Time will tell. At one stage during her
training I considered her to be a perfect EFL horse because of her sweet and
gentle nature and her responsiveness to the people around her. She is just so
eager to please.
I can’t remember if I mentioned Equine
Facilitated Learning before but I did a great workshop about a year ago with Franklin
from www.wayofthehorse.org and have come to appreciate
how people learn and progress through their interaction with horses.
What I like about the discipline of EFL
particularly is that people don’t have to ride a horse to benefit from the
interaction. This makes equine therapy available to anyone, not just people with
a desire or ability to ride a horse.
Through the desensitisation process I went
through with Brandy I noticed how alert and receptive she was and I was getting
close to introducing her to my rider friends at the RDA. The plan was to
utilise the EFL training with Brandy and this way slowly incorporate her into
the program. I had noticed how much the riders enjoyed to handle the horses on
the ground and not only be involved with riding them.
Brandy would be perfect in that regard
because she is so pure if you like, un-spoilt with her responses real and as
yet not tainted by bad habits or too much or handling of inexperienced hands.
