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by Patti Stedman | Oct 16, 2017 | Patti's Blog
[Warning: This blog is full of smarm and stereotypes. I won’t apologize for that because, as those who know me in real life would likely confess, I am a wee bit cheeky that way.]
A week or so ago I found myself with a day with no client meetings and a forecast that screamed for an autumn ride.
So off we went to Allegany State Park with Iggy and Sarge, with Richard hoping to get in his last hilly, fast conditioning ride before Fort Valley, and me, it was less about seeking a conditioning goal with Iggy than attempting to find a common ground.
We climbed up Trail 1 together and I sent Richard off to do his own loop, planning to meet up again in an hour or so after a workout that was more in tune with the fitness level and psyche of our mounts.
I’ve only had Iggy about six months. In July, he turtled the Moonlight in Vermont 50. And since then, we’ve hit a stalemate in our relationship, some push/pull which I’m trying to figure out, inclined as I am to believe that horses are in many ways like jigsaw puzzles, some complex and with a million pieces, others designed for toddlers, with primary colors and only a dozen or so pieces.
Yesterday, as we walked along, just the two of us, I decided that our misunderstandings were much like a ‘generation gap...’
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http://enduranceintrospection.com/wp/iggy-is-a-millennial-and-other-anthropomorphic-theories/
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