Books with Spirit - Horse Riding

Yesterday I was being interviewed by the local media about this amazing new book Bobby’s Diaries and the photographer asked “Well, what does he (my horse Bobby) say then? What DO horses want?”  I fumbled for a simple answer then, but thought about it later and came up with this:

• Horses wish for us to communicate with them – a two way street where we listen as well as talk – and where we humans act on what we hear.
• They wish for us to ask for what we want them to do, not push them around, boss them or dominate them.
• They wish for us to be leaders, not bosses. They wish for themselves to be willing partners, not slaves.
• They wish for us to be good riders, brilliant riders even, so that they feel comfortable and joyful to carry us. 
• They wish for no pulling on the reins for what we want.  They wish for our use of the reins to be an “ask”.
• They wish to no longer live in even slight fear or anxiety around us.

When I think about it, everything that Bobby told me over two years came into one of these categories.

Not so much to ask……    Pretty simple ……..   really.          Bobby’s Diaries