Run a chainsaw while
mounted!! I would agree, he is
unflappable.
Linda
Cueing him was to a large extent a matter of conforming one's own
body subtly to what was coming up. It wasn't a "thinking" sort of
system--it was something that just reflexly evolved over time as his eyesight
became poorer. I never realized the extent to which we had built up
such a communication until I began riding sighted horses again--I almost
drove them nuts! <g>
The fact that it didn't freak him out
really underscored the degree to which he trusts us... He had never
been hurt doing something he was asked to do, so he had no reason to think it
would be otherwise when he couldn't see. (This is also the same horse
on which we could pack wild game, run a chainsaw while mounted, trot down the
trail pulling ribbons with flopping garbage bags hanging down his shoulders,
etc. Very unflappable
boy!)
