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Re: [RC] speaking of gaited horses - Dyane Smith


Laney Humphrey wrote:  If the timing works out tomorrow morning I may

use the cattle working going on at the ranch to let him just follow a
cow as part of his education.


Two of my horses got a chance to do this a couple of years ago.  It was
really funny the differences in their reactions.  One horse is highly
reactive and when he gets on overload, he just shuts down.  Dangerous, I
think, but vets love him because he stands perfectly still for the most
godawful procedures.  Anyway, with the cattle following, the goal was to
have the horse just relax and drift if he stayed "on the cow", but if he
lost focus, he had to work (trot circles).  One horse caught on right away
and because pretty "cowy"; the other went into overload and it was like he
was asleep.

Dyane



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