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Re: [RC] rearing - Bette Lamore

Great idea, Susan, but how do you ever keep the egg from breaking in your pocket until you are ready for it??!! ;-)
Bette, who used a little baggy filled with water to do the same thing :-) -- yes and I do the circle thing first-- the baggy was a last resort-- but it sure worked!


Susan Black wrote:



To: mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

Years ago a cowboy trainer told me to be prepared for the rearing
refusal and smack the horse in the poll with a raw egg. The raw
egg rolls down the horses face and they think they have bumped
their head and are wounded. Then they are allegedly not going to
want to rear again. I tried it once - it was messy, but the horse
did seem to quit that negative behaviour. So maybe it does work?
Susan Black
Santa Rosa, Ca


Mike Sherrell <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

        I 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.

        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.

        Mike Sherrell
        Grizzly Analytical (USA)
        707 887 2919/fax 707 887 9834
        www.grizzlyanalytical.com


-----Original Message----- From: ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ridecamp-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of terre Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 11:43 AM To: sue_jamaica@xxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [RC] rearing



        >then finally she convinced me to give up,by half-rearing, and
        spinning
        >around while snorting. I was=
        > more frustrated than scared,we turned back she walked fast
        but still
        > jumped at things. What do I do? Or what should I have done?

        If you find you cannot 'force' her past the points where she
        begins
        fighting you, and the situation with the rearing is becoming
        dangerous,
        here is another alternative you might consider:
        A friend of mine had a horse who would quit and refuse to move--if
        you pushed it he would rear or back up to the point of falling
        off the
        trail. She eventually solved the problem like this: ask once
        or twice
        politely but firmly. If the horse won't go forward (or starts
        to rear),
        get off, tie it short to a tree or something (too short to
        graze or step
        over the rope) and give it an hour or so to think about it
        (bring a book
        and maybe a beer!). Get on again, ask again, and if she
        doesn't go, tie
        again. The message is "you go where I want, or you don't go at
        all". They
        learn pretty quickly, and without the fight--rearing is a very
        dangerous
        form of resistance.
        The other posters are right; she can't be permitted to get away
        with this, or it will get progressively worse and possibly
        more dangerous.

terre



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Always remember: "Life is not measured by the number of breaths we take, but by the moments that take our breath away." (George Carlin)




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