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Bless the person who trained my new horse.  Cody stands stock still, and in 
fact won't move off without a lot of encouragement, until he gets his treat 
after I have mounted.  I LOVE that.  As I am really short, less than 5', and 
getting older and arthritic and stiff, this is really important.  
Additionally, when I dismount, I was taught to kick out of both stirrups, 
kind of lay across the saddle, and slide down.  After a long ride, that 
slide down sometimes takes a while too! HA!  My horse stands perfectly still 
for that also, so he gets another treat.  Gotta love a well trained horse!

Lonnie
UT




> From: Marinera@xxxxxxx
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [RC]   Fear when mounting
> Date: Tue, 5 Oct 2004 17:14:01 EDT
>
> Because I have a few more years than most of you, I have had more time to
> develop inventive ways to fall off.  I have, however, been able to lessen 
> the
> frequency by using the old carrot trick.  When I mount, my horses stand 
> still
> because they know they are going to get a carrot once I am settled in the 
> saddle
> with both feet in the stirrups.  This is obviously bribery, but it works.
> Sometimes they get it from my left hand on their left side and sometimes 
> from the
> right.  This way they do not try reach for it by bending because they 
> aren't
> sure which side it is going to come from.  It really works and it just 
> takes a
> couple of days and they get the picture.  Some people are against hand 
> feeding
> a horse because they are afraid it will make a nipper of him. This has not
> been a problem with my horses.
>   If your horse has a tendency to take off before you are settled in the
> saddle, have someone else hold him the first few times you use the carrot 
> bribe,
> but you give him the carrot.
> I hope this works for others who feel vulnerable when mounting their 
> horses.
> Julie Suhr
>
>
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