[Duchess47]

Then I think you wouldn't have had a problem at all today but sometimes lack of confidence telegraphs to the horse. I think you are capable of a lot more than you think :)

[Rose of Sharn]

I'm not confident in a lot of things to do with our horses, and I worry that that my "fear" is picked up by them which could deepen trouble further. However, when Smokey cut his leg, and Deaconjim was at work, i put a halter on him, led him to the hitching post, cleaned his wound, and put all the right gunk on him, and made a fuss of him before leading him back to his pasture.
It was a first for me and has helped me gain confidence. I had to push myself to do it though, but I couldn't bear to see it with flies on. : ( I still won't saddle up alone, Deaconjim has to be here. Maybe one day I will gain enough confidence to achieve more. : )

[CindyDawg]

Oh I didn't get near that far:'). I didn't even go get her. I just know she is long bodied and you know how they will go for you but they move over as far as they can away from the boggie? That was what I was concerned about. No matter which way we went she was going to have to turn sharp and it was going to be a close fit. I didn't want her butt to touch the wire. Oh well, we'll try it tomorrow. If she butt bumps it, she won't do it again and it won't be the first time a horse has kicked that cart.