His name is Pluto. He belongs to a friend's son who is currently in the USA. Pluto is a 17hh Danish x TB Gelding. He has competed Novice BE and a sensitive soul. He has had one of two little issues in his life, and one of them a physically problem is one reason why he has come in to my life. The other is that he hates travelling and has a tendency to panic in confined spaces.
In the last few weeks his physically issues have become worse and he is being seen by Gavin Scofield and soon will be having x-rays. Vets and Gavin's advice was to continue working but do more ground work. With the help of my friend Fiona, we started him with some parelli. Oh boy, today, whilst working on my own with him, I finished normal lunging which we are using to get him long and low and to open up his back, I finished the session by taking off all his tack, and walking with him around the arena, I then started the circling game with him, and he did everything I asked, stop, go, stop, walk, trot and canter... the way he turns and looks at you really does bring tears to your eyes. This horse has a look in his eyes that is so deep it hurts.
What an end to the day. Quite remarkable as Parelli really is very new to me, and I have only Fiona to thank for opening my eyes to this technique
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