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Don't laugh too hard.

I train all my youngsters for their formative years with easy round  
pen work and they all learn "Walk", "Trot", "Stop" and "Turn" as well  
as "No" and "Thank you" the latter being the praise for doing  
something right.  Once under saddle they do learn "Right/Yameen" and  
"Left/Shemal" as well as "Not that way, you dunce" as part of trail  
training.  My old dressage trainer taught me to preface commands with  
"AAAANNNNDDDD" in a drawn out, firm, but calm voice...result being  
that if you say "And" in that way, it's akin to a verbal half-halt  
because they all know that they'd better watch out because the real  
boss mare is about to say something important.

I've found it to be worth any amount of money to be able to talk to  
my horses from another mount and have them pay attention....very  
useful when taking out people who consistently overestimate their  
riding abilities.

Maryanne
Giza

On Sep 20, 2006, at 12:13 AM, Diane Trefethen wrote:

> ROFL!!
>
> How about Yameen and Shemal instead of Gee and Haw?  More  
> appropriate to speak to an Arabian horse in his own language, n'est- 
> ce pas?
>
> Mike Sherrell wrote:
> > The more I contemplate this the less I like the idea of  
> > communicating with
> > my quick, light, willing, headstrong gelding using language  
> > developed for a
> > team of slow, plodding, plough-dragging, stolid, heavy-weight  
> > oxen. We're
> > lunging up an embankment, not turning at the end of the day's  
> > umpty-umpth
> > row.
>
>
>
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