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[RC] re: hobbling to saddle - Teresa Van HoveAndrea Day said: >...It's a good idea to teach a horse to hobble >anyway--gets'em to stand still when saddling, >mounting, etc. and you can go back to remedial >training and put the hobbles on if you're >having trouble saddling an excited, squirming >horse at a ride. If you ever hobble train, >you'll be a believer... Hobbling is ok, but I have to relate this story from Grey. When I got him the owner, who does quite a bit of horse training threw in a pair of hobbles and advised me to use them to help teach Grey to stand still to be saddled. I did use them periodically - one day put them on because Grey was dancing around, and he taught himself a nice standing start, reining style pivot move (ie part of a roll-back) Needless to say the pivoting was much more disconcerting than normal dancing around so I decided to drop the hobbling idea with him. Found that if I held my ground, initially reinforcing with the brush handle into his side that Grey would not try to push thru me, so that became the strategy to keep him still - just walk up to him when he had swung himself against the fence, trailer, whatever. It aint John Lyons but it works a treat with Grey Moun. CHeers, Teresa Now that's an intriguing idea. I'd already decided I was going to have to train my mare to hobble, because she paws endlessly when tied to a trailer. (One of my nicknames for her is "Backhoe.") -- Teresa Van Hove Associate Scientist GST/UCAR vanhove@xxxxxxxx --------------------------------- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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