On Thu, Mar 13, 2008 at 8:35 PM, Nancy Sturm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Only thing walls doesnt do tho > > is buck. thank the good lord for small favors for that at least!! > > > Okay Janice, I'll have Bruce film Hunter at the start of the next endurance > ride (not RACE) we do.
the grey horse that is acting out in the show ring is like my stonewall i think, perfectly behaved except when doing something that BORES him and then the other end of the spectrum EXCITES him. I would like some ideas on how to correct this. I see it as a behavior problem cause otherwise why is he so nice? And Tivar did this when he came, but I found with him if I have to stand a long time (waiting for the ride to officially begin, waiting for instruction from the posse leader) if I start practing his sidepassing and backing up on command, he stops it. STonewall never gets angry and bucky and actually he is more patient than Tivar in situations where you have to stand, but when he is asked to do something he just doesnt want to do he starts acting like the grey horse, acting like a turtlehead with dancey feet. If I ask HIM to back up, he is so high energy he will just back up happily all day, unlike Teev who will go ok ok, I get it, I will stand quietly, but Teev is almost twice Stonewalls age so maybe that has some effect? Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
