Amber is my stunning part bred Arabian mare 96.87% Arab.....not much of anything else!
Amber came into my life in mid 2007. She was surely highly spirited and lived a rather sheltered life. She had a bit of trouble coping with our paddocks at first because the grass was different lengths, dogs and children were on the other side of the fences and everything around her seemed to be a monster! I knew I had a bit of work to do on her and of course myself.
I started my L1 QS with her about a month after she arrived, took me that long to get the courage to ride her. We both had a lot to learn. We had so many life experiences to go through together. I had to learn to trust her and her me. Of course our first ride was with a halter and one rein, it was a passenger lesson and oh boy, Amber was off......fast and braced! I was to just sit there and enjoy the ride (supposed to anyway)...
We finished our L1 and moved onto L2 which presented a lot more challenges. I had to ride bareback at the canter for 1 minute in both directions with one rein. The thought of this whilst doing L1 knowing what was coming was torture. Now we canter bareback and one rein alot, this is probably my favourite part of our riding program. I much prefer bareback now than in a saddle.
Our journey has certainly progressed. Amber is a horse that really does try hard to please. She gets cranky and lets me know when I am not polite with my phases and has taught me so much about body language, horse behaviour, release, rewarding and knowing when to stop. She has basically been my guinea pig. Teaching me to ride again and gain my balance and confidence. She's really a super litte horse with a very big kind heart........that has cranky moments!! We have just about finished L2 and working on L3.
We do a lot of liberty together and love it. I had trouble floating Amber not long after she arrived and had to work on getting her to trust me and then go into a float. I can remember working at this for a very long time bit by bit. No rush, just building rapport slowly and we certainly have a lot of that now!
Please enjoy this video of our liberty float loading - done with lots of fun :)
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