her and her horse faced, and how hard she worked. I knew when she said something just happened, and it was emotional, and incredible all at the same time, that it had to be great. But I also knew that I would never experience one of those rides. But yesterday, I did. And it was just as heart wrenchingly, amazingly beautiful, and emotional as she described it.
Duncan has pulled at my heart strings in just the right ways over the past year. He seems to know exactly how to make me feel hopeless, but give me something to hang on to just before I give up, or vice versa. It has been a year of hard times. A year or personal growth for me, and a lot of prayers that I felt were never answered. Finally, they have been. And I am so thankful. This clinic was so amazing. I don't know that there was one thing that really "fixed" our problems, but more just a variety of things that made him think. However, Duncan is smart, and things don't work on him for long. He quickly learns a way to get out of it. So I have decided to put him in training with Terry.
I felt really bad about saying no to the other trainer at first. I had told her we were training with her. But even then, I was no convinced she could help me. I knew she could help Duncan, and that she could make him a good dressage horse, but I was still doubtful that he would be the horse for me. Never have I felt anyone could really help enough that I felt safe on him. For the first time sense I've bought him this choice has felt so right, and so hopeful. And this is worth all of the bad stuff.
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