? (twenty caharcters) I feel really bad?

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Yesterday on my trail ride I was riding a way I hadn't been before. Suddenly, on the edge of riding through some low bushes, my horse stopped and refused to move. I growl her, telling her to get up. It was so unlike her to blauk on a trail, so we spend some time walking back and forward through those bushes, but I could feel she really didn't want to do it. Even on the way home she still wouldn't go through them nicely, so I was quite annoyed at her. She had never acted like that before. I remember riding away from those bushes feeling a slight stinging across my legs.

Turns out those bushes were stinging nettle.

I have huge rashes right up and down my legs now from them, they hurt but don't upset me as much as feeling bad for making my pony go through those bushes when SHE KNEW not to.

She has a slight rash, quite mild. The vet gave me some cream for it. But I still feel TOTALLY guilty.

How can I make it up to her? I feel soooo bad. She behaved brillantly for the rest of the ride.

Snezzy · Accepted Answer

She lives in the present. Horses cannot connect your current actions to a past event. What you can do is of course to become better at evaluating her refusals so you'll know when to trust her. There is always a reason, and it's up to you to figure it out instantly.

I was driving down a narrow trail with my horse hitched to a Meadowbrook cart. We came to a wide clearing, and she refused to cross it to the trail on the other side. I started to urge her, but then changed my mind and trusted her. Suddenly a coach pulled by a four-in-hand team came bursting up the trail towards us, into the clearing, going the wrong way (according to our club's planned carriage routes). My horse avoided a wreck.

Anonymous · Answer

You can't make it up to her.  Horses don't hold grudges or remember an association between something that happened in the past and what is the result in the future.

You should take this as a lesson.  You need to understand that your horse always knows best.  If she hesitates on the trail or trys to avoid something, there is always a good reason and you need to learn to listen to her.  Too many people are like you and want to "be the boss" or "be the winner" in an argument with their horse when no such thing should be done or exists.  Your horse was trying to protect you but you don't know enough about horses to understand their attempt to communicate with you.  It is good that you feel ashamed.  Maybe you learned a lesson.  Maybe your horse taught you something valuable and you won['t forget it.  Your horse is always right and you should remember that the next time you get "annoyed".   HOrses don't do things for no reason or just to be annoying.  Only humans have that trait.  So just don't forget this valuable lesson and in the future, make sure you pay attention to your horse and understand that she is always right.

Finley · Answer

next time listen to your pony. :-)

I saw a lady who was on a horse riding on a trail. Her horse planted herself and refused to walk under a tree that was near a dry rocky creek bed. The lady tried to force the horse to forward, but her horse refused and even reared a little. 

She found out why. There were a batch of rattle snakes there in the rocks. 

Horses are really smart. Sometimes they balk, but sometimes they just know.

Lilly · Answer

Food. There's never been a horse that would hold a grudge against someone with snacks. Or you could buy her a toy. Mine have never been into toys, but she might be.

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