Little Learning Moments

Exerpts from posts with minor little BFOs...


19 October 2007:

For example, he's always been so resistant to jumping barrels. He'd just crash through them, and it's impossible to keep him learning while we stop and reset the barrels; we'd stop and reset, then he'd crash through again. IMPOSSIBLE, or so I thought. The other day, I asked for help. I had a friend reset the barrels for us while Cloud was circling. At first, he just crashed through again. Then he got confused - these things keep resetting!! Then he got resistant: I don't care if you do have magical powers and can reset these things - I'm not going over them! Finally, though, he relented: OK, whatever, I'll jump them. SUCCESS! But it's nothing I could have ever done by myself, so it really forced me to ask for help.


20 October 2008

I know for me (and this is not advice, because I know nothing about your situation!), though, it was always a sign that we weren't spending enough undemanding time with eachother. That was a hard thing to learn for me.. and I'm still learning it.. but it's getting easier with practice. On good days, I'll just go up and sit in his pasture to do my homework. Obstacles weren't enough for us - Cloud needs to not always DO stuff with me. He just needs to hang out sometimes!