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RE: [RC] bad horse at vet-in - Jim HollandAhem....no offense folks, but you control a horse with what's between his EARS, not what is on his nose or in his mouth. IMHO, the misbehaving at vet checks is an indication that you have not spent enough time working on ground manners...i.e. giving to pressure, staying out of your space, etc. A chain over his nose or a riding crop is a crutch....get back to basics. This is a "who's in charge" problem. However, I will admit that "acceptable" behavior means different things to different people. <sigh> Some years ago at my first Old Dominion ride, I was standing in line with a lady whose horse was doing laps around her, stepping on her feet, constantly hollering, yanking on the lead, etc. After the check, (where he ran all over the vet as well), I said "Bring him by my trailer and I will fix that. Don't know about anywhere else, but he WILL stand quietly under lead if you will give me 30 minutes to train him and show you how to do it". Surprisingly, she showed up, with her horse leading her. :) Twenty minutes later, we were having a glass of wine and her horse was standing quietly on a slack rein. What did I do? Twenty minutes of "Article 2" at www.seraoline.org. Some of "Article 8" wouldn't hurt either. Jim, Sun of Dimanche+, and Mahada Magic Richard T. "Jim" Holland Three Creeks Farm 175 Hells Hollow Drive Blue Ridge, Ga 30513 (706) 258-2830 www.threecreeksarabians.com Callsign KI4BEN -----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Truman Prevatt Sent: Wednesday, April 26, 2006 5:24 PM To: barb benson Cc: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] bad horse at vet-in A chain over the nose works well. You don't have to use it unless you need it and it is one of those things that they do to them selves and the effect of the chain stops when they stop. My old mare was a handfull at vet ins. Once I started using the chain at vet ins she was fine. After awhile I just put it on and snapped lead rope through the loop on the end of the chain an and the loop on the halter so the chain was there but didn't do anything except sit there. But she knew it was there and she know it meant to behave. I would much rather use a chain over the nose than a crop. However, before you bring it out at a ride make sure you have put it on her and led her around with it at home so she doesn't have something else to worry about at the ride camp. Truman barb benson wrote: So is it acceptable to bring a crop to the vet-in and 'convince' my horse that he really does need to behave himself? -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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