[RC] Arabian Generalizations/Stumbling - Ranelle Rubin
This is a pretty stimulating conversation as there are so many factors to why a horse of any breed would stumble. My horse Fellow has gone down on me many times. It was always on flat ground, and tripping over his "own two feet" so to speak. He has not, however gone down on me (last time was early summer '07) since I took action to discover what was causing it. Like so many issues with horses, it is rarely one thing, and rarely a behavior issue.
Here are the things I did: Mind you, I am not convinced it was one thing in particular, but am totally convinced it was a conglomeration of things that were causing it.
Worked with my shoer to increase the speed of breakover Worked with a chiropractor to insure his hips and back are "in" Worked with another Equine Therapist (Reiki/Accupressure/Kinesiology specialist who uses a blend of modalities) Got a bit that enables me to keep him in frame in all situations, not just when conditions are ideal Worked on being more centered on my horse with less of my weight on his front end, and more weight in my stirrups.
These are all ongoing modalities with minor adjustments made constantly. Intuitively, we all know that a balanced horse will last longer and be safer to ride.
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Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 10:29:05 -0800 From: cest.mon.virage@xxxxxxxxx To: callmedot@xxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] [RC] Club Foot CC: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, unfortunately it may be that your 'generalization' is founded on riding poorly bred Arabians. Which we know are far too many in this country due to every backyard breeder thinking they are going to make mega bucks on breeding Arabians. It would be more constructive for you to list the Arabian horses and their bloodlines that you have had your experience on given that there are approximately 602,000 registered Arabians alive/dead in the United States. Then perhaps we can identify in a more positive manner to your comments.
