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Re: [RC] BIting Horse at Ride - Rebecca FabiszakAs John Lyons says, you have 3 seconds to KILL a horse that bites you, short of having a gun, one can't actually kill a horse in three seconds but the horse needs to believe that you could. Biting is the most aggressive behavior a horse will exhibit, from what I have been told. Have fun and be safe. Off to clean. Beccy in very snowy Utah, which I prayed for, the snow that is.
b ----- Original Message ---- From: Sisu West Ranch <ranch@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, January 28, 2008 3:35:38 PM Subject: Re: [RC] BIting Horse at Ride "...What is acceptable "horse space" is generally bigger than people space. A smart horseman knows this..." It is up to humans to teach each and every horse from birth exactly what acceptable behavior is. Each and every horse, without exception, from the moment of birth, must be taught (Yes, I do mean taught, natural instincts has nothing to do with this.), that aggression towards humans is not allowed. This must be reinforced by the horse experiencing a near death (from his/her point of view.) experience each and every time, without exception, it acts aggressively towards humans. John Lyons has good descriptions of how to do this. While I admit that, if not affected by DIMR, I would have probably have given the horse and its servant, a permanent wide birth, if attacked I also would have given them a lesson about the unpleasant consequences of attacking at least some people. Ed Ed & Wendy Hauser 2994 Mittower Road Victor, MT 59875 (406) 642-9640 ranch(at)sisuwest(dot)us =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Looking for last minute shopping deals? Find them fast with Yahoo! Search.
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