Re: RC: Re: head tossing

[Sheila <tondi313@yahoo.com>]

When I am out with my neighbors on a long trail ride,
I usually insist that the person with the misbehaving
horse lead.  this seems to always calm the horse down
and the others, too.  Then after awhile, someone else
can take a turn - or the next horse to get antsy can
lead for a bit.  

We usually ride for 7-9 hours and go for 20+ miles. 
The trails are tough here and lots of verticals and
shear drops, so the going is as fast as the slowest
team.  Greeat for legging up a horse, though.  The
quiet can't be beat, too.

She

--- Sarah McIntosh <smcintos@rapidnet.net> wrote:
> I would like to put the following forward to
> contribute to this discussion:
> 
> I have an Arab (Saffy) who, when i first got her
> last April, tossed her head
> so high she would come close to hitting me in the
> face!!  I did some
> research  to find out what I could do about this,
> and mechanical tie down
> apparatuses (sp?) never even entered my mind.
> I found a really good site by the Parelli people and
> it says that head
> tossing is actually related to claustrophobia and
> also to a lack of respect
> for the rider as the leader.
> 
> http://www.parelli.com/curing.htm
> 
> I think that some horse might be in pain from their
> bit but some just have
> an attitude problem.  My horse had an attitude
> problem, but we have learned
> together and now she accepts me as the leader, and
> she very rarely throws
> her head now (maybe once in 2-3 months).  It is
> usually an expression of
> frustration when we are in a group and are WALKING
> for miles and miles and
> she would much rather move out :-) I verbally
> reprimand her and she doesn't
> do it again.
> When i first started riding her, she didn't want to
> leave the barn yard by
> herself, and the first time she wouldn't move
> forward so we ended up backing
> up (in the direction i wanted to go - away from the
> barn) for hundreds of
> feet, until she decided that if i asked her to move
> forward it was the
> preferred option, as opposed to backing up.  There
> was a LOT of head
> throwing that day, which i pretty much ignored since
> forward movement was
> much more important.
> 
> As Saffy and I spent more time together she has
> developed so much
> confidence.  She will lead a ride or go on a ride
> just her and I - I am so
> proud of her.
> 
> Anyways, probably too long, but who doesn't like to
> talk about their horse!!
> <GRN>
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Sarah & Saffy
> Abbotsford, BC
> Canada
> 
> 
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She

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