--------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EED00009 Date: 10/07/97 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:24am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 0 times) Subj: Snap, Snap, SNAP >>>> STILL snap, snap, snaps though ..... I think it's a habit now and I'm >> If you can think of a reason -- OR what I can do to stop it I would >> certainly appreciate it!! > This is a real hard one to get them to stop.. and part of > working on it is how much the horse likes to please you and > or likes to get along with you. That'll probably take time -- we ARE bonding but it's only been 2 months now ..... > The horse is obviously cinchy.. someone pushed her to hard > to fast by cinching her up to tight to fast.. and not > working up to an acceptable level slowly. That's what I thought ...... too bad as she's just a nice horse herwise. > This one takes some time and might not really work except > to get her to cut down on the actions. > If she does this.. slap her on the shoulder with an open > hand and yell no and/or quitit/whatever. Dont' slap hard.. > but just enough to make noise and get the point across that > you are displeased with her actions. This ought to get her > to stop turned her head and feinting trying to bite (which > she's doing). Yes, I'm doing that now ..... the open hand makes a loud noise but shouldn't hurt ..... she KNOWS it's wrong to snap, snap as after I yell at her she will keep her head perfectly straight forward but then 'pop' her lips togehter one more time (like a defiant kid). > *IF* she stops and behaves.. make sure she knows beyond a > shadow of a dount that she's a good girl. take a bunch of > time for this to make the point. Okey Dokey ...... I'll enforce the "good". She likes to be told she's a "good girl" ..... I suppose it's just going to take a long time to MAYBE correct this behavior. > But more then that.. anytime she snaps her teeth.. let her > know it's unaceptable. Tush picked up grinded her teeth a > bit from watching another horse.... and she gets corrected > EVERY time she does, very consistently. Okey dokey ... > The amount or frequincy that she grinds her teeth is > dimishing. That's good -- hope she stops it after a bit. > Takes time Jean.. may never work 100%.. but it's worth the > effort for a very bad habit. I know it's a bad habit ...... and I'm just hoping it can be corrected ..... like I said before -- she's an extremely NICE horse with only this 1 bad habit ...... and now it IS a habit as I never cinch up tight ..... she doesn't give me a moments worth of problems after the cinching up is all ne. Thanks for the advice ....... I'll keep you posted. --- * Origin: Jean's Trick Horses (Or is that TRICKY??) (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EED00010 Date: 10/08/97 From: JEAN PROPHET Time: 06:12am \/To: JANET PACKARD (Read 0 times) Subj: TN Walking Horses anyone > We have a lot of horses, most of them showable, but we like > to trail > ride better. We go to the local riding club, when the Me too Janet -- me too!! > I can handle it in the round pen right now (grin) talk > about riding > merry go round horses. He's bored, I'm bored... And don't > get me > wrong, he isn't spoiled, or mean. He has the potential to > be even a > great beginners horse if he's ridden regularly for a year > or two. But > he has a way of getting scared that escalates into a kind > of hysteria > that doesn't go well with my own phobia. I aggravate it, > but his > tendency is not a horse that comes back down from being > scared quickly. I know exactly what you mean .... I'm still a bit "gun shy" from being thrown a couple years ago -- have nasty "flashbacks" from time to time ..... then I get scared and the horse knows it. I'm feeling better and better about driving now. > Anyone there got gaited horses? And how do you start a > horse to learn > to pull things? (As in carts, logs, buggys, etc...) One > of our horses I have a SADDLEBRED mare and an Arabian that both pull - we trained the Arabian from a baby -- the SADDLEBRED is a recent acquisition. OH yea, we also have a 10.1 hand tall pony who pulls a cart that we trained. Both the pony and the Arabian (we call him Mr X) were really easy to train to pull ... we did a lot of ground driving ... Good luck with training yours to pull -- if they like doing being in harness it's not hard at all and they figure out really easy what you want them to do. --- * Origin: "Baby" - Gone but NOT Forgotten! (1:371/33) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00000 Date: 10/09/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:42am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: ???? -> > That is why we keep going back. It certainly isn't for the > 8 hour drive -> each > way! (Or for the Speeding ticket either!) -> Oh Mike -- you aren't going to tell us that YOU got a speeding ticket -> ..... -> YOU?? .... Oh yeah Barney Fife lives right there in Woodstock VT. He sits by the golf course with his radar on hiding in the bushes. They have a stretch of road there with a 25 mph limit on it that would be a 40 mph in most places in the country. He got me for doing 41 in the 25. Nothing on either side of the road but trees and grass! ()#&*#(@*(@^&_))^#@*(()^&#* ;-) --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00001 Date: 10/09/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:43am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: ???? -> I thought YOU were the groom ... Nope. I always tell them "I'm just the Driver" whenever I get the "Dad do this" stuff. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00002 Date: 10/09/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:44am \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: New Carriage .. -> > Hey if it don't work out you can always sell it. I think > you should o -> just > fine though. There is a market for this kind of stuff. -> There really is ....... Buddy didn't believe it at first -- but he's since -> changed his mind. People like something different and a 'white horse' and -> carriage seem to fit the bill Well to most people it is something they have never even seen except on TV. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00003 Date: 10/09/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 05:19am \/To: MIKE MAY (Read 0 times) Subj: assorted Just did a system switch.. so I don't have the last set of three posts from you on this one. Just wanted to let you know so you didn't think I was ignoring your posts. BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00004 Date: 10/09/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 04:24pm \/To: HANNAH KARLSEN (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Horses > Well I love horses and as you know I had two horses and a pony. I love > riding horses because they're nice, graceful, pretty, and also strong. I > know alot about horses and you must too but of course I can't ride them > anymore until I get a call back from one of my mom's friends. > I am eleven years old and have three siblings but were scatered al over > the place. So there is nothing bad about that because I got over it. Just Doing pretty good for an eleven year old Hannah! :) BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00005 Date: 10/09/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 04:25pm \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: ???? >> that didn't stop until she slammed into something.. like >> her head into the pipe or a feeder.. >> First time I saw this happen.. she stopped herself by >> hitting her head on the feeder (moved out of the stall the >> next day) and knocked herself so hard she went down on her >> knees. > Remember "Baby" had EPM -- I know what you are talking about sigh>..... Didn't realize that Baby had those kind of episodes.. :/ And it's really hard to understand until you see it. :( BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEE00006 Date: 10/09/97 From: BOB KOHL Time: 04:26pm \/To: JEAN PROPHET (Read 0 times) Subj: Re: Fiddle >>> Ben Gay ;-) >> I know Arthur well.. not into the other two. ;) > Jack Daniels I know slightly -- Ben Gay and I are found and fast > friends ;-) Chuckle.. you got a head start on me. ;) BK --- DB A3000sl/001347 * Origin: * Conniption BBS * one fit at a time (1:102/861) --------------- FIDO MESSAGE AREA==> TOPIC: 243 HORSES Ref: EEF00000 Date: 10/10/97 From: MIKE MAY Time: 05:58am \/To: BOB KOHL (Read 0 times) Subj: assorted -> Just did a system switch.. so I don't have the last set of three posts rom -> you on this one. Just wanted to let you know so you didn't think I was -> ignoring your posts. Ok I haven't got a clue as to what they were about. Nothing important as I remember though. --- PCBoard (R) v15.3/M 2 * Origin: Home of Malla, the spoiled Norwegian Fjord (1:2613/128)