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[RC] Faking Lameness - k s swigartDiane T said: Horses faking lameness is real. Not common, but it does happen. And woe to the distance rider whose pony has learned that trick! It seems to me, whether the horse is "faking" the lameness (i.e. doesn't have any underlying physical condition causing it to limp) or not, that the horse is still asking to stop. A distance rider who has a pony that has learned the trick of faking lameness to get out of doing distance rides is a pony that is asking not to be a distance horse. Whether the horse can't do it because it is truely hurt, or just doesn't want to do it because it doesn't like it is irrelevant. You don't want to just make the horse do it anyway. You need to find something that either doesn't make the horse hurt, or doesn't make the horse fake being hurt in order to get out of doing it. kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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