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Thought I might share a story about my horse. Because he is pretty special. I am biased but he honestly is haha. (He knows how to open the disco doors!) I have had him since he was 2months old, he is now 8yo. And seems to still be growing. He is 18hh, which in none horsey terms, is damn tall! He is taller than my disco, which has 2 inch lift and 1 inch larger tyres! This gives some challenges because as most might not know in here, I am in a wheelchair 98% of the time. I also only have 1 working hand, the other is a somewhat useful claw I suppose. I was right handed, now a lefty by default, and not a good one haha. His name is Legacy. I actually named him aftera video game character but in a funny twist, he gets called legs for short and he IS actually my legs when I ride haha. This was not planned. He does not treat other humans like he does me, because he does not see them as his human, so does not think he should be doing anything they ask. But for me, nothing is too much. He will lift me off the ground, when I need to throw up, no matter what we are doing, he will stop dead so I can do what is needed, then we carry on as nothing happened. He enjoys taking me for 'walks'in the wheelchair as he can show me all the things he finds interesting. He will not, I repeat, not at all, let other horses near me that he does not approve of. At present, only my sisters two older horses are allowed near me, sometimes. I get tremors a lot, most of the time in my legs. They can get quite violent at times, but no matter how bad they get, he just tunes them out. They do not bother him at all, and this surprised me all the more when watching a video of the tremors whilst on his back, because they move his body a heck load too! Horses are the one thing that carried on from the old life, to this new one. When I am up there, in my favourite place, on his back. I feel free. He is my dancing partner and best mateThere is a lot of times that I am unable to ride, which we then have a John Deere ride on mower that has been our heavy duty out door wheelchair for years now.We do a lot of training from it, go one walks. He even likes to lift it up on occasion. Riding is such an important thing for those with disabilities who do ride. It helps us align our bodies in a neutral way, it also is a supportive way for us to activate muscles and stretch muscles. But most of all, it is for our mental health and well being. Horses, like most animals (not counting the ones that would like to eat us) just know when their humans are not right or special needs. The thing I look forward to most each day, is sitting with him and enjoying the company whilst he eats his dinner
Originally Posted by Epic_Dragon
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