On Dec 23, 2007, at 11:08 AM, susan cooper wrote:
--- Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
have her ride behind you and watch whisper closely
and when she even twitches one ear back wiggle the
reins and scold. <<
That puts the other horse/rider combo at risk, tho,
for a horse that is quick and agile and can double
barrel quickly. I find ear pinning and ugly faces
easy to deal with. It's the double barrel without
warning, or a warning so quick as to not have the time
to react. Now before someone tells me to work on
timing, stop, and think, do I know her horse? Ugly
faces are easy to deal with, but my horse will double
barrel without warning, and so I will not put another
person or their horse at risk, so I say just stay off
her butt. If you come too close, you deserve to be
double barrelled.
Susan in NV
That double barrel kick can be dangerous indeed. I had friend riding a
what I realized too late was a very spoiled gelding (he was raised by
himself and had never learned herd manners or respect for humans or
other horses) that I was given and I was on my best trail horse along
side to give the newbie horse confidence. The newbie suddenly spooked
towards us, my horse didn't move over fast enough to suit him . . . so
he swung around and kicked, breaking my horse's cannon bone just below
the knee. (Santa Ynez has some of the best vets and surgical clinics
in Californa, luckily, and so my my gelding was saved, thank goodness.)
Lynn Kinsky, Santa Ynez, CA
http://www.silcom.com/~lkinsky/
