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Re: [RC] [Consider This] The Jigging Horse - Born CountryI had a mare that had absolutely great ground manners, would stand for the mount and stand still for as long as you asked her. But once you ask her to go forward, it's a constant jig, whether going out on the trail, coming back, circling, backing, whatever. The ONLY time I rode her and she didn't jig, was once when she was ridden pretty hard for 3 days. I think she finally just got tired and did a flat-footed walk. I gave that mare away. I was just so tired of fighting her. And of course, once I started riding Chagalle, I thought I'd died and gone to heaven! The lady that took the mare absolutely loves her. She doesn't ride her, but uses her to breed a sport horse (mare had great bloodlines). So all turned
out well in the end. Esther, Chagalle and Dana, neither of whom jig on the trail; just the occasional buck from Dana From: Susan <scswag@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: Barbara McCrary <bigcreekranch@xxxxxxxxxxxx>; Truman Prevatt <tprevatt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Thu, January 14, 2010 7:32:21 PM Subject: RE: [RC] [Consider This] The Jigging Horse A friend and I will stop our jigging horses make them stand still for a bit, then circle them doing this until they finally stop jigging. Sometimes we’ll turn back the way we were going which they have learned quickly that they don’t like that and stop jigging. I had to do this the other day because my mare didn’t want to stand and wait for some cars to pass before I crossed the road. Since this was a dangerous situation we stopped several times on the way home only continuing on when she relaxed.
Susan
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