Re: RE: Re: Castle Rock Ride/dogs

["Tracey" <tracey@tbt.co.za>]

We have hot air balloonists.  Gives "star-gazing" a whole new meaning!
-----Original Message-----
From: Kathy Mayeda <kathy_mayeda@atce.com>
To: SoulsSerenade@aol.com <SoulsSerenade@aol.com>
Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Saturday, May 27, 2000 12:36 AM
Subject: RC: RE: Re: Castle Rock Ride/dogs


>I ride in a suburban area with the majority of people not horse-wise.  And
>they have pedigreed puppies that spend their lives in a backyard or in a
>crate unless they are out on a Sunday romp in the park with their owners.
>They are the ones who needs leash laws,too.  Most of the owners are cool
and
>have them on a leash.  But a lot of these dogs view horses as another big
>dog and would lunge and invite my horse to play!  Or some would cower and
>hide.  Either way, I enjoy letting my horse be their "first horse
encounter"
>and enjoy meeting people in such an idyllic background.
>
>I just wish some of the mountain bikers in this park could be leashed!!!
>Most of them are cool,  but there are a few that think nothing of coming up
>behind a horse downhill at speed without warning!
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: SoulsSerenade@aol.com [mailto:SoulsSerenade@aol.com]
>Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 11:21 AM
>To: karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us
>Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:    Re: Castle Rock Ride/dogs
>
>I ride a lot in the community forest by my house.  Everybody uses the
trails
>to ride their bikes, walk their dogs....whatever.  It's pretty common for
us
>to encounter a dog on the trail.  And usually, they are loose
>because....c'mon...if you were a dog, what would be the fun of having to
>hang out at your owner's heels the whole time?  If the dogs get too
>friendly, and think they might want to sniff around at our horse's ankles,
>we don't get too worried about it.  Hey, if the horse does decide to kick
>out (which is pretty unlikely...they're used to dogs), the dog learns his
>lesson.
>If a dog comes charging down the trail towards us, yipping and howling,
with
>the thought in his head that he can fight my horse to the death, I just
tell
>my little mare to charge back.  As we trot towards the dog, his look of
>aggression usually turns to "ohhhh my gawd.....I'd better get out a
>heeeeeere"....
>I don't have a dog (I know, I know...but my mom says the horse is enough)
so
>I obviously never take one with me riding.  Sometimes, when I ride at the
>beach with my friend, he brings his big macho dog, Sparky.  When Mr. Sparky
>sees another dog, they perform the ritual "sniff sniff here, sniff sniff
>there" and then decide if they'll be friends or not.  If it looks like
there
>isn't going to be a friendship forming within the next few moments, my
>friend does a little flying dismount off of his saddle and rounds up the
>dog.  It usually works.  Most dogs are smart enough to know they aren't
much
>of a match for the big guy.
>Renee
>
>
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