Re: Trail ride
This message is from: Heather Baskey There was an incident here in Ontario a couple of years back, where an experienced rider was riding her exceptionally well-mannered Canadian horse. A bee sting in the arena and she was seriously hurt when her mount bucked her off (noting this was incredibly unusual behaviour for the horse). Bees are a force to be reckoned with. Much more so than the saber-toothed butterfly! Heather As for bees or yellowjackets, there's really no way to prepare for them other than to have an experienced rider scout the trail beforehand for hives, or avoid riding altogether during the season when they are most aggressive. They can really get you and your horse into a lot of trouble fast. Lori Lemley Little Rock, Arkansas __ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Trail ride
This message is from: Heather Baskey Hi Kate I am not a fan of lunging to blow off steam either. However, I do believe there is a time and place for everything - working out issues on the ground is first and foremost (again, agreeing with what you have already said). I circle my horse to allow him the chance of "responsibility". It is his responsibility to act as a partner and perform the task/maintain gait(s). I do not however, circle him to tire him out physically. Whatever I do on the ground is to engage him "mentally". If he is not connected to me mentally - then there is a problem/issue to work out before proceeding to anything else. Heather Playing Naturally with Henry http://digilass.wordpress.com I am not a fan of lunging just to get the energy out, and if your horse is going to test you, you'd be hard pressed to lunge him enough to keep him from testing. BUT - lunging or working with him first to establish who's going to be calling the shots guarantees a better ride for me with my little Joe. Kate __ The new Internet Explorer® 8 - Faster, safer, easier. Optimized for Yahoo! Get it Now for Free! at http://downloads.yahoo.com/ca/internetexplorer/ Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Trail ride
This message is from: Debbie Hunt Hello All: I rarely post here but had to brag about my boy. I had the opportunity Saturday to take by 5 year old gelding off the farm for the first time in almost 2 years. I took him to an event called the "Hunter Pace". Teams sign up to do a cross country trail ride. It is a fundraiser. You have the option to jump or not. The course was some open fields, a lot of woods, up and down hills and over creeks. Ivar completed the course without a hitch! He balked a little at the first creek we had to jump over but he was perfect after that. I was very fortunate that Patti Jo Walters had taken him out several days a week to trail ride while in training for 3 months nearly 2 years ago. Since getting him back home a year ago March, I have been riding around the property and in the indoor and outdoor arena. I was absolutely thrilled with the day. He was perfect. Even on those steep, muddy hills and over the creeks. I am looking forward to our next outing! Debbie Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Trail ride
This message is from: Lori Lemley I trail ride a lot and the bucking episode you describe sounds to me like they were reacting to stings or flies. I have a young Fjord who tries to buck large horse flies off of herself. She has learned not to do it with me riding because it gets her reprimanded and, if she goes quietly, I will shoo the fly for her. As for bees or yellowjackets, there's really no way to prepare for them other than to have an experienced rider scout the trail beforehand for hives, or avoid riding altogether during the season when they are most aggressive. They can really get you and your horse into a lot of trouble fast. Lori Lemley Little Rock, Arkansas Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Trail ride
This message is from: Sarah Clarke I respectfully disagree with your hubby. If your horse is fresh and/or in a strange place, lunging will give them the opportunity to blow off a little steam, maybe do the couple of bucks without you having to fight. If you can't get them out all the time, lunging will give you a safer ride. Even Fjords get energetic if not worked and being in a strange place only makes it worse. I have a 10 year old mare who is calm to the point of laziness at home, but in a new place (like a horse show) I have a choice - lunge her and let her blow off the stress or have a jet propelled crazy horse for the first half hour. I choose to avoid the fight and the stress and enjoy the ride - after I lunge her. Would it have been better if I had lunged him > or does that make them excited and apt to act worse? > That is hubby's opinion anyhow. > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Trail ride
