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Jim Holland wrote:

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> Last Saturday, a friend of mine dropped her horse "Tai" off over here. 
> I agreed to keep Tai for a couple of weeks while she was out of town. 
> He's a BIG Warmblood, but a very gentle soul and low on the "totem 
> pole". However, he walked all over you and wouldn't stand quietly 
> under lead, would walk away when you went out to him, and wouldn't 
> ground tie.  Wasn't his fault...just didn't know any better. Nobody 
> had ever bothered to explain it to him. It took me TWENTY MINUTES a 
> day for two days to teach him to stay out of my space, give me his 
> space when I asked, lead politely, drop his head on poll pressure, and 
> stand quietly ground-tied in the hallway to be groomed.
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> Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic

Wow, I can just see the line forming of people who will want to drop 
their horse off at your place for two weeks!!  I hope your friend 
appreciates the difference in her horse when she gets it back.

Amber  



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