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In a message dated 1/3/2005 9:49:23 AM Mountain Standard Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> One by one his 'talents'
> crept up, and I had to learn how to deal with them. One was what I call
> recreational spooks. This is where the horse wants to avoid work, or is
> just simply bored, and spooks at things to manipulate the rider to giving in
> to his desire. This particular horse was barn sour, and used 'spooks' in
> hopes it would mean a trip back to the barn. Evidently someone let this
> work for him once upon a time. Initially I responded to his spooks by
> soothing him only to find the spooks grew bigger. When they turned into
> outright balkiness, resulting in rearing over back wards, I saught the help
> of the trainer who sold him to me. I had to learn how to deal with a
> rearing horse, and to make him work hard every time he spooked. Eventually
> he realized that it was hard work to be spooky, but not until I had suffered
> a couple of significant injuries. Unfortunately it is very hard to figure
> out what is a genuine spook, and what is a fake spook, so I learned to ride
> all horses in a way that I give very little attention to spooks, just carry
> on like nothing happened.
>
I was trying to find a way to discribe what I felt your Fjord might be
doing, given his age and driving experiencebasically avoiding work, but
this
post said it for me. Bolting, rearing and otherwise acting like a dork can be
very tricky to solve. Get some professional help. I know, its $$$ but so
are hospital bills. Good-Luck, Lisa