This message is from: katesei...@aol.com In a message dated 8/17/2009 11:56:14 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, sr...@xplornet.com writes: Would it have been better if I had lunged him or does that make them excited and apt to act worse? That is hubbys opinion anyhow. What I need is a ring instead of heading right out on the trail...but all I have is our small pasture area. Suggestions anyone I HATE being tense on a ride, and am absolutely the worst, but I had a few comments anyway! Re the bucking - in the last couple of days we've seen a little plague of horrible horseflies, and horses we've never seen buck, EVER ,have just gone bonkers. Yesterday we watched a quiet, calm mare buck and buck and buck trying to rid herself of one. I am not a fan of lunging just to get the energy out, and if your horse is going to test you, you'd be hard pressed to lunge him enough to keep him from testing. BUT - lunging or working with him first to establish who's going to be calling the shots guarantees a better ride for me with my little Joe. He always tests me, and it's much more comfortable to get that argument out of the way with me on the ground rather than in the saddle. So if I am doing it right, I will work him on line for 15 minutes or so until he relaxes and agrees that I'll be in charge. Until a few months ago, I did not have any kind of ring (now I have a round pen), and always did my work on a 12' or 22' foot line in the pasture. And Bonnie's spot on - the only real "cure" is more work and time on the trail (something you probably don't want to do after yesterday's experience!!) Kate with that crazy Joe, and sweet Della and Hanna **A Good Credit Score is 700 or Above. See yours in just 2 easy steps! (http://pr.atwola.com/promoclk/100126575x1222846709x1201493018/aol?redir=http://www.freecreditreport.com/pm/default.aspx?sc=668072&hmpgID=115&bcd =JulystepsfooterNO115) Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
RE: Trail ride
This message is from: morrisshado...@aol.com Hello Sue Sound pretty normal for them not being out in such a long time.As far as being good in the wagon. If a horse only goes anywhere with blinders on then yes they can get flighty and on edge a bit more as they are not used to seeing the world in the same way a horse would that never wears them. Sounds like they just need to get out more.If you intend on riding more then it might not be a bad idea to have someone put some time on them for you (so you don't get hurt:0) ps Work on the lunge does not make them worse. Consistency is the key. Bonnie Morris Western WA Getting warm again! Important FjordHorse List Links: Subscription Management: http://tinyurl.com/5msa7e FH-L Archives: http://tinyurl.com/rcepw Classified Ads: http://tinyurl.com/5b5g2f
Re: Trail Ride @ Mariposa Farm
This message is from: Mariposa Farm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Got you down Suzan Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Count me in. Suzan Johnson The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit --- this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. — Johann von Goethe
Re: Trail Ride @ Mariposa Farm
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Count me in. Suzan Johnson The world is so empty if one thinks only of mountains, rivers and cities; but to know someone here and there who thinks and feels with us, and though distant, is close to us in spirit --- this makes the earth for us an inhabited garden. â Johann von Goethe
re: trail ride
This message is from: "sandra church" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi everyone. Just had to share something that happened at home Sun. while I was on a beautiful drive sponcered by the James River Driving Association ( I was the groom for a friend). Mistake number one-I should've been home chaperoning.My teenage daughter & her boyfriend decide to go on a trail ride/picnic. ( They left me a message scrawled in the dust on the door of his pickup truck that said "picnic".) I saw that Loki & our quarter pony were gone & I knew the direction they took since a gate was left open but I got really upset when I saw that their bridles & saddles were still at home! Andrew is a non-rider plus severely allergic to horses of all things. It all turned out well-Loki brought Andrew home safely but they did have some excitement when Loki decided to "gallop" part of the way home. (I wonder how that boy's walking today! ) At least they had enough sense to have on helmets. I'm so grateful to have a dependable fjord ...if only I had teenagers with brains! But I remember those younger years when I rode bareback with just a haltercouldn't pay me to do that now! Looking forward to a calm week-Sandra in Va. Join the worlds largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. Click Here
Re: Trail Ride
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In a message dated 10/15/01 9:52:16 PM Pacific Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: << She really showed everyone how fantastic a Fjord can be for trail riding! >> How wonderful Robyn! I know the feeling of a successful trail ride. Feels like you've won the Grand Prix : ) Brigid M Wasson San Francisco Bay Area, CA http://ourfjords.freeservers.com/fjord1/Our_Fjordsx.html";>Our http://ourfjords.freeservers.com/fjord1/Our_Fjordsx.html";>Fjords / )__~ /L /L
RE: Trail Ride
This message is from: "carlson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hello List, Just finished a marvelous trail ride out in the woods, no bugs! Six miles, an hour and fifteen minutes. Thor caught me by surprize once, with a buck when the horse in front started to canter and I wanted an extended trot. Great smooth fast walk, lovely day. Longest ride since surgery. I was able to get my right leg over the horse to dismount, could do it today, hurray, been working on that in physical therapy. Still can't mount from the ground, but that will come. Sorry to rave on, but I've been waiting and working for this a long time. A great time with a very nice horse, Thor. Hope N IL
