At the same time as the stallion went home, another mare was dropped off for us to train.  Cheno is very over weight.  She is not that big, standing at 14. 1 hh, but has enough attitude of a horse of 17hh. 

Today we took Cheno out of her pasture to start working with her.  She is very used to humans and has no fear of us, but also has no respect for us.  She was used to being more of a pet and was not put in her place like she should have been.  We are now having to be quite tough with her.  We can see her potential, but cannot even start on proper training until she has some discilpine.

There are times that we ask something of her and she totally ignores us.  We then need to get bigger and in her face for her to listen.  Even when we lead her around she is not respectful.

She reminds me of us sometimes.  Christians that grow up in the church and are so familar with everything.  They think because they are 'good' they don't need to be disciplined.  It is interesting that these type of horses are the most difficult to train.  I think this might be true of humans also.  God has to get so big in their faces before they listen.  These horses tend to get offended; sounds like us again.

We now have Cheno isolated and dependent on us for all her needs.  She needs to learn that she is not self sufficient, that we are the boss and that she needs to listen right away, all the way and in a happy way.  Need I say more.

Shalom,

Marie

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