I had a rearing horse given to me 30 years ago, and she was a sweetheart on the ground. She just never tracked straight under saddle and reared often. Now, after all these years, I find myself wondering if she had back injury/problem that might have been fixed. Wish I would have checked. Oh, well.
> From: sherman@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [RC] Rearing > Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2007 15:14:42 -0700 > > I had a couple horses that reared. The first one was nearly 30 yrs ago. > I tried all the tricks to get her to stop...bopping on the head, > slapping between the ears with the end of the reins, hitting the head > with milk cartons full of warm water which would break open and > supposedly make them think they were injuring themselves. Nothing > worked. Funny thing, I can't remember what I did with this mare. Every > other horse I've owned I can remember who they went to, not this one. > Oh, and she bucked liked a rodeo horse, too. She'd buck for about a > quarter mile without stopping, and I held on so tight she couldn't get > me off (:>) > > The second one was my little 13.3H mustang mare. She started rearing > about 3 mos. after I'd put her under saddle. Then she'd do it every time > we tried to go for a ride. I finally put her away for a couple months, > got some advice from my old cowboy neighbor, and finally got the nerve > up to try riding her again. I would pull her head around as soon as I > felt her thinking about rearing. She never did it again. She did do one > fine airs-above with me on her though, and I think she's always behaved > after that. > > Kathy > > Robert R wrote: > At my wits end and several trainers wits end, I finally resorted to > toppling my rearer over and it fixed him. Wished I'd heard about the > head bop first. It would most assuredly have been worth a try. > > I can tell you one thing, cussing didn't help a bit. > > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > 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!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= >
