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Ginny Holsman wrote:

> As an equine expert, I train have trined very many horses to do and 
> not do very many things.  I consider coming when called an essential 
> part of horse training.  It's not very difficult.
>
> If you would like to know how to train a horse to come when you call, 
> and stand still while you put the halter on, so you don't have to 
> chase them (no matter how large the pasture) -- please send a private 
> eInquiry to ozarkequitation@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
> Ginny Holsman
> Ozark Equitation
>
>
>
> > From: Christina Schiro <christina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > To: treelesssaddles@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, horsesctr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx,  
> > ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [RC]   UPATE ON MY Hard-to-catch-horse all of a sudden
> > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 14:55:29 -0800 (PST)
> >
> > Thanks to everyone that wrote back with their opinions, thoughts, and 
> > suggestions! I have taken it all into account and will reread ALL the 
> > emails again tomorrow. Here is what has happened since I wrote to you 
> > all with my problem:
> >
> >   I asked Kellye to turn Ice out in the arena by himself and fed him 
> > his dinner there. I went the next morning before he was fed 
> > breakfast. While he watched with interest, I went into the arena with 
> > a carrot but without his halter and sat on the mounting block in the 
> > middle of the arena. First Ice walked past me to his bucket by the 
> > gate because he thought his breakfast was in there. After realizing 
> > there was no food there, he walked a big circle around me, stopped, 
> > and looked at me. After a minute or two, I got up and walked in his 
> > direction, but after a couple steps he starting trotting. I left the 
> > arena, walked to the round pen nearby, and picked up the lounge whip. 
> > As I walked back towards the arena, he was still watching me and made 
> > a bee-line at a walk towards the arena gate and was standing there by 
> > the time I got there. I put the whip down, opened the gate, gave him 
> > some scratches, and put his halter on. I tied him up and checked out 
> > the short-hair spots. You can see the
> >  black skin beneath, but his roan flea-bitten spots are still there 
> > (so there are no "white spots" from pressure). I brushed the backside 
> > of my nails gently across many areas and he flinched a little bit 
> > over that area. I loaded him in the trailer and took him to a 
> > previous appointment to get him microchipped. When I got back, I put 
> > him back in the arena by himself. The next morning, Kellye had 
> > returned him to the pasture with the rest of the horses. So I went 
> > into the pasture with the halter, made right angles towards him, and 
> > didn't look him in the eye directly. He high-tailed it to the other 
> > end of the pasture. I kept him moving him with my voice, lead rope, 
> > and occassionaly I ran a couple steps, but mostly I just walked a 
> > little bit. I didn't have my watch but it was probably about 15-20 
> > minutes of him galloping around and getting a couple other horses 
> > involved. Sometimes he would stop, turn towards me, and look at me. I 
> > would start to make right angles towards him again, but he
> >  would take off again. Finally, one last time he stopped and I was 
> > able to walk right-angles toward him until I reached his side, 
> > petted/scratched him, and put the halter on. I took him to the barn, 
> > gave him a treat, and brushed him, then turned him out again. I did 
> > some other things for about 1/2 hour and went out to the pasture 
> > again with the halter. He saw me coming and trottted off in one 
> > circle, but then let me catch him. Much better. I will continue to 
> > use this method of catching him. I am giving him a few weeks off of 
> > no riding. Just catching him and doing other stuff with him and to 
> > let more of the hair grow back. He is getting his teeth checked by a 
> > dentist this Sunday. I'm going to get the chiropracter/bioscan lady 
> > out in a few weeks. I am going to look into getting an anti-slip pad 
> > to put underneath my skito and equipedic pads so that my treeless 
> > saddle doesn't move around so much. I am also going to borrow a 
> > friends arabian-tree saddle to see if he acts any differently
> >  under saddle, although he acts just fine now. But maybe somehow he 
> > will act better.
> >
> > Christina Schiro <christina@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >     When I purchased my current 13 yo Arab Gelding in Feb '05, he was 
> > very hard to catch in the pasture.
>
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You are an equine expert....there is such a thiung>....lol.....Cora

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