RC: Fwd: RC: TTEAM and kickers

[DreamWeaver <karen@chaton.gardnerville.nv.us>]

I could get into big trouble with this one.  I do punish my horses for even 
thinking about kicking, even if they are bumped into or run into from 
behind.  "kicking" is not an option, and I don't care if they think they 
are being threatened.  Once you let them to get away with kicking they will 
start to decide when they feel threatened and if it's okay in one situation 
it's okay in another.  And it's not.

You have to remember that when we do rides and there are 100 or 200 horses 
(which is often) that the person whose horse is bumping into you may not be 
at fault, but maybe they are trying to escape some other idiots horse who 
is spinning around bucking or something.  You can't have a horse that gets 
pissed everytime it gets bumped into and decides to kick.

Karen
in NV

>Resent-From: ridecamp@endurance.net
>Resent-Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 16:48:33 -0700 (PDT)
>From: SandyDSA@aol.com
>Date: Tue, 10 Aug 1999 19:45:49 EDT
>To: Ridecamp@endurance.net
>Resent-Sender: ridecamp-request@endurance.net
>Subject: RC:  Fwd: RC:  TTEAM and kickers
>
>In a message dated 8/10/99 1:00:17 PM Pacific Daylight Time, woik@home.com
>writes:
>
><< For those of you who have kickers, I was wondering if you have tried
>  the Tellington-Jones TTOUCH with them. I have played around with some of
>  her techniques, but mor >>
>
>Yes we have and she is considerably better, BUT I will not punish MY horse
>for the bad manners or ignorance of another rider who allows their horse to
>behave in a way that MY horse - doing what she is asked quietly - perceives
>as threatening. I have found that a lot of kickers BECAME kickers after being
>ram-rodded or rear-ended by one or more other horses.  getting kicked is
>easily prevented by staying out of kicking range :)!
>san


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