How a television crew, a slightly feral horse and a cold morning reminded me to take my own advice.

In this episode, I tell a recent story about taking my own advice from the podcast. In Episode 28, I shared some ways you can improve your horsemanship and riding during forced periods away from the barn (due to weather, work commitments, injury, etc). Due to family illness, I haven’t been able to ride or work with the horses consistently. I followed many of the strategies that I described in Episode 28, to make good use of the my limited time with the horses. As luck would have it, I was then contacted by a television series that wanted to do an episode about my work with the horses and horsemanship in general. It sounded like a fun opportunity!

They wanted to film a session of me working with a horse as the sun rose behind us. Which meant being “on set” well before dawn — on a extra cold, dark morning preceded by days of wet weather. The horse I planned to use (who had been in more consistent work) had become feral due to the cold and was running around his pasture happily. His pasture buddy (Cozy) was less feral and more open to be haltered. But I hadn’t worked with Cozy in weeks. And here I was, taking him up to the arena in the pitch dark morning. Where a camera crew and lots of chaotic activity awaited him. Fortunately, my own podcast advice from Episode 28 kicked in and helped the session go smoothly.

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