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Re: [RC] [RC] Riding an Arab... - Kris HazelbakerI have a young gelding I am starting this summer. So far I've been doing ground work, but we're getting close to saddle work. I know this will be an issue with him too. I do have an option for riding with an older, more relaxed horse. I have also taken him for walks (leading him) on the same routes that we will start riding when we get that far. So he will have seen them, and maybe see fewer new things to be worried about. How long do you ride with others before they get the picture and are more relaxed on their own? Kris in Idaho ----- Original Message ----- From: "Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <msgabbani@xxxxxxx> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2003 4:42 AM Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] Riding an Arab... Angie's totally right about this one. Any time I can get someone to ride one of my older seen-it-all, done-it-all horses, the issues vanish. There are too many farm and wild desert dogs for a dog to work for me, but an older horse to go past the man-eating mud puddle or something makes it so much easier. That's not to say that the first time they encounter the puddle by themselves they are cool with it....wish it were that easy....but they do relax about things in the trail. Maryanne Cairo, Egypt On Wednesday, Jul 16, 2003, at 06:30 Africa/Cairo, rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote:She gets anxious if shesees something very far away... Really seems to trouble her more than> anything close up. She stops in her tracks, goes real highheaded, > eyes> get huge. Sounds like you're riding alone. If so, she's taking full responsibility for not getting eaten and it's probably the first time she's been in that situation. I prefer to ride new ones with an older bored horse but sometimes that's not possible. I had a fairly young Arab that was like that. Took forever to get past his first couch tossed out on side of the road. :-P I found that letting my dog go with me fixed it. I'm not big on riding with dogs, but the dog would go along in front and I guess the horse figured if the dog wasn't alarmed it must not be important...or maybe that whatever it was would eat the dog first. He wasn't even particularly fond of the dog, but the "follow the leader" thing clicked in and off we'd go with no real fears. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-==-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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