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[RC] [Guest] crossing water with a green Arab - Ridecamp GuestOn Behalf Of superpat I dismount and start to walk across the creek, attempting to lead her across. She will still not cross and gives me that look, the "you are nuts, I ain't doing this" look. After about 2 minutes of asking her to cross, I am knocked into the water by Lyric who had jumped onto my right foot. I come up spitting I am so mad I could kill her!!! Dear Nancy, Just a word of caution. ( I guess you learned the hard way). If a horse is frightened of something, it can be VERY dangerous to try to lead or drag them into or across it. The horse is likely to jump onto you, out of fear or panic, and considering the disparity in size and weight, this could have tragic consequences. Many of the NH trainers will impress on their students the need to work on "driving" the horse where you want them to go. That is to stand beside the horse with the lead rope and point in the direction you want the horse to go and with the hand holding the loose end of the rope to twirl it at the rear of the horse. When I first began to learn ground handling, I "drove" my horse out of the arena, into the stall, out of the stall, between chairs, anything to practice. Sometimes it has paid off big time. Other times, I am flabergasted that my mare refuses to go where I "drive" her. We still have much work to do. But NEVER, EVER, put yourself in such a dangerous position again. If you have to cross a log or find that you really need to be on the other side of something, position yourself in such a way that it is close to impossible for the horse to jump and land on you. I f not, they likely will. Pat =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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