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[RC] kicking,leaping etc. - rides2far@xxxxxxxxWell, lets see.......First, the manners....you opened a door, and he firedout at it with both barrels....and when your trainer walked over >to him,>shegot kicked, and you said it was hard enough it is >draining??? Horses withgood ground manners do NOT kick at people.... Oh, OK. I see where you're coming from. First, when he kicked the door it was the first time he'd been in a barn in his life. He was in open pasture where he was raised. I have an open shed on the end of the barn and had tried to get him to come in there to escape the sun in the summer and he preferred the trees. That was the first good day it rained and all the other horses had come in out of the rain so he reluctantly came in too. He seemed kinda fascinated watching the rain and not being wet. The door is high, over my head and his, and the hay bag was hanging high. I don't believe he knew there was a human in the neighborhood at the time, just that the barn wall and big black thing moved. Still not good but didn't feel in the least he aimed it at me. I'm careful to speak before I open the door and he turns around all perky eared wanting to nuzzle. When he kicked the riding instructor I was mounted so didn't think of that as "ground manners". In that case again, he was *totally* focused on the train in the distance and when she spoke right beside him the explosion was instantaneous. Might add that he's from Alabama and she has a very northern accent. >g< He almost reminds me of my daughter watching TV (Bonnie, not Josie) She goes into a trance and it's hard to get her attention but when you do she jumps. I got a note yesterday from the riding instructor he kicked and she says what many of you say about backing up and getting control of his rear end. She mentioned that he didn't like my leg back as far as she'd like it so again that's the rear end. She mentioned something I had also considered, that we check his eyesight. Everything that he's kicked at has been on his right, so we'll do that too. Thanks to everyone for all the good advice. Poor Weedy doesn't know what he's up against. Now if only the stupid forecast would cooperate! 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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