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My childhood mount was not required to go great distances, nor did I ride 
her much above a walk, most of the time.  I cannot agree with the idea that 
the horse who fakes lameness shouldn't be asked to go on a simple pleasure 
ride, as was the case in my mare.  I think it was just more comfortable for 
her to hang out a home and not have to do anything but eat.

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "k s swigart" <katswig@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ridecamp" <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 9:14 AM
Subject: [RC] Faking Lameness


> Diane T said:
>
> > Horses faking lameness is real. Not common, but
> > it does happen. And woe to the distance rider
> > whose pony has learned that trick!
>
> It seems to me, whether the horse is "faking" the lameness (i.e. doesn't
> have any underlying physical condition causing it to limp) or not, that
> the horse is still asking to stop.
>
> A distance rider who has a pony that has learned the trick of faking
> lameness to get out of doing distance rides is a pony that is asking not
> to be a distance horse.
>
> Whether the horse can't do it because it is truely hurt, or just doesn't
> want to do it because it doesn't like it is irrelevant.  You don't want
> to just make the horse do it anyway.  You need to find something that
> either doesn't make the horse hurt, or doesn't make the horse fake being
> hurt in order to get out of doing it.
>
> kat
> Orange County, Calif.
> :)
>
>
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