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Det där med att ha en plan

The thing about having a plan

I like to have a plan, a direction and a goal, or a partial goal. I think that well-balanced planning is connected with horse welfare. In this particular case, it is about how I plan my horse's everyday life.

In my world there is a plan for each week and one that extends over a longer period of time. I think that our beloved horses feel good from, for example, change. Of course in terms of environment and surface, but also intensity in the training plan. I believe that the young horse needs a number of breaks in his training to be able to digest the learning just as the older horse needs different tasks to be stimulated.
In a plan, there can also be space for activities that are not directly linked to riding. Here we usually find shoeing, vaccinations and deworming. But why not sign up when it's time for social training, loose canter, everyday massage or just a moment for closeness. Today, everything goes so fast that we forget the importance of the small moments when we create a bond with our horse.
I imagine that the vast majority of people today, after all the interviews with our various world stars, are good at making plans for both training and competition. The question is just how good we are at sticking to what we planned and whether our plan covers enough of our horse's needs.

Do we change our plan based on weather, desire and convenience or because the plan was not thought through enough from the beginning? What happens then, both from a horse welfare and results perspective?

The plan can also crack due to something beyond our control. Perhaps a shoe was stepped off in the mud. Stomach flu again or simply just a day of general chaos. How do we follow this up?

Then it is always necessary to be flexible, of course for our horses but perhaps also for ourselves. We just need to think about why the plan broke. Why has it been over a week since my horse and I went on a hack? Why is my horse losing a shoe now again? Why doesn't it feel like my horse wants to do what it wanted six months ago? Why doesn't my horse follow me when I sit on it?
Maybe it's time to review your plan and modify it or why not come up with an alternative plan, the famous plan B. There must be a thought behind what we plan and then a will to carry it out.
There is a balance between sticking to your plan and being flexible. After all, we want to create not only sustainable horses, but also horses that fundamentally feel good.

If we get a little better at following the path we set out, it doesn't matter much if sometimes it doesn't turn out as planned.