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We took Aslaan at the last minute due to a pesky grass seed getting into his eye. He travelled well but was worried at being left in the stables alone. He was delighted to see them fill up with other horses on Saturday morning
Day 1 saw us learning acupressure on both humans and horses and diagnostics on the horses. By the end of the day Aslaan was exhausted as he had been too excited to lie down to sleep. The photos by Kat of our artwork on Aslaan were taken this day.
Day 2 saw us not use Aslaan for the first session and he finally lay down and slept while the other horses were all in the arena. I teamed up with Jenny and her wonderful Appy, Cyrus. We spent the day on photonic therapy and Aslaan was, again, a gem. Glen picked us up at about 7 and we made it home with a very tired Aslaan at about 11.30pm.
A terrific course but very demanding and tiring. A big thank you to Renee for providing accomodation close to Pegasus and some lovely meals for 2 very tired course attendees!
I was so pleased with Aslaan I posted this to OzArabs, Australia's premier Arabian Yahoo Group:
"Hi All,
Having just spent the weekend having my brain fried by the applied neuroscience that is the various forms of acupoint therapy, I have to say I am so proud of the horse that I eventually took. He was pulled from the paddock at 8am on the day after both the horses I planned to take seemed too sore to go. He had just had a grass seed removed from his eye so he really got the nod as I needed to treat it 3 times a day. It was take him or stay at home as I was not prepared to lose his eye even for a course I have been waiting over 6 months to go to. He traveled 3.5 hours either way. He was boxed on his own in a strange place for the first time in his life. He spent 2 days being poked and prodded with his acupoints being located by myself and other students fumbling about. He accepted other students and instructors coming into his space gracefully nearly every time. He stood among towering Warmbloods, TB's, Appy's and RDA ponies in the arena as if it was his 10th school, not his first full on school. He is just 18 months old and he did not chuck an 'I am SO tired tanty until the last half hour before he went onto the float. Everyone was amazed he was so well behaved they commented on it and were asking if he was purebred. This is a baby we could not get a hand on for the first 7 months of his life. After he was weaned I had to use huntaway to catch him. I am so delighted with Aslaan I thought I would share his big weekend.
I just ended up chuckling to myself every time I heard a woman go 'Oh, you are such a cutie!' LOL! He's come a long way from a horse you could not get near at 7 months old to dispensing cuddles at an acutherapy school at 18 months old. There were 20 women there including 2 of the conveners, so he scored a lot of cuddles. It was nice he saved his biggest whinnies for me, though.
Cheers,
Julia."
Finally, we have some photos, courtesy of Aslaan's 'Mum' No. 2 for the weekend, Kat.
Unfortunately we could not get a decent patch of ground to stand him on properly, but the photos were taken to display all our fine artwork with the permanent marker! Poor Aslaan sported many red spots!
Where good temperament and a place to put the saddle matter!
