Re: pass and I'll kick!

["Judy A. Worley" <aussie@aa.net>]

Do you think that teaching a horse to pony another on a narrow trail, such
as a packhorse, would teach them to accept another horse that they didn't
know?  Judy
-----Original Message-----
From: CMKSAGEHIL <CMKSAGEHIL@aol.com>
To: bobmorris@rmci.net <bobmorris@rmci.net>; PLOUGH1@ix.netcom.com
<PLOUGH1@ix.netcom.com>; ridecamp@endurance.net <ridecamp@endurance.net>
Date: Monday, April 06, 1998 10:24 PM
Subject: Re: pass and I'll kick!


>In a message dated 98-04-07 00:48:23 EDT, bobmorris@rmci.net writes:
>
><< Remember, the one receiving the kick was in the wrong place and is the
one
> at fault. The one doing the kicking is only acting in the NATURAL manner
of
> the horse. >>
>
>While it is often true that the one receiving the kick was in the wrong
place,
>there is still no excuse for not having a horse sufficiently accustomed to
>crowded settings to not kick unless SEVERELY provoked before one ever
starts
>riding the horse in public.  We teach our horses to do MANY things that are
>not natural, including the very obvious act of being ridden.  If we can
ride
>our horses, tie them to trailers overnight, and do all the other
"unnatural"
>things that we teach them to do in order to participate in this or any
sport,
>we can certainly also teach them that kicking is TOTALLY unacceptable
>behavior.  Indeed, we must, if we are to participate with any degree of
>safety.
>
>Heidi Smith, DVM--Sagehill Arabians (Oregon)
>