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Re: [RC] some folks dont speak arabian/jigging horse - Barbara McCrary

My "new" horse, who was at first frightened of patches of light on the forest floor (he was born and bred on the Montana prairie and they don't HAVE trees there) now can handle a flock of quail flying out of the brush right under his nose.  It takes time, but they learn......
When I learned that he wasn't going to jump off a cliff with me upon seeing something scary, I relaxed, and when I relaxed, so did he.  We've come a long way together, in almost two years.
 
Barbara
 
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Sent: Monday, March 22, 2004 6:41 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] some folks dont speak arabian/jigging horse

In a message dated 3/22/2004 6:24:48 PM Pacific Standard Time, heidi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:

But don't lump the "real" Arabs in with the
artificial hot-house variety.


'Xactly!  My horse, Harca, faced (and I do mean faced) a mountain lion a few years back.  He wasn't even all that concerned .... ears up and looking at the big cat, but definitely not freaking out.  He trusted me to take care of the situation.  I raised one arm up over my head and yelled like a crazy woman at the cat who seemed to be deciding whether to run or pounce.  He decided to run and Harca calmly walked up to the trough that the cat had just been drinking from and drank his fill.  I haven't experienced the spooky, nervous Arab variety.  A couple have been real looky loos when they first start out on the trail, but I go slow with them and let them gradually gain confidence in me and the great outdoors.    My 7 year old (fresh out of the dressage arena) and I flushed a bunch of wild turkeys on Saturday (only his 2nd time out on the trail alone).  I actually screamed they startled me so much and he didn't spook an inch.  I was so proud of him we stopped and had a cookie break  (while I let my heart rate return to normal ... his never blipped <g>.)

My experience has been that Arabs are great using horses.

T, your TWH sounds like a gem!  Believe us when we tell you that Arabs come in that model too :)

Sylvia

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