tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592827114836360565.post2558456861919388406..comments2023-03-26T03:22:03.591-04:00Comments on Miles On Miles: The Time I Bit The Dust, Or Why I Worry About Letting Miles DownSarahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08665170020323796310noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592827114836360565.post-46765072248729064422010-07-05T18:06:02.123-04:002010-07-05T18:06:02.123-04:00I forgot to add, Kristen, I do actually TOTALLY si...I forgot to add, Kristen, I do actually TOTALLY sing when I'm outside the arena-I did it with Ebony and now with Miles. Country songs of all things! I think Ebony's favorite was "Small Town USA". I sang "People Are Crazy" (I don't know the names of any of the artists; they are just what's on the radio at our barn!) to Miles during our first ride together and that one seems to have stuck:)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665170020323796310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592827114836360565.post-38024758050415515012010-07-04T14:21:08.649-04:002010-07-04T14:21:08.649-04:00Thanks everyone, for your insightful and on-point ...Thanks everyone, for your insightful and on-point comments. I swear horse people have above average writing skills, even if I don't put myself in that group:)<br />I started out just wanting to write about the one time I fell off Miles, and it turned into this monster post about insecurities and expectations-really, that I put on myself. No one, including Miles, is pushing me to do more than we are already.<br />I'm not gonna lie, it's comforting to know that so many people go through these same things as well. Thanks again! You all help me gain perspective:)Sarahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08665170020323796310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592827114836360565.post-82961719796371218262010-07-03T15:53:52.702-04:002010-07-03T15:53:52.702-04:00My first canter after not cantering was along a pl...My first canter after not cantering was along a place where there was a barrier at the end - so we trotted down it a couple times so I could feel comfortable, then we cantered, knowing that he couldn't run off with me, knowing there wasn't anything he'd spook at.<br /><br />I think of it as cantering with training wheels. It's been a long journey for me to get my confidence back too, and I didn't fall off a horse (just kept riding an unpredictable bucking horse).<br /><br />Give yourself time, and, as Kate says, if you give your horse your honest try, he will be patient with you.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13104422629934443842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592827114836360565.post-69907478129409581172010-07-01T22:14:31.355-04:002010-07-01T22:14:31.355-04:00I love this post and can SOOOO relate. I whisper t...I love this post and can SOOOO relate. I whisper to Laz when I hop up on his back "Take care of me..I take care of you." <br />Those OTTB moments of side spook michael jackson moves are scary as hell. I think you are battling the mental game more right now and sounds like you are close to conquering it. You know those days, where the ponies are soooo calm and puppy like? Those are the days that I choose to work on our 'scary' episodes and keep it calm...maybe next time u ride and Miles is super chill...try it out and sing. Singing will make u breathe and seem more relaxed and sit deeper by breathing. Also..practice with Miles at the trot in the arena..sliding off of him so he gets used to 'dismounting' aka fake falling and he maybe wont scare at it so bad next time. Maybe. :)<br />I know what u are talking about though..the diff b/w in the arena and out. I too, think Laz likes his walks out of the arena and I try to change it up for him but some days..it proves too much for us (me) too. Baby steps!!!Kristen Eleni Shellenbargerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01458744919530540978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7592827114836360565.post-52444154099595404082010-07-01T09:09:15.775-04:002010-07-01T09:09:15.775-04:00I'm sure Miles is just comfortable with you in...I'm sure Miles is just comfortable with you in that arena. It sounds like he's really relaxed and kind of just bee bopping casually around in there and not so uppity like he would be somewhere new. I feel like you do in the sense that my confidence has been shaken by a fall (my helmet hit dirt and bounced too), and since then I've been much less confident in areas where I used to be aggressive. I know that at some point you're going to build up to where you and Miles will both be comfortably hitting those trails. Miles is patient with you, now YOU be patient with you; you'll get there :)!JJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07876732061083507317noreply@blogger.com