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[RC] Riding an Arab... - Sundaez

Some of you may remember I am getting used to riding my arab mare (AKA The 
Cat)  I got last Nov. She's going on the trail pretty well now and i'm taking 
dressage lessons that are tremendously helping my balance on her.

She does something on the trail that I don't know quite what to do. She 
notices everything...and I mean everything! I've never had a horse take note of 
so 
many things. She gets anxious if she sees something very far away...like a 
person walking a dog way off in the distance. Really seems to trouble her more 
than anything close up. She stops in her tracks, goes real high headed, eyes 
get 
huge. If you push her forward she goes but gets more and more upset and 
sometimes tries to leave. 

What do you guys do in this situation? Let them stand and watch...ride them 
forward? I'm really building her confidence in me and don't want to ruin 
it...she's come so far....but really acts more green sometimes than baby horses 
I 
have had.

Melanie

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