You don’t MAKE a horse do something like that. You train them it is possible and take the ones who enjoy it and progress. But if someone has ever tried to load a reluctant horse into a horse trailer, you KNOW they have a vote!
Hahahaha...of course! I like the way you put that “have a vote”...:)
Granted, I got thrown from a horse as a kid, and it was probably because the horse just did not like me. I was cantering in a ring, and the horse just stopped dead.
Stopped!
I was over its head and on the ground before I could even react, and boy, was I ever mad!
Who knows...I was only 12 at the time, probably the first or second time I ever rode a horse, and might have been pulling back on the reins really hard while compelling it to go forward at the same time and the horse just decided I had no idea what I was doing!
Oh yes. From what I have seen, horses can be quite obstinate. Mules are obviously related to horses, and in Ulysses S. Grant’s memoir, he talks about how much he hated having to deal with stubborn mules! I think horses have that too, especially if they think they are the boss and not you!
I find horses fascinating. Always have...