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Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] re: Rude Rider - Barbara McCrary

And I thought I was the only one afraid of being on the side of a steep
hill!

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ericka Nelson" <love2ridenv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>; <howard9732@xxxxxxx>;
<ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 6:23 PM
Subject: Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] re: Rude Rider


oh, and one more thing....the one time i was really rude on the trail,
(that
i'm aware of anyway) was a time i was scarred s***less on a steep hill
side
switch back trail and the people in front of me were chatting as if i had
nothing to be afraid of.  i will always regret my offensive exclamation,
as
i'm sure those people glare at me at all rides now.
 but, what i'm trying to get across here is what some of you realize
already.  you really don't know what the rude person is going through
right
at that moment.  sometimes fear is taking over their usually otherwise
mild
manners.

thanks in advance for being forgiving if  you meet me on a scarry trail.
ericka
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurie Durgin" <ladurgin@xxxxxxx>
To: <howard9732@xxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, November 12, 2004 7:08 AM
Subject: RE: [RC] [RC] [RC] re: Rude Rider


Well, what you really do is just hang out with them.  Ride with them
for
awile, pretend they're your new buddies, your new pals.  Laugh too
loudly
and too often, tell a few off color, really bad jokes, start telling
them
about your sister's outrageous sex life with the basketball team when
she
was in college, in detail, discuss politics (I'm a Communist), religion
(I
think we should all return to Paganism, it makes things so much
simpler)


Yeah, then you could just eat your enemies  ;0)

My friend used to get all blown up and bent out of shape at how rude
people
were out on trail...especially those who were just walking there horses
while we where "training" on trail.  Usually comments range from..."Why
don't you slow down!"  "You can't ride there!" "Watch it!" "Get out of
my
way" "You shouldn't canter on trail!" "Stop running (when we were
trotting)" and it goes on with other nasty comments to just plain dirty
looks, etc.  Anyway, I take a bit of a different approach and act more
concerned for the person and make sure they have complete control of
their
horse and just straight out ask them if they are going to be okay out
here
in the woods...on trail...outside of the arena.   I'm getting really
tired
of people who expect you to walk or trot slower because they have no
control of their own horses.  No, none of us run past others or run up
on
them.  We ask if we can pass and when we get by, ask if we can trot
away.
I'm talking about being 100 yards from someone at a
 canter, slow down and approach at an easy trot, then a walk to go by.
My
point to this is that I should NOT have to ride my horse for other
people.
If they truly feel that my canter or trot 100 yards away from them is
causing their horse to be out of control, then I'm sorry but they need
to
go back to the barn and practice some control.  I'm never rude...just
concerned...and to a point "shaming" them for how they act towards us.
I'm
just getting tired of it.

Stacy

John Lyons says a Trail Horse has to be better trained than an arena
horse--"If you don't have control where you ride , don't ride
there....."Ride where you can (safely), not where you can't".

   I rode with some day riders once and they scared the doo do out of
me.
I
thought at the time my horse had problems---and he was much better
behaved
than those horses and safer ,a dnhe has had his moments.


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RE: [RC] [RC] [RC] re: Rude Rider, Laurie Durgin
Re: [RC] [RC] [RC] re: Rude Rider, Ericka Nelson