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Re: [RC] teach your horse to come when called - oddfarm----- Original Message ----- From: "Jonni Jewell" <jonnij@xxxxxxxx> To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 10:58 PM Subject: [RC] teach your horse to come when called My herd knows how to come, as well as how to stay. ( Stay so they don't don't crowd me when I go out, don't rush throught the gate or stall door when I open it and don't take off when I drop the reins.) They know a few other tricks, (rewards are usually a good scratch, but ocassionally an apple wafer)but the come when I call has paid off on more than one occasion. Trainer Wendy was having a particularly bad ride at a Georgia ride. The last 2 miles before the finish we were going through a hay field. She was on Odd Todd, just trotting away when "whoosh!" he jumped to the side and Wendy didn't. He shied from a bale of hay. You know, the kind he eats EVERYDAY OF HIS LIFE!! Wendy landed face first on the ground and Todd took off with the other horses. Everytime I called him, he would turn around to come back, but then another group of horses would run by and he would take off. He was so confused and did this several times. He wanted to come back, but he also wanted to run with the other horses. All of a sudden, Wendy popped up off the ground, (she got her breath back) and yelled "TODD,COME!!" and was holding a carrot! That helped him make his decision and he came back. Those two were a laugh a minute. :) Just last weekend while sitting at the computer, drinking coffee I noticed the horses all looking in the cemetary. They all had that "Whut the hell is that?" look. It was 7:15 in the morning and I knew there was no seven gun salute going off so I went out to investigate. I walked out asking them "What is it? What's going on?" and counting heads. I thought I counted six. Then I look all the way down my driveway and noticed a woman and her dog. She yelled those words that make your heart stop. 'YOUR HORSE IS LOOSE!" Just then, I heard thundering hooves running up and down the fence, on the other side. That's not good, I thought. I limped down the driveway (I ran 9 miles the day before and hadn't taken my Advil yet) and out my gate. I looked so athletic trying to run in my huge, fat robe, my mucking shoes on and my hair with humdity frizz. I got halfway down the cemetary (how fitting to have that "Zombi" look while walking like the hunchback of Notre Dame through the cematary) and called, "DINERO!" He popped out from behind a bush, screamed (did I look that bad?) and ran full speed right at me. He did a sliding stop right at my feet. All I could think was, "Damn he's beautiful!" I don't think he was thinking the same thing about me. I took my belt off my robe. (very risky) and wrapped it around his neck. He walked very calmly with me through the gate and back to the herd. I don't know why I could never teach my kids to come when they were called. I hope they know how to "stay" when they get to college. ;-} Lisa Salas, The Oddf aRM =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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