me too me too... I also find Rescue Remedy by Dr Bach a HUGE help, always
have a spray of the stuff on me and take it for scary stuff, and give some to
the horse too
I also sing or talk to take away nervous tension - and when preparing to
face something scary I deliberately look away from it and pretend to ignore it
I tell myself ' feel the fear and do it anyway' and tell the horse ' let's
transform fear into curiosity'... that helps.
I find there is a big difference between riding a confident horse who
spooks & bolts on training rides for fun but who's steady as a rock in
competitions and just wants to go ( my first horse) and riding a nervous highly
strung mare who lacks confidence and gets more scared whenever there is tension
in the air ( my second horse) - with the first horse I just worry about him
dumping & hurting me and having to walk home, with the second I worry about
her dumping me and doing something stupid to herself in the process on training
rides or in competitions and even though she'll wait for me to get
back on the latter is much worse!
From: "Barbara McCrary" <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: Re:
[RC] Nervous or Crazy
Very wise words, and ones I am
working hard to believe. I am a pathologically cautious
person...always have been. I've probably missed a lot in life, but
also I haven't had any near-death experiences, either. The older I
get, the less fearful I become.
