On 3/12/07, Karen Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Or when you need to do something simple, > like say, check the pulses in the horse's foot, and he/she wants praise for > picking up their foot, or decides to "count" by pawing, whatever. That > simply wears on my nerves.
Mine too... I teach the pick up cue as squeezing the chestnut, it's not necessary for me to get my horse to pick her feet up by pointing at them! Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
