I was constantly googling or reading Judy's list trying to > determine what was going on with him. I realize now that his bolting > was probably as a result of pain issues. So when I see someone with a > narrow saddle sitting on that freaking cantle...well...I know where > that horse will be down the road...and there will be some poor schmuck > like me trying to rehab him and bring those atrophied muscles back > into play... > > ...anyway... > > I think I'll always be a newbie....and I am beginning to not mind it. > There is always something new that I'm interested in knowing about. > > Wanda >
on our ride yesterday, I have posted elsewhere that one of the horses with us was about to drop dead from some sort of exhaustion/distress, and there was an old man, and we came up on a cliff sorta thing, a sandy cliff so when you went down the whole thing was gonna slip and slide. People started going down and I waited, mulling it over, thinking should I... Teev could use the experience, I want to expose him to everything, but he was tired, a littlw winded, sweaty, hot. I did not even know at that time the other horse was in distress, the owner just urged that poor horse on over the ledge and down, had to lunge up very powerfully in deep sand. I was still thinking it over, knowing Teev had to be thirsty again, knowing there wouldnt be water for a long time. Then the old man was next to me and I didnt even know it and he quietly commented "I used to think I had to do all that when i was young but I dont have to do it anymore cause I already done it and I dont have anything to prove." and I sorta laughed and said "yeah i was thinking should I? And I guess if I wanted people to know I'm not a scaredy cat I would do it even tho I'm not sure if my horse is able right now, he's awful tired i think" and the old man said "I have seen people kill horses doing this. " then he said "I aint old yet, I'm only 78, but I'm old enough" haha, that cracked me up but I didnt laugh. Then a half hour later I realized the woman on the appaloosa was lucky her horse didnt drop dead from exhaustion or something! The old man dropped out of the ride and went back by himself about twenty minutes later... i think he is a good example of when not to try and prove things... Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
