Re: RC: Rearing

[Lif Strand <fasterhorses@gilanet.com>]

At 11:40 PM 6/26/01, you wrote:
>   They don't like exposing their bellies, and if you let them know that 
> it is exposed, they'll try to protect it, and they can only do that if 
> the front feet are on the ground.

I really, really like this advice!  I like training methods that work with 
a horse's psychology and work *gently* and *calmly*.  Matching force to 
force just isn't ever going to work with something that's much larger and 
stronger than we are.  I always figure that our best training tool is our 
brains.

Lif Strand
Quemado NM  USA
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