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I HAD to change the subject line because "wack" has a negative conatation to it.

 

Gabi, what would have happened if the new male trainers (or student rider) kicked the disobiedient horse in the belly (my choice, FYI) then re-mounted and carried on with the lesson like nothing had happened?  I question the act of yanking the mouth and tying the head around for 30 minutes.

 

As has already been noted, the alpha mare will kick a misbehaving heard member in the side as a form of correction.  I've never seen a mare, wild or domesticated, yank on the mouth of the offender or tie the head around.  A kick in the side is something every horse will understand; the rest is just a human's temper tantrum!

 

When it comes to a relationship between horse and human, we must remember that a horse can hurt us in the blink of an eye.  Such acts as rearing must be corrected immediately. 

 

I don't think beating a horse between the ears works.  Why?  Because my daddy always told me to do that and that's exactly what I did...each time the horse did whatever he did previously.  However, when I got off and kicked the horse in the side the bad behavior stopped.

 

Susan G. can speak to you about the nutrition of your horses.  Mine get only grass and they are full of energy.  Oh yeah...they get carrots and pepermint candy too.

 

"Gabi (Ra'anana Farm)" <gabi@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

I have a riding school with 25 horses and ponies.

 

6 months ago most of them were so bad behaved, almost daily a student was thrown of.

 

I had 2 young female instructors working for me, that believed in absolute non-violent aproach, except for verbal.

Whenever a horse or pony would buck, bolt or run home they would find an excuse in favor of the animal, as "he worked already 3 hours today", "the saddle blanket was too thin", and this or that.

 

Then these 2 instructors were replaced by a rough male instructor. whenever a horse misbehaves he askes the student to dismount, kicks them hard in the stumic with his boots, pulls them a few times hard in the mouth,and sometimes ties the reins very tied to one side and let the horse stand like that with his neck bend for at least 30 minutes. Gives the student a new horse and continues.

 

I do not need to explain how much it upsets the students and their parents and me too, BUT it works, within 2 weeks time the all entire herd became obedient, calm and reliable. I am sorry about the few horses I sold because of their "throwing student of" behaviour, because this instructor could have fixed them.

 

But it is sad for me to see this happening, and i wish there was another way. As you can understand, the safety of the student comes first, and the sweet methods of the instructors before has already been tried and was really completly unsuccesfull.

 

I wish i could have the horses eating hey only, that would take that energetic edge off, they get too much grain, but with hey only they get skinny. I already put oil on the grain, for added calories.

 

I would like to hear opinions about the mentioned training method.

 

gabi

Susan Young Casey, Princess of Pink; secretary, RRRSA
Semper Obliquo (Always aside)  

Glenndale Grace Farm, Ft Gibson, Oklahoma U.S.A.

"Ride on! Rough-shod if need be, smooth-shod if that will do, but ride on! Ride on over all obstacles, and win the race!"         - Charles Dickens (1812-1870)

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