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Fw: Re: [RC] Help with kicking leaping bolter - Renie M burnett

Jan, Jim, Jonni and Cris are offering priceless advice for anyone that has a horse in their life;  Few of us were born with this knowledge, some learn it easier than others.  I've been riding all my life, but it wasn't until I was almost 40 that I first saw Ray Hunt, John Lyons, Pat Parelli, Boz, and the sensational Stephanie Hansen (she's on her way to fame, too, and could ride circles around all the fore-mentioned).  They all say the same thing, and it really is said in the language a horse is designed to understand. It was like a light turned on when I finally "got it".  And a very important thing;  you will NEVER finish  learning about horses.    Renie
I suspect the one rein stop doesn't work for some people because neither the
horse or the rider has mastered how to do it properly. And, it has to be
learned well at home before using it when you need it out on the trail... Just
pulling the horses head around doesn't usually get you what you want, unless he
has learned that this means, stop and think! His hind end must be disengaged for
it to work. Other wise you are still going down the trail with his head on
your knee and the engine (hind end) still firing away... after he has learned
the full one rein stop, then it can be abbreviated to just pulling his head
around, then it gets so that all you have to do to warn him of improper behavior
is to left one rein.  That is the way it is supposed to work.
 
We women tend to want to be nice to our horses, just because we want them to
love us...doesn't work that way at all. Look at the herd. Which horse is the
one that they all whinny for when it is taken out of the herd. Yep, the one
that bossed them around. Some horses seem to need proof of this authority more
than others.
 
Jan
 
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