Re: RC: horse manners on trail

["Truman Prevatt, Ph.D." <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

Ho boy this is probably going to get me flamed. But here goes anyway.
There is a vast difference between ears back and attacks. Horses put
their ears back, bear their teeth for many reasons, but it is usually
has to do with other horses or maybe even humans invading their space.
Different horses have different bubbles they define as their space as do
different people. I don't care for someone who comes within six inches
of my nose to talk to me and I will get pretty pissed if someone insists
on doing this after I move away a couple of times.

While I agree that people must control their horses behavior, riders on
the other hand must respect the space of other horses. You cannot expect
to run your horse upon the butt of another horse and not expect him/her
to react to their space being invaded. Same goes for coming too close on
the side.

So while we must all share the same trail we must also share a common
considerations to not invade each others space.

Truman



TddWil@aol.com wrote:
> 
> In a message dated 4/24/00 5:43:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
> brickson@delanet.com writes:
> 
> <<
>  Do not let your horse in your control
>  threaten another.  I'm talking about ears back, bared teeth, or shaking
>  neck.  These require at least verbal discipline.  Threats turn into attacks
>  when you let your guard down. .. You CAN control
>  this with *consistent* training and even cure it,  over a time the length of
>  which depends on how long the behavior has been allowed to occur.
> 
>  Horses being ridden in a group of strangers will still try to establish
>  dominance if their riders allow it.
> 
>  Consciously using your horse's aggressiveness on the trail to intimidate
>  others' mounts is unsportsmanlike and can develop into your horse seeing
>  what it can get away with further.
> 
>  Bridget Brickso >>
> 
> Amen to this. It's a pain in the butt to not be able to pass because the
> horse ahead of you lays back ears and bares teeth. Not to mention being
> passed by one like that and having your horse go off the trail. My horse is a
> very calm gelding that will tolerate almost anything, including being bumped
> hard by other horses, but a horse is a horse, and he knows what a threat is.
> We are starting a stallion, and I will be a real hard ass on him about not
> sticking to business on the trail. He has time to interact with other horses
> at home.
> 
>                                       Shelly in DE
> 
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net.
> Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/RideCamp
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=

-- 
Truman Prevatt
Mystic “The Horse from Hell” Storm 
Buck's Mystic Karma
Rocket a.k.a. Mr. Misty
Jordy a.k.a. Bridger (when he is good)
Danson Flame - hey dad I'm well now and ready to go!

Brooksville, FL