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Thank you.  i am well aware of "disengaging my horse's rear end"  and the process of doing such, this was not to prevent kicking, it was to bring notice to the fact that warnings, whether verbal or physical, for whatever the discretion or action is many times not taken into notice or seriously by other riders.  BOB quit his naughty behavoir on his own accord, regardless of me showing him at Second Level.   My mare will take more time.

Ranelle Rubin <raneller@xxxxxxx> wrote:

Linda,

When you have a horse that kicks, you teach your horse it is not acceptable, and you learn to dissengage the hind end as horses go by on that side. It is really quite easy. I rode a horse for an owner who's horse kicked.

He had not learned this. I taught his horse, and then him. All you have to do is turn the horse's nose toward the side on which the horse is passing, apply pressure with your leg on that side, and bend the horse around your leg. It makes it virtually impossible for the horse to kick at that point. When you are consistent about this, the horse will expect it, and know you will not allow it.

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From: coldeye22@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
To: bob1andjohn@xxxxxxxxxxx; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [RC] biting horse/kicking horse
Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 09:43:31 -0500

 

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From: DONNA MARIE WINTERS

 

I came in on the tail end of this post, but my mare kicks, a confirmed kicker of all things great and small.

i put long large red flags all over her and verbally warned folks of her kicking "all things great and small"  people dogs horses....but at the ride people rode up her tail and I still warned again about her,  it amazed me of their lackadaisical attitude.

Out of curiosity, how do you expect people to safely pass

you on the trail?

 

Linda Marins