--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 9/14/07, Kim Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I wonder what he is talking about? "training tolt"? I think there
> is
> > a big difference between fine tuning gaits of a naturally gaited
> > horse, and actually putting tolt on a horse who doesn't really
> have
> > gait.
>
> He meant riding tolt -- that a horse can be naturally gaited but
> when
> mounted, needs to learn to gait with a rider aboard.
>
> >, I'm not totally
> > sure what he means by "they cannot be trained in the same way"???
> > I'm not sure what this really means.
>
> He was saying that their prey factor isn't the same, and that his
> methods of trainer body positioning (see 'Dancing with Horses')
> won't
> work with Icelandics because they don't react the same way. He is
> speaking from his viewpoint, how he trains.
> V
>
If that is what he is saying, I would agree.....we have many
Icelandics here that round pen methods just do not work the same way
as with other horses.....that stand with their butt to you and refuse
to move.....but at the same time are a pleasure on the ground and in
the saddle.....Some i use RP work/play, and some I do not because we
are not having fun togehter......
Skye
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