Two year old Shire filly May has an interesting c.v. Originally she was shown as a foal and then went to a petting farm. After that she went through Melton Mowbray sales and she was then owned by a lady who couldn't do as much as she would have liked with her because of her own illness. At some stage May had to have a kidney removed because she had a serious urinary infection. The net result is a sweet natured but rather pushy young horse that has little sensitivity to body language. She has learned that she can use her head and body weight to get people to go away or to draw them to her. Apart from that though she leads beautifully and moves away from hand pressure when requested to do so. Today we worked on showing her that in order to get the attention that she so likes, all she needs to do is stand still and look beautiful rather than being busy busy busy. A Dually on her own head and a hat on the handler's head means that she can no longer bash her way through everything and everyone as if they didn't exist. Of course she is only a baby and her sessions need to be kept short and sweet but it's good to be addressing this behaviour before she gets to 18 hands high!
