HAVE YOU EVER NOTICED...?
...how your horse behaves for strangers?...and how, that behaviour is a reflection on you and will have a bearing on the effectiveness of the purpose of the visit.
When Tom & Henry get the regular visitors, and you might remember I won't let just anyone anywhere near either of them, they behave beautifully, and exactly as I'd expect from either personality.
Well mannered and polite, my boys are lovely to be around and amusing to.
Henry, of course doesn't like to stand still and is prone to an alert status whenever anything is happening around...and it needn't be close either.
Tom, with his usual bored expression will watch whilst Henry gets all agitated, knowing it'll be a fleeting state and he'll be fine and calm soon. Tom approaches everything with quiet calm.
Working with your horses own personalities can help you achieve a pleasant working relationship when it comes to vets, farriers, teeth doctors, physios, saddle fitters etc, because you will personalise your approach and the stranger will follow your lead.
Remembering all horses, just like us, are different. They have different motivations and interests, and knowing how to work with these will help you as a team be effective in assisting a vet for example to treat a wound or trauma where a calm and still horse will be of benefit.
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