By Jeanne, of the BillsBook List: It is near impossible to correlate a subject heading to a page in the book (True Horsemanship Through Feel: http://tinyurl.com/3bcrlw )
After returning from the Wilderness Ride in Sweden I took great pleasure in seeing what I had highlighted during previous study sessions. After applying practicum to the philosophy, "I was never going to get it all on my own. There isn't enough time." and "The important thing is learning how to feel of the horse, and then getting those horses responsive to your feel." Here I was, being outfitted with the most appropriate horse possible after some informal discussion of where I am at in my journey. This horse and I had to get together right now if we were to make the best of what was shaping up to be one heck of a ride. I had to read him and ride him while understanding he had nothing but feel available to him, too. We did not know each other. It was so helpful going at it with an attitude of checking each others' basics. Did the horse trust me? did he understand from the moment I went to catch him that I was on his side? I believe he did. He was in the moment and there for me. Page VI I had, a long time ago, highlighted "The horse needs to have the person feel real sure about how to present what is expected of him in a way that he can understand." Gold, isn't it... I know I was very sure about what I was presenting to the horse that was selected for me. He told me in the way he would feel back to me that we would get along just fine. And we did. But as I make my way through the highlighted sections of the book and relate my Wilderness Ride to them I hope to capture for you (and for me) where things went wrong, where things got better, where the challenges came and how I was responsible for just about every mistake known to man. It's all about learning. And I learned a ton. To be continued... Jeanne
