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[RC] Jiggy on the Trail - Update - Jan RaineyJiggy on the trail - Update... Took my mare back to Marshall Canyon this morning.... took the same route as Saturday, (when she was so jiggy) and wouldn't you know it... she was really good. A couple times wanting to jog uphills, so we stopped & flexed or softly backed, and I practised stopping with just the leadrope.... she was good. Anyways, I checked her saddle pad & saddle fit again, and changed her back to a augerian silver snaffle D-ring bit, made sure she had lots of bug repellant on (the bugs can be really nasty up there).... I guess it's more of a mind-control thing, cuz I know she is WAY fitter than I will ever be! So, the only thing I can think of is, it must be the "herd" mentality... she bonds with whomever we are riding with, and suddenly it is more important to stay WITH the herd than to listen to me? (and yes, this jiggy issue is when we are in the middle or back of a line of horses. In front, she just goes into her "power walk" mode... no jigging) sigh, J "Friends are angels who lift us to our feet when our wings have trouble remembering how to fly." =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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