Wednesday, 15 September 2010

Mind your head!

You know when you are having one of those days when everything is going perfect then BAM ... your in A&E and wondering what happened?  Well last Saturday that very thing happened to me. Here's what happened;

Lynne, my good friend and fellow L2 Parelli Student, came over for a playday as we haven't gotten together in ages.  We started the morning playing with our horses online with the plan in mind that we where going to ride after lunch.  The horses where all in great moods and offered us loads, including tackling the very scary Tyre Jump ... 






After a quick lunch and a chat (not quite so quick ;) ) we tacked up and began going though our pre-flight checks.  Bella was being amazing. She was so switched into me it reminded me of the film "AVATAR" when they plug into their dragons and they do everything just from a thought ... now of course i'm not saying that Bella is a dragon ... well not these days anyway, but it was the feeling of that kind of connection.  Every breath, thought, step was in harmony.  


That where is all when wrong!  I was letting Bella graze next to me as a reward for a big try she had just made when something made her jump and she stood on her rope, pulled back sharply and her head collided with mine! 


It was a accident pure and simple. But Owww it hurt! I leant up against a handy barrel and the world started to spin.  After a quick examination of my head and finding a large dent and sharp pain starting to spread in my head I handed Bella, who was standing where I had left her just watching me, to Lynne and mum wizzed me of to A&E. 


I ended up with concussion for a week and a dent that a week and a half on is fading slowly, but will probably always remain as a reminder to keep my head away from hers!

Now, I wanted to share something that blew me away about the partner my horse was that day.  After I was rushed off to the hospital Lynne and my dad put her horse and mums horse away, packed up all the toy, jumps etc and Bella just stood there, stock still where I had left her for a good half hour! It was only when dad decided she wasn't planning on moving and went to 'collect her' did she move.  She wasn't worried or introverted, she was just 'waiting' for me to come back for her!  I have been doing alot of 'leaving' her and going to the tack room, or to move a cone and having her 'stay put' as part of the training for things like Horseagility and it hadn't even crossed my mind to think that as she was tacked up she would think she was meant to wait there!  


Needless to say when I got out of A&E I insisted my fiancee drive me to see her and check that she was ok and tell her what a good partner she was. 

The other thing that was annoying and HUGE breakthrough was that I REALLY wanted to ride that day! If you read my blog on my Ride out course with Terri you will understand why this is so huge!  I put this completely down to that course so thank you again Terri! 






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