 |
[RC] [Guest] time/affecting the horse - Ridecamp GuestJan Mutchler jmutchler@xxxxxxxxxxxxx I certainly agree with Erica and Frank that time is needed for "molding" a horse to you, and you to them to gain that coveted partnership. However, in the meantime, actions can be taken to help a horse such as Barbara's. This lady has had her horse 13 months and has been putting time into him. Spooking and despooking is an issue for a lot of us. As a kid, I remember my Mother putting all kinds of "spooks" in the farmyard to help despook our horses. Anything that clanked, flapped, whizzed or burped was fair game and found itself in the farmyard as a despooking agent. We didn't do this procedure just once with a horse - it was numerous times until the horse became comfortable in those spooky surroundings. Then, we would start all over with new things that were spooky. It helped a lot, but was a lot of work to set everything up(I always had to put everything away after each session). So, maybe we don't do enough preparation work on our horses? Could this problem be about a more thorough preparation process before we even hit the trails? Just more thoughts... Jan Mutchler =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
|