This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] First on the subject of letting the horse decide where they want to go in the trail etc. I don't agree with this totally. I think sometimes the rider knows better then the horse. Example : We are out riding this trail that has some "wet/muddy" spots in it. We come to one such spot that we can't go around. It's probably 15 feet long and 12 feet wide. The middle is watery, and fairly deep (8 inc.) the side, a good 4 feet of it, are smooth looking thick mud. I want to go down the middle, where everyone has traveled..... Sebastian is putting up a BIG stink and wants to go to the SIDE, where to him it looks solid (cause it's not watery or wet looking.) After a few minutes I said "fine go the way you want!" we go up the side, and SINK to his belly! After a few BIG lunges, he gets out and then I say to my boy "see....now next time you listen to your mama!" My other fjord and his rider went down the middle....with no problems :-) Sebastian hardly ever refuses anymore to go where I ask....maybe it's just coincidence, but I like to think he just LISTENED to his mama when she gave him this talking too! :) I LOVE this horse. I've had him since he was 4 months old....and he's 6 yrs. now, even trained him myself :) Great trail horse. Did I mention he won first place in the Green Horse Cross-country riding class at Woodstock this year? LOL
Second- Large breed dogs. I have Bullmastiffs (who aren't as LARGE as some of the large breed dogs, but are considered the larger breed) I've always said to people with bullmastiffs, that fjords are the bullmastiffs of the horse world :-) Enough said :) Aimee Day Days End Fjords
