On 1/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Janice McDonald wrote:
> >> Biggest thing for me I think is ground tying! They absolutely MUST
> >> ground tie. be athletic, have energy, etc.
> >>
> > How do you teach ground tying? This would seem very useful on the trail
> > (or if I fall off :-) ).
>
> Those of us in NC should get together and do a little workshop on useful
> skills for trail horses. This can include: ground tying, sidepass, backing,
> mounting from either side, and if anyone is interested in camping-hobbling,
> tying to a picket line or highline, etc..
>
> Cherie
>
that would be cool! and mounting from weird/spooky objects. like one
time in order to mount Jaspar with three broken ribs I had to lead him
and stand him in a huge dense bush of sharp stuff, a little holly tree
actually, very dense and bushy. I had to get him to walk into the
middle of it and stand there still while I crawled up on a fallen tree
and my friend had to help shove me on so there was no one to hold him
still. later I realized if he had decided to walk away I would have
landed in a stickery bush with broken ribs. but he was perfect of
course.... my jas... he had fallen down because a farrier had
trimmed him and left long toes without me even asking him to. he had
decided to do that cause I commented he was pacey. As a result his
toes were so long he couldnt even pick his foot up high enough to
break over at a plain normal dogwalk.
Janice
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yipie tie yie yo
