On 7/11/07, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Janice I don't know "follow the float". What does that mean? > > For the record, I wouldn't consider having Stephanie drive Tosca, even for > 1/4 of a mile, if I wasn't pretty sure Tosca was ready. It certainly has > the potential for disaster. Tosca, as usual, came through like the champ > she is. > > Nancy >
it is a dorrance thing... he says a horse can be led by "following the float" in the lead if you are very tuned in to them etc. Its one of his almost "too zen" concepts, but like some others, one i didnt believe in til I tried it. I had my fox afraid to go into a trailer. He wasnt phobic but he would tremble and get wild eyed and then once in would sweat like crazy all the way to where we were going. Then I started just playing around with keeping a flot in the lead when walking and when the float would go away just gently almost invisibly pulling and then the instant the float came, release etc. anyway. I was amazed the first time he followed the float right into the trailer with me, calm and relaxed. I see that Tosca is doing that, going with float in the reins. Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
