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Great idea, Susan, but how do you ever keep the egg from breaking in 
your pocket until you are ready for it??!! ;-)
Bette, who used a little baggy filled with water to do the same thing 
:-) -- yes and I do the circle thing first-- the baggy was a last 
resort-- but it sure worked!

Susan Black wrote:

>      To: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>     Years ago a cowboy trainer told me to be prepared for the rearing
>     refusal and smack the horse in the poll with a raw egg.  The raw
>     egg rolls down the horses face and they think they have bumped
>     their head and are wounded.  Then they are allegedly not going to
>     want to rear again.  I tried it once - it was messy, but the horse
>     did seem to quit that negative behaviour.  So maybe it does work?
>      
>     Susan Black
>     Santa Rosa, Ca
>
>     Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>         I 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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Bette Lamore
Whispering Oaks Arabians
Home of Bunny and 16.2h TLA Halynov
who lives on through his legacy Hal's Riverdance!
http://www.arabiansporthorse.com

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