--- In [email protected], "Karen Thomas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I seriously doubt that "kicking" is a genetic mental defect. I just don't > see that.
That's what I think really, in fact kicking isn't really as aggressive as biting in a horse, that's what I've always heard. > > >>> Horses kick for two reasons... they're afraid of you or they don't like > you! That's the big, distasteful truth! Fearful horses kick in defense, > dominant horses kick out of resentment and dominance. Either way, smacking > the horse for it doesn't work. You need to get the horse to where he > trusts you, likes you, respects you... and none of that is achieved through > violence. I was thinking the same thing, I was going to go to the Parelli website, because there are a lot of things posted on different problems there. I was thinking about the horse who tried to kick me years ago, who I thought "hated people", if he were my horse, I would start by making friends with him, when they like you, feel comfortable with you, know you, they are really less likely to kick you. >First of all, stay out of the kick zone. That's always a good one:) I really do not like being anywhere in a horse's kick zone, especially one I don't know. Even with my own, I make sure they know I am there. I go right behind Zoe and pull her tail and she backs up to me, she's not going to kick me, she has kicked someone though, it was in the trailer with commotion going on (I was told) and he was standing right behind her, it's possible that she thought it was another horse, I am pretty sure she thought something scary was probably going on. She will kick out of fear. Kim
