--- Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>> I went back to the site and saw more of the > videos he had taken plus I > read the comments. The rider is a professional > trainer and he was starting > that horse--he did not train it to lay down--it did > that on its own! > > I didn't watch the whole thing because I was in a > mood where I found it > annoying. But, the horse did it over, and over > again, right? It wasn't > just one piece of video that he pieced together to > be cute, right? The > horse genuinely kept doing it in different parts of > the arena...? > > So, what kind of rocket scientist trainer would just > keep on doing the same > thing, over and over again...?
I watched it and another video where he finally got the horse going, finally the horse quit, but I really, really did not like how that guy went about it. You know what I think it going on? Probably not, but here goes anyway. I think the horse is having a sensitivity problem with his mouth, I believe I can see in most of the incidents where the horse lays down that the guy is putting pressure on the reins. Not tons, but some horses have mouths like this, they can't stand the pressure. That's why the horse keeps backing up first, trying to avoid something from the front and then finally just goes down. Some horses will rear if you get in their mouth, I kept thinking while I was watching this, let go of the reins and see what happens. I was kind of looking around the net last night, listened to the clip of a Ray Hunt clinic on Rick Lamb, Ray Hunt emphasises that horses are SOOOOO sensitive, more senstive than any person could ever be, and then I go and watch these videos on You Tube and people are having problems with horses rearing, and some people were teaching their horse to rear, guess what! Surprise! The people in the videos where the person was "teaching" the horse to rear and the people in the videos where the horse was inadvertantly rearing were doing the same exact thing, except the people who didn't mean to do it looked upset, scared and frustrated. So here is how to get your horse to rear, pull on their mouth and squeeze with your legs at the same time, this will work on the more sensitive horse, either that or they will buck:) I've even seen it at Icelandic clinics, it was awsome. Actually it's very simple, a lot of the problems we have with horses are very simple, but apparently the right information is not always available to people, and there are an awful lot of terrible horse trainers out there. Kim
