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Re: [RC] [Guest] [RC] crossing water with a green Arab - SullivanOn Behalf Of csimmons88I spent Saturday in the saddle with a green horse doing the creek dance.The best kept 'secret' I learned from Pat Parrelli years ago. He took a bunch of us on new started 2/3/4 year olds (1 week or less under saddle). He sent us down a dip with small creek at the bottom and a nice open up slope on the other side. Just the type that if they're not going to quietly walk across it was a safe 'leap'.... There was only one horse that crossed out of the group. While this makes "some" sense, you cannot convince me that just by focusing some sort of "posittive energy hocus pocus" on getting the horse to do something they are scared of doing is going to work every time. These types of things are a wreck waiting to happen. It can be almost totally avoided if breeders and those who buy youngsters would do something other than leaving them in pasture or paddocks for 3 years. Babies that are ponied out in the real world do not have issues with creeks, traffic, bikes, dogs, etc....... With young horses, it is enough to ask them to attemp to focus on figuring out what a rider whats. To throw totally strange situations into this is asking for trouble. Why would anyone take a horse who has been only a week under saddle, and ask them to do something that scary and difficult? It takes weeks and months for a young horse to figure out what a rider is asking with cues....better to have that stuff down SOLID, and THEN try out in the real world. If you have ALREADY exposed them to the real world, you are tipping the odds in your favor. Again, not impressed with Parelli methods. Karen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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