Re: Jealousy

["Arco Farm" <arcofarm@gulftel.com>]

This horse needs a healthy dose of 'respect for humans'.
I would work with this horse on his ground manners on a line and in the
round pen.  I would highly suggest 'The Seven Games" tape by Pat Parelli.
Also, 'round pen reasoning' and 'facing up' in a round pen,  if done
properly,  would likely cure this problem. Several clinicians have videos
out that use these methods (John Lyons, Monty Roberts, etc)   This horse
needs an attitude adjustment and pecking order reassignment.
(Steph - I  hope this is not too off topic --- I have seen several horses at
endurance rides that would behave much better for the vets if they had more
respect for their handlers.)
Cindy Brasfield, DVM
Rudy & Meg

----- Original Message -----
From: "Joan Dowis" <jrd@foothill.net>
To: "ridecamp" <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Sent: Tuesday, October 23, 2001 10:35 PM
Subject: RC: Jealousy


> Jealousy can be horse-over-horse as well as horse-over-human.  My
husband's
> horse almost took me out a few weeks ago when I went in to check on my
horse
> in their very large shared pen.  Instead of just moving off when I shooed
> him away, he swung around and tried to nail me.  I was up against a pipe
> corral rail length of fence, with my horse in front of me toward the left,
> and my husband's horse approaching from the right.  He missed me by maybe
an
> inch and banged against the rail hard with both hind legs.  If he had
> connected, it would have been bad.  If given the opportunity, he will
repeat
> this activity as if on command, even if I'm standing outside the pen,
> petting my horse.  I now carry a dressage crop with me whenever I enter
the
> pen, and I don't go in unless I have to.  I have gone after him with the
> crop, but he is so quick he disappears before I can reach him.  Have a
> longer whip on order.  We had to put up a pipe corral outside the gate to
> get my horse out by himself so I could just take him out to ride.  . .
.And
> my husband's horse is a horse I rode last year and the year before on a
few
> endurance rides, and never had a problem with, nor had there ever been a
> problem in the pen before.  The two have been penned together for close to
> three years.  Go figure.
>
> Joan Dowis
>
>
>
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