Re: RC: Rearing

["Glenn and Kim Mowatt" <horsecounsellor@saltspring.com>]

Thank you,yes we saw many things she could have done differently.It was also
suggested that the mare be taken off her grain;she has been much calmer
since. Thank you for the feedback.         Kim

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>From: "Carolyn Burgess" <carolyn_burgess@hotmail.com>
>To: Teddy@runningbear.com, horsecounsellor@saltspring.com
>Cc: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Subject: Re: RC: Rearing
>Date: Mon, Apr 23, 2001, 6:47 AM
>

> With rearing, often times the rider is causing it and it can be a vicious
> cicle.  I had a friend who's horse reared on her, but she caused it.  They
> had previously had a terrible accident where the two of them fell off a
> bridge crossing a stream.  When the were crossing the bridge the horse
> started to back up, and she let him instead of legging him on.  It took her
> 2 hours to get him out of the water.  After that, she was afraid to ride
> him, and he didn't trust her (do you blame him).  When he healed after the
> bridge injuries, she was nervous about riding him and had a death grip on
> the reins and on his mouth.  He was an Arab and forward moving, so when he
> would move out, she would pull on his mouth, and the struggle ensued.  I
> watched them one day, and she grabbed the reins and did about 6 or 8 hard
> pulls in succession, just going pull, pull, pull and holding the pulls.  As
> she pulled, I watching him start to pogo on his front end and next thing you
> know, he's up and she slid onto his rump.  She didn't fall off and he didn't
> go over, and it wasn't really a bad rear.  It actually looked like she was
> trying to get him to rear.  This was the end of their relationship.  So
> examine what your friend is doing, she may be causing the rearing without
> realizing it.
>
> Carolyn Burgess
>
>
>>From: Teddy Lancaster <Teddy@runningbear.com>
>>To: horsecounsellor@saltspring.com
>>CC: "ridecamp@endurance.net" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
>>Subject: RC:   Rearing
>>Date: Sun, 22 Apr 2001 23:44:03 -0400
>>
>>I had a mare that did that...as soon as she
>>started to rear, we turned her in circles until we
>>were BOTH dizzy.  She stopped rearing.....
>>
>>Making  the horse go FORWARD is the key...circling
>>is "forward",  just in one place....
>>
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