Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
i feel clueless too, but then I will be around people more clueless than me and think wow, I have grown. Today was a big step for me. I went with a friend to take his new horse home for him, a totally green freaked out nervous GIANT 4 year old mare. Had never been in a trailer before. But my friend had been working with her daily at the sellers place and had her calm on the lead etc. But my trailer has no escape door so I told him I would lead her in. We went in, I was trying to juggle tying the rope and a little container of sweet feed, she tried to get her head in the little cup of sweet feed, I was trying to tye her with one hand, until that point she had been fairly calm, I tied her really sloppily and hurried out, nervous hemmed in with such a huge green hot horse, she turned and came barreling out with me and when she got to the end of the rope, freaked completely, threw herself into it with all her might, busted loose and ran over me. Knocked me down, no harm done except now she was a freaked out terrified wreck, blowing, shivering, wild eyed, here comes three big macho QH roper dudes "to help". I said thats ok, we are just gonna calm her down and start over, they said oh, we'll get her in there, my friend said I would rather wait til she is calm again, the roper dude said oh we'll get her in, and this went on a while and I just led her off and they followed saying they would get her in, and I just said "we will get her in after everyone leaves and things are quiet, it wont be a problem at all, I made a mistake and we need to really take our time when its quiet so she can start off on the right foot" and they said ok and left and my friend said he was so grateful. When she finally went in she was so scared, wild eyed, blowing, but it was her decision, no pressure except my friend walked in with her. No sweet feed btw, that had been my mistake. So you live and learn but mainly i was so proud for not being wishy washy and letting them take over when i knew what we were doing was right. Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
--- Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>I still feel clueless most of the time!! :D << Yea, Virginia, you and me both! It seems like one step forward, 2 steps back. However, when I take those 2 steps back, it makes me examine things more closely and try to find a solution me and my horses will like. So, while I still believe in SOME NH, I am definately sold on the clicker and TTouch combination. That is really what is allowing me to make progress on my relationship with my horses, and that relationship is what is progressing us thru our "2 steps back". Oh, yea, and taking a closer look at nutrition and solutions to making an all alfalfa diet more acceptable. Susan in NV read my blog to see why I ride my horse in pink: http://desertduty.blogspot.com/ Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
On 12/04/2008, Virginia Tupper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been a clueless horse lover all my life! Thankfully I did take > lessons, and I read everything I can, but I still feel clueless most > of the time!! :D > V Join the club! I think horse owners that don't ask questions are clueless, because they don't even know what questions to ask...which is the state I'm in most of the time. Wanda
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
I've been a clueless horse lover all my life! Thankfully I did take lessons, and I read everything I can, but I still feel clueless most of the time!! :D I think we all have those moments, Virginia, no matter how long we have horses, so join the club. :) Gosh, I thought we'd done some research, and we certainly took lessons, before we bought our horses, and we still made tons of mistakes. We still do, but hopefully, we'll make fewer and fewer as we go along. Sadly, some people are so clueless that they don't even know they are clueless. God bless their poor horses. Karen Thomas, NC
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
i was so clueless when I got Jaspar, and honestly I wouldnt listen to anyone either... but wow, to think of getting a HORSE with even less forethought than bringing home a new pomeranian... Janice -- even good horses have bad days sometimes.
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 8:28 PM, Wanda Lauscher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 11/04/2008, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I think in a case like that, she should sign herself up for lessons > and see how those go before she inflicts herself on a horse of her > own. > I've been a clueless horse lover all my life! Thankfully I did take lessons, and I read everything I can, but I still feel clueless most of the time!! :D V
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
On Fri, Apr 11, 2008 at 5:18 PM, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >and if you do decide to go ahead with it and get a horse, > tell your wife to pick one like she would pick a man, dont go for the > flashy spirited young handsome one, go for the old been there done > that one that is quiet and sweet no matter how he looks, and doesnt > mind working hard for a living. > Excellent advice! V
Re: [IceHorses] clueless horse lovers
On 11/04/2008, Janice McDonald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > decision, and if you do decide to go ahead with it and get a horse, > tell your wife to pick one like she would pick a man, dont go for the > flashy spirited young handsome one, go for the old been there done > that one that is quiet and sweet no matter how he looks, and doesnt > mind working hard for a living. I think in a case like that, she should sign herself up for lessons and see how those go before she inflicts herself on a horse of her own. Unfortunately I think a lot of decisions to purchase a horse are done with as little thought as the fellow you were talking to Janice... Wanda
