Lesson Horse, School Horse, Emotional Support Horse

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Awareness of the outside world. Alabama New Center: Alabama State Black Chamber of Commerce holds conference in Birmingham, Kelly, 6.22.23. Meg’s photos inject action into what could be a visually dry subject.

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Caption: Behind the ears of a stellar dude.

When Rodney walks, he has thoughts. Many, many thoughts. Constantly. I have a bug on me. I have an itch. I want to follow Milton. I don’t want to follow Milton anymore. [The Morning Constitutional]

Rodney is that way about everything. Many, many thoughts. Plus reactive. Plus prone to sudden outbursts that make sense to him but seem random to the rest of us.

This is why I go over to Stepping Stone Farm and ride the kindest, quietest, most amenable school horse available.

Optimus is an awesome dude. Yet, at my most recent lesson, I could still feel part of myself, say 5%, braced for him to suddenly cavort across the ring. I know he won’t. I don’t believe.

Once again, I slipped in a lesson before a show. I had planned to take more than one lesson between the shows. August got away from me.

We rode & drove. Optimus was a star. I was beyond tired once I got home.

In other news, I realize Emotional Support Animal is a specific term that gets misused. I am employing it here to underline the emotional impact a lesson can have. I really, really feel better after a good ride.

Onwards!
Katherine

7 thoughts on “Lesson Horse, School Horse, Emotional Support Horse”

  2. Too many people confuse Emotional Support Animal with full blown Service Dog. Like mine. Any animal can give you emotional support. A service dog is specially trained to perform certain behaviors in response to what situation their human is in..
    I’m sorry. This is a pet peeve of mine. It just makes it harder for those of us with non-traditional breeds.

  4. PS: Thank you for the compliment about my photography, and sharing of the AL News Center’s story about the Alabama State Black Chamber of Commerce event. I listened while I was taking photos and found the event interesting, not dry as some conferences can be.

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