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RE: [RC] [RC] ???horse problems??? - Laurie DurginHad same problem with 3 of our horses.The first was an older mare who been around. I think hers was from riders just not making her stand still. So I had someone hold her till we mounted a few times and said 'stand' and petted her , then gave her clear signals to go like a squeeze and "walk,". She had just gottern sloppy was all.Second was Honey(green horse) when first mounting without help.Sh'd dance around while I stood on mounting block. I'd taught her John Lyons WESN lesson and to give to the bit . So I just let her circle me till she decided to stand, then I mounted and gave her a carrot with of course the "carrot' word. Honey learns anything well with 3 carrots.I also repositoned her, by reverseing anything she did till she was where I wanted her.Then she got the praise .Solved that. Rascal is another story. I didn't orginally back him , so he had,has, a lot of holes. He also thinks he has OPNIONS that should be listened too. He never stand s more than me barely gettin gmy stirrups together , much less getting in position. I think he looked thru the windows at the neighbors TV and he saw reruns of old westerns, thinks you are supposed to mount at a run with guns blaring.So I constantly had to grab the reins to restop him. Welll we are working on that now for some time. With him, the getting on and saying ",Ho , stand, carrot" and handing him one. Then clearly squeezing and saying 'walk(another thing he has opnions about), seems to be getting him to pause. LIke his mind is working on ,"is there another one coming?" /since we are only riding in the ring for rehab on good days, it is a good time to work on some of his 'holes". Good luck As to the stall thing .Sometimes mine use it for a litter box too. But I found if I cleaned it up timely, they were less likely too. But mine is only left open on cold lnights and rainy days and nights. L Laurie/Rascal/Honey/Scout From: Elkenchild@xxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] ???horse problems??? Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 15:49:16 EST _________________________________________________________________ Worried about inbox overload? Get MSN Extra Storage now! http://join.msn.com/?PAGE=features/es =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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