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Re: [RC] Don't forget touching noses - sandydsaIndeed - and it does not take a lot of smarts to know that two horses who are not in a herd relationship will most likely have some sorting to do on the pecking order issue - and WHY ON EARTH would one choose to do this AT A RIDE with SOMEONE ELSE'S HORSES? Because one of two things is true - the owner thinks that it doesn't matter because it is all about THEM; or second, they are just plain too inane, uneducated or stupid to be in public with a horse. There are far too many people who "own" horses and ride them in public venues who clearly have no business doing so. The number of these people both in endurance and in other activities seems to be growing. I am appalled many times to hear people say stupid things like "oh yeah, my FRIEND was like doing this like race thingy and I like thought wow that would be WAY FUN, so like, I went and got a horse who was supposed to be really fast..." and so they show up at rides with a fast horse, and equipped with NOTHING that smells of experience and the safety knowledge that goes with it - generally:). Same thing at shows where Joe trainer rides the horse 99.99% of the time then Janey or Johnny hops on and goes around in the class. God help the horse who is not then PErFECT and wins the class!The point is that no person who is thoughtful and knowledgeable and cares a lick about his horse or others' and THEIR horses or has any sense of self respect allows this kind of thing to go on. Ever. The good rider/handler pays ATTENTION to his or her horse, has the experience to manage a public event or venue, and does NOT allow interactions between his own horse and those of strangers. It comes down to stupidity borne of lack of experience or just plain idiocy - or just not caring about anyone else. A ribboned horse begs to have space - give it to them. A horse with that yellow ribbon is asking you to respect his gender - do so. Every OTHER horse is a stranger to YOURS so it is NEVER okay to allow YOURS to wander about on a 12' line and say howdy to everyone in sight. Manage your horse in a crowd - PAY ATTENTION - or go home.There. Nuff said
-----Original Message----- From: Kristi Schaaf <iluvdez@xxxxxxxxx> And what's with people at rides who let their horses
march right up to other horses to sniff noses? I have
had to literally either physically block another horse
with my body or turn and lead my horse away as the
oblivious owner is too busy gabbing with someone or
just doesn't seem to care. Touching noses can be just
a 'hi' but it's also an easy way to open the door to a
squabble. I have a little Arab gelding who is lowest
in our pecking order, but he will squeal and strike if
another horse sniffs his nose. Because I'm aware of
that behavior, I make SURE that no one gets close
enough to do it (in fact, I protect the space around
any of my horses when we're at rides), but it would be
nice if other people would pay attention to what their
horses are doing.
Kristi iluvdez at yahoo dot com
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