Re: RC: Herd-Bound and Confident for 14 years.

[Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@mindspring.com>]

Ray,

Sometimes you have to take the good with the bad. With women, there ain't no
10's and with horses they all have a warts or two. Chico probaly is pretty
funny and he probably thinks you are pretty funny for sticking with him for 14
years!   I've yet to see a walker that wasn't smart, stubborn, playful,
egotistical with a sense of humor.

Truman



guest@endurance.net wrote:

> Ray O. rno2m@virginia.edu
>   Folks-he has been doing Field trials since the 1980's.He knows the whole
> field trial game better than I do.He never wins the "Buddies" argument,but
> he never quits making it.Yes,I can ride him
> "strongly/confidently",etc,with somewhat better results,but I need to be
> able to FORGET the horse when I'm chasing a dog,planting a quail,,or
> whatever.Do that at a canter in rough terrain ,looking off to the side in
> the woods for a dog,let him see his buddies off a half mile in the other
> direction,and you may be traveling airborne but horseless in half a
> stride-yes,he's very very agile.I find that a lot of big Walkers that I
> occasionally ride are as herd-bound as he is but nowhere near as capable
> of executing any sort of attempt to join them.After riding Chico and then
> switching to them,the problem is almost unnoticeable.Lord,I love Chico,but
> I sure hate this problem.He is smart,stubborn,playful,egotistical,and has
> a sense of humor.He WILL help you find a dog,once he is a long way from
> the gallery (herd of riders).Totally submissive and friendly on the
> ground,loves to play New Age stuff,probably thinks it's pretty funny...
>
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