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Re: [RC] cinchy horse - rides2farI have a friend who recentlt purchased a 9 year old mare from an auction, the previous owner told him she was "cinchy." I know there are many horses that truly have a problem being cinchy, but I've also seen several that were made that way by people who were convinced they had to tighten the girth as tight as humanly possible every time they got on a horse. Gunner was a little cinchy when I got him, just looked like he was talking to himself, flapping the lip, thought of nipping, etc. After just a month or so of slow tightening and riding with a snug girth but not over tightened he stopped all that and is as relaxed about it as any horse I've had. I've seen *big* men tighten up a girth with everything they had. One poor mare just stood there and finally fell over refusing to move until it was removed. On the "not so obvious" cause thread...took Gunner to an acupuncture vet day before yesterday and she went over him checking "diagnostic points". One of them was running her finger along the cinch area and asking me if he was "cinchy". These are points they use to diagnose problems in other areas, but I'm not sure what area that one was for. Could be a lower leg or something far from there. Angie Angie =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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