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RE: [RC] [RC] FW: [RC] rearing - Howard BramhallI remember writing about this bad habit a few times back and it's one of the seldom topics I've discussed where nobody called me on it. So, it must have something going for it, or it's so simple, nobody wanted to comment on it. When I first purchased Dance Line, my 17 hand American Saddlebred, many moons ago, he did have this bad habit. If you've ever ridden a giraffe that reared up on you, you understand this is a serious problem unless you are suicidal. Very scary experience, I must say, with a tall horse. Apply pressure. Just a little. With your hand, right above the withers. Apply this pressure while mounting and keep your hand there until movement begins. When you stop, for whatever reason, move your hand there. Make it a habit until this unpleasant experience becomes a thing of the past. It will save your life and it will make a horse with this bad habit, no longer one who rears. He be rear free. He's cured, he's cured. It works! I swear it does. cya, Howard (quit swearing, Howard!) ----Original Message Follows---- From: Deanna German <finishis2win@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: Ridecamp <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] FW: [RC] rearing Date: Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:22:30 -0400 >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. 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= _________________________________________________________________ Is your PC infected? Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee® Security. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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