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RE: [RC] crossing water with a green Arab - Stewart, CarrieI don't have the luxury of owning any solid trail horses right now and even though I bought mine young (2 years) the beginning foundation work was far behind. I decided to take mine for walks to introduce them to things that might be encountered when we ride around our area. We have a train yard, big sloping ditch, bog and roads with traffic. I would much rather be on the ground then on their back during these first encounters. I have been riding my coming 4 year old about 8 months now. He still has a hard time with some of the obstacles but these are the minor ones. I made sure that the really dangerous ones were taken care of (ie. Cars, trains, dogs...) and at least knowing what they may do when coming to the ones they are still unsure of. Horses are such creatures of habit. Doing things over and over usually lets them know that everything is ok. Now, when the bog dries up after being full all winter, that's when you have problems. :o) Carrie S. From: "Sullivan" <greymare@xxxxxxx> Subject: Re: [RC] [Guest] [RC] crossing water with a green Arab 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 Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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