I dont have the video, but i am assuming... parelli does these
schticks where he will act like a drunk trying to get on a horse or
whap it or something, his point being to not tippy toe around too
waryily with horses, to just act normally around them. Clinton
Anderson does the same sort of thing and I have found it to be best
really. I used to really tenderly ease a saddle on a horse until I
saw Anderson in a video about it and then i realized gosh, it is very
hard for me, i am so short, my horse needs to stand there dang it, I
aint throwing a mountain lion on him, i am lifting a saddle which he
has seen a thousand times so I just sling it up there. Now I have
started Nasi to getting used to being saddled. The very first time i
easeddddd it on him so gentle. Now I sling that sucker and whap it
around and drop it and waggle it heartily. he needs to get used to it
not me get used to treating him like a delicate flower who is
terrified of a saddle. I think Parelli and anderson both are saying,
kinda, if you treat the horse like the saddle is scarey he is gonna
pick up on it and think hmmm, the saddle is scarey. like going out to
catch a horse and hiding the halter behind you with one hand. A
horse, most perceptive of all mammals, knows you are up to something
and thinks oh this cant be good and runs. Whereas if he sees you
coming with a bridle goes oh, shes taking me somewhere! Or like tommy
turvey says, if a horse acts nervous around a longue whip, take a
longue whip with you every time you enter the paddock, to feed, carry
it around with you, whap it against your leg, wave it around etc.
Janice
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