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Re: [RC] GRRRR a little vent... - Chris PausLOL... I love it..a garden hose and tarp for a stream... sigh.. why not just use a real stream? My horse has crossed rivers in teh Ozarks belly deep, but I'm sure he'd object to a tarp and a hose "pretend" stream. And my filly, bless her heart.. the stupid Christmas tree lights that horses were supposed to walk into the center of and stand still. She was a good trail horse and very carefully picked her way around them and never touched one. I praised her highly for that, even though it was the 'wrong' answer to the clinicians... chris --- bechack@xxxxxxx wrote: Aint that the truth! Went to a "Trail Trials" once. They had a blue tarp in a ditch with a hose running on it. That was their water crossing. My horse wouldn't go near it. Wanted to know why we weren't going 10' downstream to where it was nearly flat, instead of the awful spot that was getting really bad due to the hose. I was with him! This horse by the way never had a problem with NATURAL water crossings.... ---- Original Message ---- From: paus@xxxxxxxxxxx To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] GRRRR a little vent... Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2004 08:10:25 -0800 (PST)No kidding! And these trainers just couldn'tbelievethat out in the woods, under normal trail circumstances, 99 percent of our horses would have been just fine with any of these "obstacles"... She couldn't believe that my mare had never setfootinside a barn til yesterday, LOL...What so many of these so-called "trainers" do not understand is that the Arabs "get it" after just a couple of reps, and after that, the repetition is just a mental torture. The horse is ready to move on, and can't figure out why the rider won't let it. Too bad the "trainers" aren't as smart as the horses! Heidi===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus============================================================Far back, far back in our dark soul the horseprances... The horse,the horse! The symbol of surging potency and power ofmovement, ofaction... ~ DH Lawrence ridecamp.net information:http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/============================================================ Becky and the gang ===========================================================The two best drugs to have in your kit are Tincture of Time and a Dose of Common Sense. These two will carry you through 99.999% of the problems associated with horses and endurance competition. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================ ===== "A good horse makes short miles," George Eliot Chris and Star BayRab Acres http://pages.prodigy.net/paus ============================================================ ...but then, I do ride my horses a lot more than most people ~ Karen Chaton ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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