Fw: Re: [RC] Help with kicking leaping bolter - Renie M burnett
Jan, Jim, Jonni and Cris are offering priceless advice for anyone
that has a horse in their life; Few of us were born with this knowledge,
some learn it easier than others. I've been riding all my life, but it
wasn't until I was almost 40 that I first saw Ray Hunt, John Lyons, Pat Parelli,
Boz, and the sensational Stephanie Hansen (she's on her way to fame, too, and
could ride circles around all the fore-mentioned). They all say the same
thing, and it really is said in the language a horse is designed to
understand. It was like a light turned on when I finally "got it".
And a very important thing; you will NEVER finish learning
about horses. Renie I suspect the one rein stop doesn't
work for some people because neither the horse or the rider has mastered how
to do it properly. And, it has to be learned well at home before using it
when you need it out on the trail... Just pulling the horses head around
doesn't usually get you what you want, unless he has learned that this
means, stop and think! His hind end must be disengaged for it to work. Other
wise you are still going down the trail with his head on your knee and the
engine (hind end) still firing away... after he has learned the full one
rein stop, then it can be abbreviated to just pulling his head around, then
it gets so that all you have to do to warn him of improper behavior is to
left one rein. That is the way it is supposed to work.
We women tend to want to be nice to our horses, just because we want them
to love us...doesn't work that way at all. Look at the herd. Which horse is
the one that they all whinny for when it is taken out of the herd. Yep, the
one that bossed them around. Some horses seem to need proof of this
authority more than others.
