To: BladeRider
You'd probably want to start in a small space and at slow speed, so they can't get away from you. Yes, you can get them tangled, and some horses can panic from that, so you'd want to desensitize them to getting lines mixed up and around legs or around their butt, if they are the type to freak out about that possibility. The best move is to show them that, if they get tangled or confused or scared, just stop. That's what Cyn did in the picture... she turned around to face him, and he was a mess of lines, but she just stood there. They can get confused if you're still trying to figure it out yourself, but, like with anything else with horses, you can usually work through it, if you're patient with them and them with you. They aren't screwed up forever when we screw up, if everyone can just stay calm ;~D
To: HairOfTheDog
You'd probably want to start in a small space and at slow speed, so they can't get away from you.I could start out in the round pen, but from what Frog says Blade has already had a circingle on him cause he was trained by her guy. I don't think he would be the kind to panic. I know Jake wouldn't, he has been in many a situation where panic would hit many horses and he just stands there waiting for us to help.
To: HairOfTheDog
...some horses can panic from that, so you'd want to desensitize them to getting lines mixed up and around legs or around their butt, if they are the type to freak out about that possibility.. Blade ain't one of those horses. He's more the type to just stop, like Cyn. I've had us both hung up in the awfullest mess of vines you've ever seen and he didn't even try to hang me.
He does tend to over-react to the whip though. I think that came from the trainer who got on him pretty hard with the buggy whip for being lazy in the harness when he was breaking him to the wagon.
471 posted on
06/23/2006 12:45:09 PM PDT by
FrogInABlender
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