Comments on: Releasing Past Trauma https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/releasing-past-trauma/ Horsemanship and horse training the partnership way Fri, 12 Feb 2021 14:42:45 +0000 hourly 1 By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/releasing-past-trauma/#comments/1884 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=11447#comment-1884 In reply to Madeleine Balcer.

I am so happy to see the great progress you have had and are still having with Choupette. She is so smart and she loves the games and exercises with you. It’s beautiful to see!

]]> By: Teddie Ziegler https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/releasing-past-trauma/#comments/1883 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=11447#comment-1883 In reply to Elaine Sode.

That’s great Elaine. I’m so glad to hear about your success. Good luck on your surgery. Take the time you need to recover fully. 🙂

]]> By: Madeleine Balcer https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/releasing-past-trauma/#comments/1882 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=11447#comment-1882 This week, Choupette moved from my place to her winter place. Teddie told me to just hang out in her paddock for a week. Be on pause. I was a bit disappointed, I thought we were passed that in our road to bonding. We are close to completing the 3C’s program. One game left. Before moving, I had problems with loading her. She is large and I had to teach her to move sideways so I could close the slant panel. She learned it quite well. So yesterday as I was with her in her stall, for fun, I asked her to move towards me sideways. The opposite of what I taught her. I asked her to come towards me with my 2 hands. Wow she did it the first time we tried it. All 4 legs together. So I am glad we paused and just enjoy being together in a calm and safe area. Teddie was right on again. The pause helped the bond grow even stronger.

]]> By: Elaine Sode https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/releasing-past-trauma/#comments/1881 https://teddiezieglerhorsemanship.com/?p=11447#comment-1881 I pushed pause this week, working with my horse to load on the trailer. He is high anxiety, loads well at home but when we complete our ride and he has to re-load to come home, he objects. I can load him, but it can be more drama than I care for. This week we just "hung" around together in the trailer. I groomed him, sometimes he had some hay. He looks to me for approval and loves to get it. We gradually increased the difficulty and last night he loaded in the dark with the trailer lights on. Superstar! Our last ride away will be this Sunday. I plan to go early and take all the time I need for him to calmly walk back into the trailer after our ride. I go for knee-replacement surgery in a week, so I hope to end on a really good note. My mantra is "Your horse isn't giving you a hard time, he is having a hard time."

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