On 4/12/07, Storme Lee~Fire Island Farms <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > When a rider is having issues with a horse, they almost always (they > meaning the 3 pro's that I am in contact here on this island) say the > rider just needs to relax, that horse is fine. > > And yes they horse might be fine, mabye for them, as a pro, but most > horse do not belong to professional riders. > > > S. Lee >
I agree with this Storme! Liz told me when I asked her what should I do when stonewall got all hyped up, she said as hard as it is to do, you are going to have to relax so your calmness will relax him. So then I was sitting on him so relaxed I was a tub of butter and something went chink and he spun front to back in a split second and I hit the ground so hard I thought i broke my back and my husband called an ambulance. soooo. now what??!? I am too old to be doing much falling, and stonewall is my only horse that if not ridden, becomes completely depressed and even angry. So now I am thinking... I dont want to be one of those people either, that only ride horses and dont ever train them or work thru issues. If a horse has an issue and then a year later has the same issue, heloooo he needs some work on it! Or whatever I am doing isnt working. If I put a sidepull on him and rode him out the gate I would end up in canada. or dead in about a block. If I put a sidepull on him and rode him in the roundpen he would be soft and responsive. So what the heck?!? There is just a huge training gap and mystery here that is driving me nuts... If you had seen him last nite in the dark standing on a tall tall pedestal proud and tall, licking and chewing, so proud to be doing something obediently, you would never dream he is a horse that could almost kill you spooking over a PILE OF HORSE POOP on the trail heloooo how often does he see a pile of horse poop?!??? I am just ranting to myself here. ignore me :) but I feel desperate to help him! he is a horse that craves being with me, my company, being ridden, going out and about. It is just a pure waste and a shame to not get him past this, and ultimately my fault! I started and trained him myself. He is a proiduct of how I train a horse. so I need to get this figured out before I turn nasi into a nutcase too apparently... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
