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Lucy Chaplin Trumbull wrote:


> My mare is shaped such that she needs a crupper.
> Unfortunately, she is also the reactive type, so
> crupper training was "interesting".
>
> The first time I put it on during a ground working
> session she was fine with me pulling on it standing
> behind her, but as soon as I went around the front
> and she felt it back there (and I obviously wasn't
> the cause for the feeling), she took off across my
> "arena" like a bronc, making donkey noises at every
> buck. She bucked so hard and with so little brain
> engaged, I was convinced she'd run into a tree (my
> "arena" isn't fenced).
Absolutely Akela's type of mare.  If you're ever in N. Ca and want to do
more crupper training, give me a call.

Dyane



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