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RE: [RC] [RC] relaxing my horse??? - Tara ShermanI'm not like the natural horsemanship pro! but I would reccoment t-touch- put simply, it is massaging your horse. There are different techniques, and an entire book on it, my mom knows the author... Tara >From: Elkenchild@xxxxxxx >To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: [RC] relaxing my horse??? >Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2004 22:02:49 EDT > >My mare has a really hard time relaxing, and I'm working on putting her in >stressful situations and being calm, but she gets her head up in the air and out >of the game, you've all seen it I'm sure. Is there a magic button I can push, >or some natural horseman thing I can do, to get her to focus on me, or relax >in general? Been working on stroking the neck, putting the head down with poll >and wither pressure, but it's hard! Being in season really doesn't help, >because then even her ground manners go out the window and she bumps into me with >her shoulder, etc, which makes me mad and then makes her more tense. The >vicious circle of tension! ANY advice appreciated! > >Laura >"Not all who wander are lost." (jrr tolkien) MSN Toolbar provides one-click access to Hotmail from an y Web page ? FREE download! ============================================================ The two best drugs to have in your kit are Tincture of Time and a Dose of Common Sense. These two will carry you through 99.999% of the problems associated with horses and endurance competition. ~ Robert Morris ridecamp.net information: http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/ ============================================================
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