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[RC] kicking,leaping etc. - rides2far*one* more update and I'll be quiet. Took a very rattly oak limb with dead leaves in and rubbed his neck and foreleg with no response. Shook it above my head and he didn't like that at all. Snapped it to his tail and he didn't even flinch the first time it hit his legs. Made no aggressive moves at me for snapping something in his tail. The stall is 11x16 with the rafters about 16' up. I threw a rope over the rafter and lowered down a black hay bag (I had a box seat in the haystack just over the wall). When that came down it scared him, but he quickly recognized it as his haybag and ate a little. I shifted it to a rafter farther out in the stall instead of along the wall and he did *not* like it hanging at approximately his ear level. So...I gave it a good swing and that's where it is now. By the way, not to start off a bunch of testimonials but I just checked my helmet and the plastic shell has a broken area with a pretty good indentation. Probably hit the stump of a sappling I'd trimmed back from the trail. The other side has a dent so I guess I'll have a sharp new helmet under the Christmas tree! Also, I dislike the velcro coming loose on my visor but have seen the snaps on others not turn loose and strain a person's neck. A long time ago I tried hot glueing my visor on my Troxel and it seemed to work well. It had never come off but it did break loose easily yesterday. One more endurance related bit. I'm dosing him with straight applesauce now and then to get him used to syringes. :-) I really am taking my time with this guy. Looking back I can't believe that as soon as I had Kaboot where I could sit on him I pretty much jumped in line behind a bunch of endurance horses on training rides. No wonder he never learned to relax. Weedy & I spend spend 95% of our time at a walk (and 5% leaping & kicking out) As we trotted along at a really slow trot pre-wreck yesterday I'd just told Josie that I wouldn't mind being in 30th place at all the rides if it was that relaxing. Angie ________________________________________________________________ Juno Platinum $9.95. Juno SpeedBand $14.95. Sign up for Juno Today at http://www.juno.com! Look for special offers at Best Buy stores. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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