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[RC] How Did I Get Bucked Off? - Ridecamp Guest

Please Reply to: Howard Bramhall howard9732@xxxxxxx or ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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Questions--

1.  What is your favorite way for riding out bucks (body position)?

If you mean what is my favorite way for riding out being bucked off a horse, it 
is airborne.  I love to start out upward, towards the Heavens, which not only 
brings me closer to the Lord, but, also, lets me spin in the air, pretending to 
be in the circus once again, backward flips, forward somersaults, the choices 
are endless as long as we are going up, up, up.  This gives one plenty of time 
to plan for a successful landing.

2) How do you tell if a horse will keep on bucking or settle down?

One must ask the horse, personally.  "Do you plan on continuing this behavior 
or is this just some sort of temporary setback?"  You should try and find out 
the answer to this question before proceeding on with your next session.

3) What is your favorite way to stop bucking?

9MM.  Easy to carry, rarely misfires, and gets one's point across very quickly.

4) Should I have gotten back on Miles immediately?

This depends on how much fun you had while being dismounted.  I, for one, enjoy 
it immensely, so, personally, I would have hopped right back on.  But, hey, 
that's just me, you really have to find out if you enjoy things like a) pain, 
b) missed work due to "a" and c)how effective your medical plan really is.

5) Why Me, God/dess? Does the fact that Miles never bucked before mean that I 
did something specifically wrong during the ask for lower gear? I am pretty 
balanced w/ minimal rein contact, but I definitely don?t ride as well as his 
owner. Do you think he was resentful about that? I also know from my training 
in equine assisted psychotherapy that horses act out riders?/handlers? pent up 
?stuff? (hmmmm...probably N/A here) or in/authenticity (hmmmm....could be), 
or...[your favorite theory HERE].

Why me?  Very good question.  Maybe, because you were there.  Miles may not 
really hate you (equine psych 101), he just may find you occasionally annoying 
or a minor irritant and he was overreacting a bit.  Some horses are like that.  
My theory is, ask Miles.  Just come right out and ask him what the problem may 
be.  His answer might surprise you.

cya,
Howard (no, I'm not drunk)




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