[RC] Is a horse that won't tie exceptable - A. Perez
The whole 'break their neck' thread raises an interesting
question: is a horse that won't tie acceptable? I gal I know
buy and sells horses, more or less as a hobby: her goal is to
get the horse into a better situation then she found it in.
She had a mare that would not tie. Sold it to someone having
warned them that it wouldn't tie. Buyer returned horse after
it had run seriously afoul a fence it had been - you guessed
it - tied to. I expect with many hours of careful training,
the horse might get over this, but since the mare ground-tied
just fine, is it a battle worth fighting? Otherwise this mare
was a real sweet heart, and it was true panic, not a 'challenge
to human authority' that lead to her behavior while tied. Is
death really the only option for such a horse?
My horse spooks at non-scary things. Not big spooks, but
anpoying. Yes, I could 'train the pooks out of him', but my
riding time is limited, and I prefer to pick my fights. As
long as he doesn't damage himself, bystanders or me, or dump
me, I tolerate it. I reprimand him, but don't spend alot of
time on the issue. Yes, he is 'getting away with it' but I can
live with it. I have no problem accomodating a horses
idiosyncracies if ithey do not put anyone in danger, and I
believe a horse that won't be tied can be accomodated as well.
Lord knows I have many idiosyncracies the world has to
accomodate!
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