So last year, I did set goals but apparently I forgot all about these and they all kind of went out of the window when I got Star too, alongside starting my A levels and generally growing up.
So last year my goals were:
- Get John to jump a fence, correctly, no matter what height this may be.
This didn't happen, we didn't really work a lot on this but it has come to seem like John's trust in me is ever growing and he will hopefully do this one day! We've got our whole partnership together to work on this and right now I'm enjoying just having his little face around. So I'm going to carry this over for the rest of our years until it happens really.
This did happen! Ron went to his first show in April and did a little in hand class and it was very lovely to see him being big grown-up boy! My love for that pony exceeds me.
- Get John's loading somewhat there.
This also didn't happen, again I'm really not too fussed about this, just like the jumping, more so now that Star man is around to go out and about on.
- Have John in a consistent outline in at least one pace.
This sort of happened. It's not completely there but we are getting there and this is not completely out of reach so I'm taking this over to 2016.
This most definitely did happen! I was so chuffed when I did this that I felt over the moon for hours afterwards! I think I did this extremely early on in the year too, Yay!
- Have a jumping lesson and build some confidence back up.
Now, whilst officially I didn't have an instructor, I would say our session at Watt Meadow with Beff shouting at us definitely counts. I ended that session jumping a 90cm fence which I never thought I would do on Star and so I very much would say we did this.
- Ride John bareback at at least a trot.
This didn't happen, in fact, no bareback happened this year!
- Get John's confidence up hacking on his own.
This also didn't happen, no hacking with John happened this year, I'm going to bring this back and try again this year in the Spring/Summer.
- Sort out John's behaviour bathing.
Whilst John's behaviour bathing is not exactly where I'd like it to be, it is a whole lot better than it ever used to be and so I will take that. He no longer spins and kicks out, just fidgets so I would definitely say this is pretty much a success.
- Go hunting at least once.
This did definitely not happen and this will have to be more a life goal I think!
So I think overall, last year was quite successful considering. Hopefully this year we can crack even more! However I'm not setting myself anything because I just forget and so it's a little bit pointless, I'm just going to take each day as it comes.
And it may be a little late but,
Happy New Year!
