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Re: [RC] Tailgating on the trail - Timothy WordenGood points Angie. And in the same sense, what are you doing to the training of the tailgating horse, while you're "desensitizing" that other horse? You're teaching a horse to behave in a crowd, but also encouraging another horse to tailgate? sounds like a catch 22. Tim --- rides2far@xxxxxxxx wrote: Several of us have discussed training for"defensive riding." I dunno about some of this. I'm just wondering who wants to volunteer to be the first to slam into the kickers rear end to "desensitize" him? People talking about taking their horse to a parade "with baby strollers" all around to *train* them...so I assume they're not already trained, so what happens if they bolt through a crowd of kids? It's kind of a vicious circle but at least if you're desensitizing your horse at a horse show you're supposedly around people who know how to act around horses, unlike people at a parade. We talk about being totally responsible for our own horse, but that's kind of like being totally responsible for my own driving....no matter how good I am it doesn't protect me from somebody who crosses the center line and hits me head on. I haven't ridden with any of the people who are posting on this subject of perfectly trained horses today, but I've ridden with people who talk on-line about their perfectly trained horses and they seemed to be acting an awful lot like my self proclaimed "Psycho idiot". I wonder if we're not just making some really careful people out there think they can't bring their horse to a ride because it can't do crowd control at a European Soccer Championship. My reaction to it all is going to be to just assume horses will be horses, and if I want to be careful I can avoid what I consider unnecessarily dangerous places. We went to the beach recently and there was a flag system that warned swimmers when it was unsafe to be in the water. The red flag meant there were dangerous rip tides and nobody should swim. Without fail there were people who went well out from the shore on "red flag" days and every night there was a report of some poor person who had drowned on the local news. We've gotten used to being STOPPED from doing things that are that dangerous and assume that if someone doesn't physically stop us from doing it it's OK. But nature couldn't care less and will kick your butt if you don't respect her. So, I am taking responsibility for my own safety and won't expect somebody else to do it for me. However, I truly appreciate the "red flag" put out to inform me. You guys who know the trail have let it be known that you feel that's a very dangerous section to have at the beginning of a ride. I think it's your responsibility to make that very clear to the uninformed. It should be on the entry and mentioned at the ride meeting. If I don't find out about it until I'm in the middle of a bunch of trotting horses on a switchback it's too late for me to take control of my own ride, I'm caught up in the tide. Just warn them would be my advice. Angie ________________________________________________________________ The best thing to hit the Internet in years - Juno SpeedBand! Surf the Web up to FIVE TIMES FASTER! Only $14.95/ month - visit www.juno.com to sign up today! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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