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That is why I said KNOW its safe. If you dont, then make sure it is..

I once was riding along a beach with a friend, we were doing a real nice 
canter and my horse shied at a spot.. I didnt think much of it and wasnt 
going to argue with her, but the horse behind me didnt, and it turned out 
that even though it looked like solid ground, it wasnt, the horse lost its 
footing and flipped over.  Both horse and rider were fine, but because my 
horse didnt trust it and I knew my horse well enough to know that she 
wouldnt act like that unless she felt something was off, I didnt fight her 
on it.  I didnt know if it was safe so I trusted her instincts over mine.

But my rock eating freak.. I KNOW for 150% fact that it is safe and not 
going to eat her.  So, I dont let her spook at it.. And I hope to god I 
never encounter burrows because im hooped cause then I do have to let her 
act that way.. LOL

On regards the the training and trust.  Hell yeah, trust is needed.. I 
bought a little mare in novemer that was deemed by everyone handleing her at 
that barn and from past handlers that she was and will always be unreliable, 
a hot head and vicious.  She dumped the people regularly, bit them, kicked 
them, bucked, reared ALL the time and so on.  I took one look at her and 
knew she just needed to have some leadership and love and to have someone 
she can rely on to get her where she needed to be.. She how now been sold to 
my student 2 months ago and has reared ONCE since I bought her, she is the 
most steady trail horse, to die for attitude and just LOVES to please.

Everyone cannot believe the transformation in just 3 months of me owning 
her.. and now you wouldnt even recognize her.

My philosiphy is if you are asking something and its not working with your 
horse.. its NOT the horse, its in the way you are asking and try something 
different.  EVERY horse is different and you cannot use the same training 
methode on every horse.

Great discussion though.. first time I have participated in a long while!!!

Sarah and yes, the rock are gonna eat me mom.. Art


> From: patty peck <ebeyslew@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: Re: [RC]   [RC] Did I Understand You Correctly?
> Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2006 11:29:27 -0700 (PDT)
>
> Last time I "forced" a horse to do what I wanted I ended up on the ground.  
> The horse refused a creek crossing and I forced the issue untill she 
> stepped in.  Low and behold, the footing was unsafe.   To aviod a complete 
> dissater she reared up and pivoted to avoid going down into the LARGE 
> unseen hole underwater.  I always at least listen to what the horse is 
> trying to tell me now.  Patty
>
> kit kat <patchworkfarmshorsestuff@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I think it is stupid to force and animal into an UNSAFE situation and they
> CAN and DO get bullied into them. But, horses do have a mind of there own
> and sometimes fell a situation is unsafe for them but we KNOW it is safe 
> and
>
>
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