RE: Re: Spooky Stuff

["Catherine Foster" <foster@unbc.ca>]

I'm having troubles with traffic.  My horse wasn't too bad last summer, but
last fall he got out of his paddock and did some midnight traffic dodging in
the fog.  I was really lucky he didn't get killed or injured.  But now he is
a little psycho on the road, and we have a lot of road to ride to get to
trails.  Any suggestion on how to get him to trust traffic again?  I feel he
could be quite dangerous, especially if he bolted into oncoming traffic.  He
seems to be a bit better if I ride him facing traffic, but that is not
proper road etiquette.  So any ideas??

Thanks
Cathy

-----Original Message-----
From:	Susan Brehm [mailto:RockingB@worldnet.att.net]
Sent:	Wednesday, June 16, 1999 8:21 PM
To:	ridecamp@endurance.net
Subject:	RC:  Re: Spooky Stuff

I've been working on my horse
>getting him used to "spooky" stuff.  Ropes and plastic bags
>mostly.  What would be the next step?

Hope,
A couple of things come to mind.  How about an umbrella?  I
thought my horse would be afraid, but after I opened it
slowly and he looked at it I could pop it open and put it
over my head and he didn't care at all.  Since I ride rain
or shine I figure better safe than sorry.
Today out on a ride I had to pass a man using a weed
whacker.  Fortunately  a) I was riding with someone else,
and  b) after we were close enough to distinguish that it
was a man with a tool neither of the horses were afraid.
Oh, and don't forget the horse eating bicycles.  I've got to
work on that one some more!
SusanB


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