> If I'm riding, I want my horse to "be with me". If I stop riding,
> I want my
> horse to stop moving forward. I want him to "want" to be with me.
> I want
> him to freely allow me to use his legs as my own.
>
> I don't want to obtain the use of his legs by force (thru a bit),
> but thru
> his mind. I want to create the *want* for the horse to cooperate.
>
> This is probably not for everyone. We are all different; some of
> us want a
> relationship with our horses, some of us are OK with using the
> horse as an
> ATV.
>
>
> Judy
I love that Judy!
We had a client who wanted an Icelandic horse for their family, and
most important for their daughter. She had a pasture incident with
their horse, she haltered him out in the pasture, something happened
and he spooked and took off with her, she was holding the lead rope
improperly and the rope looped around her leg and she got dragged
through the pasture behind him, untill he stopped. Now, amazingly
she had no injuries. Anyway, after that they wanted an icelandic,
but they wanted a gaurantee that the horse would be perfect, that
nothing would ever go wrong. Well we backed out of finding them a
horse....nobody in their right mind can gaurantee that...so I told
her she should get her daughter a solar pwered golf cart, she could
possibly be safe on that. (She thinks my Kawasaki Mule is very very
dangerous)
Anyway, some people do want an ATV when they ride a horse....I want a
partner....
We train our to stop with our seat, we flow with their rythym and
stop our bodies when we would like to stop. They get it from the
beginning.....I do not like being on a horse that will not listen to
my seat....the bit is for other things preferably.....
Skye
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