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[RC] tailgating..they can't all be first! - Kimberly M Price"I am not saying that if you ALWAYS asked your horse to crawl that he couldn't learn to crawl along as his default walk under saddle. I AM saying that training your horse how to rate himself will not cause him to "lose" his big walk any more than training a barrel horse to lope will ruin his racing career." **** boy, do I agree with that! I can't tell you how many times I've gone out with people whose horses 'have' to be first or they flip out...and I'm not talking about youngsters either. These horses are just plain poorly trained and when you have two of them together on the same trail ride, well, it just isn't going to work! At some point every horse 'should' learn to listen enough to the rider to stay behind if asked. Of course you work up to this and give them the opportunity to be in front, middle and behind at different times. Kimberly (&Mystery the Morab) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- 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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