Self-Actualized.
Assuming that your horse has absolutely everything he needs (food, bedding, a warm stall, plenty of blankets, and a pasture mate he neither humps, maims nor gets abused by), what does your horse need to be the best version of himself?
Lily needs work, work, work, work, work. She LOVES to keep busy. It's necessary for a high strung TB/Arab/QH Cross mare like herself! ;)
If I ride her and she is not engaged, she becomes bored and therefore results in being Naughty Lily!
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| Work, work, work! |
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| Naughty Lily... |
Circles...serpentines...lengthening/shortening...Change in gait...Anything different that the ordinary, she desires and craves. Because, if you don't, she won't try for you. She'll get bored, give up and chug along on her forehand.
Lily loves to work. She becomes so engaged and throws her heart into it. Whether it be jumping, galloping, dressage, barrel racing, pony rides~! She loves it all. I try to vary our rides as much as possible. I research new ways to jump courses, perform dressage, or trotting.cantering poles. I take her out to fields to jump natural objects, or canter through the woods, or go swimming! She loves to be challenged (just like me) and enjoys working hard to please herself, and her rider.
Of course, Lily also makes it very clear that she NEEDS treats in order to become self-actualized. HAH. Mares... ;)
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