Dave Smith said:
"Yes, at
times it was pretty rocky. I’ve gone
off him no less than seven times. Nothing broken, but a lot of
bruises. And the frustration at times seemed nearly unbearable. He
didn’t want to stay tied. He couldn’t stand the custom saddle
I had made for him. He spooked at everything. There were those days
when
I thought I had bitten off much more than I could possibly chew. But
he
forced me to learn how to handle him. How to be his leader. Nothing
was easy. Everything had to be earned."
Mickey,
I agree with Dave that this can be your experience with your first
horse, and there may be some satisfaction at the end of it, if you
survive, as he did. I also think there are a million horses out there
for you to choose from to love and enjoy. I personally have found the
well-trained, sensible ones that have no interest in harming me or my
ability to put hay in his mouth just as easy to love, if not more so,
than the challenging steed that Dave now enjoys. It very clearly is a
personal choice, but sensibility dictates that at your level of
experience, safer is better. Now when you get to MY stage of the game,
that all changes. At MY age and MY experience, safer is even MORE
better. DR Q
