Re: Re bucking

[Bill & Dee Fortner <wfortner@peop.tds.net>]

Hi Angela,
	I'll bet he likes the rodeo better.  He only has to work for 8 seconds at a time a few
times a month.  The spurring probably isn't any worse than carrying a rider for 50+ miles
with a poor fitting saddle.

Dee


Angela C. McGhee wrote:
> 
> If ya'll ever happen to see a good looking endurance type horse at a
> rodeo, it might be one of our Southeast riders' ex-prospect.  He
> bucked...did some 50's bucked some more...was really dangerous and going
> to get somebody hurt bad.  She got fed up, and the rodeo happened to be
> in town..he passed the try out, was sold and was in the show the next
> night if I remember the story correctly.  Wonder which career he
> preferred?
> 
> Angie
> 
> On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 09:48:49 -0800 paddi <seamstob@telusplanet.net>
> writes:
> >I think you can train a horse not to buck.
> > My mare was better then most rodeo stock. She would do a hop , spin
> >buck like crazy temper tantrum for no reason that I could figure out.
> >One minute we would be trotting down the trail and the next she would
> >blow.
> >Miles , miles , miles seemed to help. I also started carrying a crop .
> >The secound she would crow hop I would pull back on the reins and give
> >her a smack hard. I would say NO very firmly. I can feel in advance a
> >few secounds before she lets go by her body language. Now I just have
> >to
> >give a little rein pressure and say NO firmly and she goes back to
> >work.
> >We then pick up the pace and work a little harder. If she has the
> >energy
> >to buck she needs to move out a little faster and use some of it up.
> >It has been over a year since she even thought about it so with
> >fingers
> >crossed I hope she has decided that bucking isn't fun anymore. She is
> >9
> >this year.
> >Paddi
> >
> >
> 
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