Sitting On Harvey
Harvey’s second “ride” about a week ago. Maybe sitting on would be more appropriate? Just chillin’ and making it a fun thing to do until he gets comfortable with the whole idea. Spent the whole time, ten, fifteen minutes or there abouts, getting on and off and petting and feeding. Sometimes he wants to swing around and let me on from the right side. I don’t care which side I mount from, whatever he’s comfortable with.
It’s interesting though, him preferring the right side. There was no way he was letting me on his right side when I first started playing with him. I think his former people only ever did anything from his left. Some people don’t agree about the importance of getting horses used to things from both sides. It’s kind of good that they didn’t. He is fresh on that side with no bad memories to overcome.