On 2/7/07, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Her, usually > laid back, Friesan started bucking and acting out and she was crying > saying she couldn't ride anymore, etc....not sure what caused all > this, but my instructor said that after 4 sessions of hypnosis > thereapy she worked through her fear issues. I've seen her riding > since and you'd never know she went through this.
After I came off Millie in November I went home crying that I was going to sell all my horses and take up cross stitching. I believe it might have been a slight concussion since I got back on 2 days later. ;) The older I get (and we all know I'm not old, yet, but would like to be someday) the less chances I want to take. I'm not afraid of riding or getting hurt, and everytime we get on a horse we take a risk. To me a risk is a calculated percentage that something might happen. You take risks everytime you get in your car, or on your horse. I don't take *chances*. A chance is getting on a horse with behavior issues that haven't been resolved on the ground, or handling a dangerous horse on the ground without the proper preperation and safety equipment. I will take risks, but not stupid chances. That, however, doesn't mean I won't ride green horses or problem horses, but I find that doing ground work, in hand work, ground driving, long lining, etc... gets alot of the bugs worked out before I put myself at risk on their backs. I think the value of groundwork is believed as you age. ;) When I was 18 I thought *nothing* of getting on any horse, even if it had just dumped it's rider on a trail ride and riding it and 'making' it listen, but now I'd rather figure out why it's *not* listening, fix that, and then work through it's issues. Steph -- "Brutality begins where skill ends." "Correctly understood, work at the lunge line is indispensable for rider and horse from the very beginning through the highest levels." Von Niendorff
