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[RC] FW: [RC] rearing - Deanna GermanI had a very experienced trainer recommend being ready for the rear and smacking the horse on the poll when it starts up -- use something like a crop, I guess. Never done it myself, but it sounds right. My mare was a rearer when she was younger -- I smacked her a few times with the butt end of my crop. Tapped her right on the poll. It never deterred her and made her crop shy. Something I did do, though, was to be ready for it and just go forwards and down on the horse's neck quickly and wrap arms around the neck -- this throws the balance forward so you stay on safely, the horse doesn't tip over backwards, and when the horse falls back down on its forefeet it looks around and realizes it didn't achieve anything. I did this unintentionally more than once. It never deterred her. After a while, I got so I could feel her gathering herself for the rear and I positioned my fist so she would run her head into it. That seemed to work the best since I was able to get my hand behind her field of sight. I think she thought that she was ramming her head into something. But most of all, I think she just matured out of it. The birdie still flies now and again, but it's a ton better than it used to be. Deanna =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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