RE: Reply to rearing

["Maryanne Stroud Gabbani" <maryanne@ratbusters.net>]

Dorika reared ONCE during the period when I was training her and she was
trying out various behaviours. I was being coached by a tall (6'4") German
friend who saw her try out a little rear and had me change places with him.
He asked for the same move I had, was rewarded with a rear, and slid off her
back...his legs nearly touched the ground anyway on my little maybe 15'
mare..and was back in the saddle the second her front feet touched the
ground. She looked back at him, shook her head as if to ask "How the &****^
did he do THAT?" and she never tried it again. I never pointed out to her
that *I* wasn't magic like Baumann.

Maryanne Stroud Gabbani
Cairo, Egypt
maryanne@ratbusters.net
www.ratbusters.net

-----Original Message-----
From: Rides 2 Far [mailto:rides2far@juno.com]
Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 3:51 AM
To: lanconn@tds.net
Cc: Ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject: RC: Reply to rearing



>>cut a two foot section of closet
> rod. > Next time by she reared and I whacked her firmly between the
ears

I have no advice as to the rearing, but before you hit them between the
ears, read on.  I once lost my temper at a horse when he walked off for
the thousandth time just as I almost had the marker tied onto the tree,
and had the reins in my teeth, and he took the hackamore shank and yanked
my front teeth. *ouch*  I was pretty frazzled at the time and yanked the
rein to get the shank back out of his teeth. He threw his head back and
almost hit me between the eyes, I had the other end of the nylon split
reins in my right hand and I popped him between the ears.  Next thing I
knew we flipped over backwards off the *big* mountain (up at Tellico,
remember that one guys?)  We rolled about three times.  He jumped up and
ran back up to the trail and stood there with his left eye stuck shut.
The end of the rein had flipped down and torn his cornea when I had hit
him between the ears.  Talk about a guilt trip that lasts a lifetime!!!
You could not pay me to hit a horse between the ears now.  I've seen
another girl do the same thing hitting a barrel horse between the ears
with a crop.  I've heard rednecks (no offense Jim >eg<) talk about
hitting them with woofleball bats...but I think that if it was that easy
or fun there wouldn't be any rearing horses out there.

Angie

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