And how do you know that these horses LIKE to buck? Karen Thomas, NC
Yes, Karen, I see. You are correctÂ… LIKE is not the correct word.
I would say that bucking is their PREFERENCE. They would prefer to
buck rather than carry weight on their backs (or drive, for that
matter), and they are few and far between. I think of these horses as
the Einstein's of the horse world. It takes a brilliant horse to
figure out that if he does not allow you to ride/drive/dominate him
he can go back to the pasture with his mates and do what all horse
prefer to do – graze and socialize with the herd. I know that my
horses respect me and view me as alpha, but I do not delude myself
into thinking they prefer to work for/with me rather than being with
the herd in pasture, even though they come running to greet me, do
their jobs for me willingly.
