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Re: [RC] [RC] rearing - Deanna GermanWell, for stuff like rearing....I am a big believer in the practice of "disengaging the hindquarters",by bending the horse in a tight circle....when you do this and force them to step underthemselves with that inside hind leg, it is very, very hard to rear, buck or bolt. Not necessarily. My mare could rear from any position, even facing downhill. This reminds me of the chuckle I got from Gawani Pony Boy at Equine Affaire last year when he commented that (loosely quoted) "those of you who own Arabs know that you could tie its nose to your knee and the horse will still be able to do whatever it wants." His point was to train rather than try to physically prevent the horse from doing whatever. The tight cirlce then also becomes the punishment for the rear, or pre-rear balk. The horses I have been on that tried to rear, well it was easy to tell in advance; there would be a balk or refusal first, if you were paying attention you could catch it.....and turn the horse before it went up. I tried your cure. My mare loves to spin. She was extremely entertained by all the spinning. I just got dizzy (er?). I don't believe "once a rearer, always a rearer" or that some behaviors must be adressed by doing something. Some horses just need to grow up and get over such silliness. Some behaviors extinguish all by themselves. I think the more important thing is to not put the horse in situations where they are likely to rear. (This, of course, is the wisdom of hindsight.) :-) Deanna =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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