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Title: "Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back

Barbara McCrary wrote:

Any jigger I ever rode was trying to tell me he wanted to get home to his buddies and the sooner the better. Any positive suggestions for dealing with this are welcome. It's a very annoying habit.

 

Barbara

That is often true but not always. We have been under a cold snap in Florida. At my house for the past 15 days the temps have gone down to the lower 20's. Four days in the teens. While that's not cold for most places it is for we wimps in FL. The fish farmers lost all their tropical fish. The jury is out on the strawberry farmers and citrus farmers - but it is going to be big.

Anyway we finally got out yesterday for a ride. My 21 year old brain dead decade team member decided that by golly it was time to show his pasture mate who was the fastest horse. These poor guys hadn't been out for over two weeks. He's galloping in place. His buddy was galloping in place. My wife pulled Ego in behind the Jbird. We went about a quarter mile galloping - three feet forward at a time. I finally got him down to a jig rather than a "gallop jig."  He jigged for about a mile. I told my wife to keep Ego back or we are off to the races and she did. The Jbird finally relaxed and then we could finish the ride - at a walk. If we trotted, I feared the whole thing would start over.

With a chronic jigger it probably has to do with being barn sour. However, there are times I think with it has to do with a horse that is just too well rested for his own good.

Truman

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"Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by fighting back."  - Paul Erdos