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[RC] [Guest] Time and affecting the horse - Ridecamp GuestErica DeVoti ponyexpress@xxxxxxxxxxxx The common refrain here seems to be "relax" (or pretend to) and "visualize" what you want from your horse. I believe there is quite alot of merit to this and certainly many testimonials to support this concept. However, lest someone feel they are lacking in this ability, it would be important to remember that just plain ol' time has a huge impact and is often underestimated in value--it may actually be what is needed most. Many times we get our new horse (me included!) and we expect to be as comfortable on him in a few months as we are on our older and trusted "other" horse whom we've had "forever" (or at least longer than the new one!).We may have a bad experience and it snowballs--we may think "this is not the right horse for me!" In my experience, trust in eachother may take as much as a year or more of consistent riding in different situations and with consistency of communication. I feel it goes even further than "wet saddle blankets"--just like your comfy old slippers, ones' horse needs good old fashioned *time* to become familiar with you and to mold to your expectations. IMHO, Erica DeVoti =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html 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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