Re: [RC] public image of the Arabian horse - Barbara McCrary
I have my gelding trained to position himself at
a mounting block and wait until I mount and am seated. He already stood
for mounting when I bought him, but I trained him to walk around the mounting
block and stand just so to allow me to mount. He doesn't leave until I ask
him to. The horse you mention was either short on training or short on
brains. Actually, I have another Arab who is not as good about mounting,
but then he was a hysterical nut case when he was in endurance. I love
this new horse for his manners.
Subject: Re: [RC] public image of the
Arabian horse
It's good to hear this mentality, because, I am currently looking at
arabs for endurance and breeding my appy to a half arab stud. Saddly, I have
had few good rides on an arab, many of them live up to the predjudices
against them, they are hot, disobedient, and even malicious. (I am just
recovering from a concussion I recieved from one who took off as I was
dismounting, with the owner holding the reins, I really had no
chance!) But the bad rides have always been ay-rabs people are selling,
all the good ones are to good too pass on it seems, atleast that's my
theory!
Laura "Not all who wander are lost." (jrr
tolkien)
