A horse is a horse of course of course

Sometime this summer G learned to be afraid of animals. She became afraid of dogs, cats, horses, cows, etc. It was so bad at one point that just bringing her near my parent's inanimate camel would make her break out in tears. It isn't clear if she has gotten over all of this fear but she is certainly a lot better. We went down to Georgia for thanksgiving and decided to see if we could get her over her fears. She spent most of the week chasing the cat around the house. She wasn't very good at catching him as even her fastest crawl isn't all that fast. Once we had determined that her fear of small animals was gone we decided to press our luck and see how she fared against large animals.

We brought her out in the backyard and I held her while feeding a horse. This didn't seem to bother her but she refused to pet him. We took G over to her Great Aunt and Uncle's house and decided to give her some hands on horse experience. We put her near several horses until she became brave enough to pet them. Once she was actively petting horses we put her on the back of a small gentle pony. We started out side saddle and worked up to straddling. She never stayed on for more than a few seconds because she would start to cry. All in all she seemed to have a good time and we left with her smiling and waving at the horses. She didn't actually get a pony ride but maybe we can try for that next time.




Sitting side saddle


Petting Cali


Trying to Scramble off the back of Cali.



Horses can be scary sometimes