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I ride a 10 year old, 15.3 hand Arab named Kidd.  I have had him for 
about a year and a half.  I have only done 25s on him so far usually 
finishing in the top half.  I hope to do a 50 at Thanksgiving. 
Generally speaking his is a great horse not spooky, takes care of 
himself on the trail, eats as often as he can, drinks, etc.  He 
prefers to ride with his buddy Toby, my husband's horse, all the time 
but we are  working on this.

My problem is that Kidd hates to have anything touch his ears.  This 
make tacking him up a little difficult at times.  He will raise his 
head up as high as he can to avoid having anything touch his ears. He 
does not bite or swing is head in a threatening manner.   Once the 
head stall/bridle is on everything is OK, except my arms which at 
times are just not long enough.  I have tried to touch is ears gently 
anytime time I can, especially while he is eating or while my husband 
is shoeing.    At the last ride I had a vet look as his ears, and he 
said he did not see anything wrong with them.  I now basically take 
the headstall apart and place it over his poll then slip it over his 
ears instead of putting it on nose first.  I am trying to convert to 
a hackmore from a bit, which has worked well once it is one him.

Any suggestions as to how to correct this problem.  I have only been 
riding about 4 years and am not a horse trainer.  I have fine tuned 
Kidd  from being an arena horse to endurance, don't spook at every 
rock or tree, eat and drink when ever it is offered, etc.

Thanks for any info.
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Suzy Ticer and Kidd
Johnson City, Texas

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