Re: driving training and the running W

1999-01-19 Thread Starfire Farm, L.L.C.
This message is from: "Starfire Farm, L.L.C." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I agree with Jean E. reference the use of a Running W. This device, which was described so well by Jean, is something to be used as a last resort. Dropping a horse to it's knees, the way it is usually done with a Running W, only c

Re: driving training and the running W

1999-01-11 Thread jean gayle
This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jean gayle) My Grandmother told me of her father's death when his carriage horse ran away with him. A Prof. Gleason made a fortune dealing with "untrainables" making them useful rather than slaughtered horses. The running w in the right hands convinced t

Re: driving training and the running W

1999-01-11 Thread Reena Giola
This message is from: "Reena Giola" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jean Ernest wrote: What it consists of is a rope running from a surcingle down to a hobble >around one front foot, back to a ring at the bottom of the surcingle >(bellyband) back to a hobble around the other front foot and back up to a >ring

Re: driving training and the running W

1999-01-11 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Oh Boy! I myself would tend to avoid a trainer who regularly uses a running W in his training program! I suppose I could see a RARE careful use of it in an extreme situation with a horse with real problems. Certainly Doris Ganton doesn't use