On 2/6/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can you find a really easy-going, low-key > and confident rider to get on him first, and just do a very ho-hum ride > around the ring for a few minutes?
The one I think of first is my daughter, Alex. She's ridden Orri, trotted with him too. I haven't let her since the bolting started though--my fears, not hers. >I don't know if your instructor > would be the right one - maybe, but maybe he's a little too used to > "working" the horses? He said he'd work Orri for me but I'm holding off on that--the last time he sat Orri was when he wanted Orri to back up his way, not the way we had been doing it, and he insisted until Orri reared. My instructor calls Orri a dominant bully who needs to be taught a lesson about who's the boss. That's when I went PNH and I'll continue with PNH and any other method that works to build a good relationship before I'll let Orri be worked by my instructor. There--a rant, but that feels much better! :D V
