This message is from: Lori Albrough <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > This message is from: Mark and Ann Restad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hello, this is Ann and Mark in Alaska.
Welcome to the list Ann & Mark! > ... He is sweet but bossy and hadn't been worked with a lot. Sweet but bossy, eh? Gee, I don't know any Fjords like that :-) Something I found about pushy Fjords, and I have one of my own, is that you need to be very sure in your own mind of what is and isn't acceptable behaviour. And then do whatever it takes to stop the unacceptable. In my experience you need to be very firm in enforcing the rules, and then it'll click in the horses mind. They are super intelligent and so seem to reason "hey why *shouldn't* I walk over this puny 100 pound human who is in my way?". Once they learn that you won't stand for stuff like that, things are good. Well I hope that helps at least a little bit. It'll probably take you longer with a 9 year old, I started with a pushy yearling (who if I can sneak in a little brag to the list, was hitched to a cart last week (she's two years old now) and is driving like she's been doing this all her life)) Lori
