16/08/2026
Gutted - today I got dished up a massive reminder that this pony really is still wild 😢❤️🩹. I spent most of the weekend just being with Feather and sitting in her space holding her feed bucket and patting her face. She was really quite relaxed and tolerant. I was able to have a rope around her nose and rub it on her face. But when I tried to put it over her head and it touched the cover she was off. She ran and it fell off and she calmed back down pretty quickly. I tried it again a bit later in the day but this time she just flawed it straight towards the stable gate and tried to jump it!! She got caught dangling with her front legs over it and her hind legs off the ground 🤯. She wriggled and managed to flip over and off it. I burst into tears in that moment knowing I had majorly fu*ked up 💔😢… putting way too much pressure on her. Then a wave of panic that what if she had really hurt herself I can’t catch her to help!!! 😬😳 Luckiky she came away with superficial cuts but she will be sore for a bit. Gate is rather stuffed. I was really surprised afterwards that she went back into the stable relatively easily and allowed me to pat her again ❤️🫶. The reality is there will be joy but also heart break on this journey.
