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FW: [RC] rearing - Mike SherrellI had a very experienced trainer recommend being ready for the rear and smacking the horse on the poll when it starts up -- use something like a crop, I guess. Never done it myself, but it sounds right. Something I did do, though, was to be ready for it and just go forwards and down on the horse's neck quickly and wrap arms around the neck -- this throws the balance forward so you stay on safely, the horse doesn't tip over backwards, and when the horse falls back down on its forefeet it looks around and realizes it didn't achieve anything. Mike Sherrell Grizzly Analytical (USA) 707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834 www.grizzlyanalytical.com -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of terre Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:43 AM To: sue_jamaica@xxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] rearing then finally she convinced me to give up,by half-rearing, and spinning around while snorting. I was= more frustrated than scared,we turned back she walked fast but still jumped at things. What do I do? Or what should I have done?
If you find you cannot 'force' her past the points where she begins
fighting you, and the situation with the rearing is becoming dangerous,
here is another alternative you might consider:
A friend of mine had a horse who would quit and refuse to move--if
you pushed it he would rear or back up to the point of falling off the
trail. She eventually solved the problem like this: ask once or twice
politely but firmly. If the horse won't go forward (or starts to rear),
get off, tie it short to a tree or something (too short to graze or step
over the rope) and give it an hour or so to think about it (bring a book
and maybe a beer!). Get on again, ask again, and if she doesn't go, tie
again. The message is "you go where I want, or you don't go at all". They
learn pretty quickly, and without the fight--rearing is a very dangerous
form of resistance.
The other posters are right; she can't be permitted to get away
with this, or it will get progressively worse and possibly more dangerous.
terre
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