Well today there isn't much to talk about. It was one of those days that got all knocked out of whack. When I woke up this morning I had plans of going out and working with Spade, but I knew that I had to take Danial to the airport at 10:30. Little did I know he had changed the flight until later. So I felt a little rushed to get things done this morning. The past few weeks I have decided that the only horses that I am going to work on are the mustangs and clients horses. I have got to focus on Spade so that I can get done in time.
So this morning I was going to ride Spade, so I had to run to the round pen and get my spurs that I had left there last night. When I got to the gate Magpie was waiting on me. I didn't want to completely ignore her so I stepped in for a moment and brushed her down. She is such a good girl. When I went to pull Spade out, he was out in the shade trees. The last few times I had to catch him he would walk away and give me a hard time about it. So today I walked in and gave him eye contact and then he started heading toward me. I stood there and waited. He walked right up to me. I was so proud. After saddling him I wanted to try the horse boots today. The velcro scared him a little. I found myself a little frustrated because Magpie comes and inspects scary things, Spade seems to avoid them. Once we got the boots on he was very eager to go and work. He has been off the last few days because I wasn't sure as to why his throat keeps swelling. We walked to the arena and I got on. He was a little excited to just be there. I had to do some flexing and calming to get him to stand still. I guess he really wanted to get to work. I figured I would start by walking around the pen. Every time I would pass by a object by the fence he would step sideways, just avoiding to get near it. Then I would side pass him to it and let him stop.We did this for about an hour on different items in the pen. Finally he relaxed and would walk the fence line with no problems. I talked to my training friend today about my mare and I told her that I was frustrated because I wish I had put a cues on Spade that encouraged him to try new things and to touch scary things. She in formed me that I could still teach him those things and gave me a few things to try so I will work on those in the morning. After I walked the rail I took him to the pole pattern I wanted to start working on that for my freestyle. He was a little leery of the poles at first but on the third walk through he started to really like it. So I am really excited to see him do so well. Time is ticking and I really feel it.
I was thinking today it is really funny how fear works. Everyone has a fear of something...spiders, snakes, heights. I have dealt with fear in my own life for years. I would always go in seasons fear of one thing and beat it and then become afraid of another. Because of that, I really feel for these horses that are so fearful. Fear can take you life away. Spade reminds me daily that when you are in fear you can seriously hurt someone and not even mean it. But on the other hand of things I look at Magpie and how she has been taught to handle it. I know that when I was a kid my parents would make me open the gate when we came home with the horses. At night I hated it. The woods were so scary and everything was dark. I could imagine a big hog or a monster of some sort flying out of the trees and trying to get me. And the lights on the truck and trailer made it worse because your eyes couldn't adjust to the dark because of the light. So I would step out os the truck and start quoting Psalms 23 the entire time I was opening and closing the gate. It made me feel better. Magpie reminded me of the way that I learned how to deal with stuff as an adult. I used to have this horrible fear that someone was going to break in the house. One of the things that I learned to do was instead of allowing the devil to torment me and stay frozen for minutes. I now will go check things out....with the pistol LOL! But people have a fear of all kinds of things. The thing that most don't understand is fear is a spirit and it can be controlled by the power of Jesus. It is a ploy of the devil to keep us from doing what we are suppose to do and to be who God has called us to be. The Bible says that God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power, love and a sound mind.( 2 Tim 1:7) God wants us to become overcomers through Him and fear has no place in our lives. So my encouragement to you today is to think about where the devil might be hindering you through fear and pray to the Lord so that you might be released from that to move where you need to go. I strive to live a fear free life even if I have pack along a pistol. :-)
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