Endurance.Net Ridecamp Archives

For about a year, in my experience, a calm role model is really a Good 
Thing.  After that, you still can have some goofs but they aren't as 
likely to be semi-serious.  The more they see in the company of the 
calm role model, the better it is.  I still like to have my 14 yr old 
mare with me if someone is riding the 9 yr old gelding because every so 
often Bunduq decides that he "doesn't do water in any form", including 
mud....and he's a real PIA.  If any of the others go across, he'll 
follow 90% of the time.  But I have had to jump Dory back and forth 
across an irrigation ditch about 5 times on occasion.

Maryanne
Cairo, Egypt

On Wednesday, Jul 16, 2003, at 16:13 Africa/Cairo, Kris Hazelbaker 
wrote:

> I 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?


=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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!!

=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=