after stonewall bucked me at the field trial, now I am concerned he has at least sublimally learned if i ask him to do something he really doesnt want to do at the moment, he can get rid of me easily!
My husband says he saw the whole thing and as soon as I hit the ground stonewall jumped away from me to keep from stepping on me and hurried to Traveller and put his head down into Travellers flank like he was scared and humbled. When he caught him he said he was shaking and when all the people gathered round he was scared and like he knew he had done something wrong and that whatever it was it was BIG. and several times on the rest of the brace he had opportunity to react that way since sometimes were were in huge bottlenecks with horses gaiting fast fast just crammed up so close our feet were touching sometimes and he would put his ears back and I would scold and give him a nudge and he would go on... but I just cant take this bucking stuff, it can NOT happen again. Today I am gonna ride the hair off him around the house until i feel he is so listening to me... that anytime his mind wanders to another horse, a chicken, anything I am gonna scold... I dont know what else to do. He is the best trail horse, the best gaited horse. I have to get him over this. and me too. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
