Re: RC: Re: Re: Pulling Back

[sweety@nni.com]

Heheh...but then no one could sound self-important and omnipotent if
everyone admitted that there are mentally challenged horses that nothing
will cure. That would take away all the hype of 'I am a horseman, hallowed
be my name and deep be my mysteries'. It happens, sometimes due to an
experience, and sometimes, albeit RARELY, there are just idiotic horses ...
kinda like people, eh? All horses have their foibles, with luck we end up
with one who's foibles can peacefully co-exist with our plans, or be
modified to do so. Training is extremely important, yadda yadda yadda - we
all know this song and dance...but when the song's over and the pricey
trainers are paid {or the sweaty, time-consuming work is done} - sometimes
you're still left with a horse that isn't perfect, and the folks who forked
over all that money may feel just a wee bit betrayed...


And this is why temperment and trainibility{sp} are some of the most
important things to breed for, yes?



At 07:58 AM 11/20/99 -0500, you wrote:
>Everything everyone has said about pulling back is true. But.......there
>are horses who will not learn no matter what you do and I have tried it
>all. I have had my horse with a trainer just to learn to tie and I have
>used John Lyons methods. No success. He was 5 when he came to me and he is
>now 8. He breaks inner tubes, etc. He panics in a big way and will not stop
>so I decided about a year ago that I could work with him by not tying. At
>some point in his life, he was either abused when tied or something,
>because when he starts to pull, there is no stopping him til something
>breaks and I don't want it to be part of him! So, just a word of caution to
>others. If you haven't owned your horse since it was a youngster there may
>be things in his past that prevent him from ever learning to tie. (mine
>leads fine)
>
>Pam in MA
>
>
>
>>You are so right. Easy to get into trouble following advice that sounds
>>good. I sent this post to a friend who wrote back to tell me:
>>
>>"I had also used a belly rope many many years ago with terrible
>>consequences.
>>The horse in question pulled back, sat down with  all it's weight pulling at
>>the rope . The rope got so tight that the horse fell over, passed out
>>(really) and started bleeding through it's nose. The knot had become so
>>tight that I couldn't get it undone and had to run a long way to the house
>>for something to cut it with. Never again !!!!!"
>>
>
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