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| Name: N From: Missouri E-mail: Contact |
I wonder if the horse from "Nightmare on any Street!" came from the same barn that I got my horse from last year. Mine isn't AS bad, but there are a lot of the same qualities... and the trainer completely lied and told me he was safe for an amateur at home, which is not the case! Hmmmm....... Admin reply: Certainly possible as there are very, very few lying trainers.
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| Name: Chris Nerland From: Talbott, TN E-mail: Contact |
Very much enjoy your site along with the non-judgmental advice. So many bloggers are quick to scorn anyone who asks "stupid" questions, or challenges to "the way things are done". You have the experience and authority to have credibility. I may not always agree with what you say, but you have made me re-consider my positions. Admin reply: How very nice of you to say. Having "been there" and "done that" over the last 50 years I feel I can be helpful by sharing both my stupid mistakes and those things that worked for me and made me appear "smart". To be sure, it is not a my way or the highway proposition but rather a fresh approach or second opinion for one to weigh and consider when slowed in that wonderful but often daunting process of horse training. Thanks again. LFL
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| Name: ASB Enthusiast From: Ohio E-mail: Contact |
Since you are such a successful equitation instructor and trainer, I thought I would go right to an expert to learn about changes in equitation over the last couple of decades. I was an equitation follower back in the 70's - 80's. I have been gone from watching and showing for many many years. Recently I have attended a few horse shows and see a great difference in equitation. Equitation has really changed!!! In the era of "Crabtree" riders, riders rode for function of showing horses. Back then I noticed riders rode back in the curve of the cantle in the saddle. Now there is 4-5 inches of saddle behind them. Stirrups were rather long with the knee on the leather and close contact with the lower leg. Now stirrups look VERY short and lower legs look a little splayed. Upper bodies were more relaxed and not at all stiff. Hands had a bend at the wrist which allowed for using the reins to set the horse up and looked elegant. Now it seems to me the wrists and hands look a little stiff. Riders had an individual style. I think that now riders all look alike and a little "forced" in their position. I remember how different riders used to look from each other... let's say Linda Lowry had a very different look than Kim Williams. Is there a purpose for how riders have changed in the seat of equitation? I am just asking to learn. I am not meaning to be critical at all. I just want to learn why equitation has changed so much in the last couple of decades. I am certainly not wanting to take anything away from the great riders of this decade. It is that it all just looks different than it used to. Is this newer form better for getting the best performance from your horse or is it just the current fad? Thank you to anyone who responds and can help me learn about the changing style in equitation.
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| Name: Summer From: Roanoke E-mail: Contact |
I have one more solution to a rearing horse, kind of like your pond adventure, it probably shouldn't be used for everyone. I have a small arab that his reaction to everything he doesn't like is to rear, I don't know how he managed to develop that habbit since it never got him out of work or scared me, anyway, he would rear if I asked him to stop, he would rear if I asked him to move, he just got really fussy and that was his only reaction, so I finally got tired of it and told him "ok if you want to rear, then rear" and I taught him a command for rearing. When he would rear once at me I would then start asking him to rear over and over again until he started balking about doing THAT because he was getting tired, then he would move off and do as I asked. It took a while and several times of doing it before he finally figured out it was easier to just do what I asked. He still sometimes gets a little light in his front end, especially if I am trying to get him to stand still and he wants to start walking, but the actual rears are far and few between now. Of course, I can ride his horse bareback and actually ask for rears now comfortably... but I would sugest not using a saddleseat saddle if anyone tries this, the one time I've been on a rearing horse on one of those I slid off the back end! Admin reply: Thank you for your excellent comment. You used very good horse psychology in dealing with this issue. Thankfully you are also athletic enough to have made it work for you. Some of us are no longer gifted in that department.
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| Name: Ann Blankenship From: La Jolla, CA E-mail: Contact |
Is this where I post a question? Anyway, I have 4 horses at the barn in training. Two of them are across the aisle from each other, and have been for years. I pet them and give them too mant treats. I try to hide so the other one doesn't see me, but they want treats from me. Both of them will see me, make noise, and then this is what's upsetting- start kicking their door. One of my other horses has started kicking whenever I walk by. I now have a two year old in training, and I don't want him to start! So, I guess I shouldn't give the two year old treats. Lots of times I just drop it in their food bowls! Should I quit giving trats? I love giving them to them! Will quitting the treats make them quit kicking their doors? If I don't close the stall door they slam their hooves down on the threshold. I think I started a terrible habit. The 6 dogs at the barn follow me because I'm the treat lady... Admin reply: Thank you so much for posting here in the Guest Book. In answer to your first inquiry: No, this is not where you post a training question. To send me a training question, most people send me their training questions to the Email address listed on the Home page of this web site that follows right after the words,”Send your training questions to.” However, after reading your question, I think I can address it here as it has nothing to do with training horses. No my dear, the obnoxious behavior you describe is certainly not their fault. Seriously, as you have already alluded to, you have caused this problem. Trust me, this can quickly become much more than an annoyance. Aside from the damage inflicted on the barn walls, doors and floors with the pawing, kicking and chewing, injuries to these excited horses can easily be in the offing. When the excitement turns to aggression, which it eventually will, your hands, face and body can become the target. I suggest you stop the practice you describe now before things escalate. You are, inadvertently putting these horses in a type of competition with themselves by distributing the “treats” as you do. There is nothing wrong with petting a horse or wanting to give them a reward but as I think you have found out, overdoing it can mean trouble. Stopping or changing your ways in this department is the only way you may hope to stop these3 issues. Do not hand feed the horses in their stalls. Do not “group” reward them but reward them with a treat or whatever individually after your ride and before returning to the stall. Or, peppermints, sugar cubes are a wonderful touch immediately after putting the bridle on and will help the horse to properly mouth the bit as well. Apple slices, carrots and the like are best placed in the feed bucket. Like with children, sometimes wanting to show your love by being exceptionally nice to them only produces a “spoiled” reaction. This is the case here. Hope this helps and you might re- think the dogs as well….before the fighting begins! Thank you adain. LFL
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| Name: Barbara Dunham From: Ohio E-mail: Contact |
Private post. Click to view. Admin reply: Victor was bought out by HP and they of course quit the ponies. I thought Musica was a good step with the problem being the trainers as part of the entertainment and also trying to show horses. I myself can weigh the pros and cons and know it is best to put a** in the seats, In a perfect world, although it would not have to be a 15 million dollar production as the Madonna super bowl performance, that is the type of timing that is necessary for a perfect feature. When Honey ran the Garden, Eastern States, Devon I marveled at the grasp he had of the concept of showmanship when I would show there or Judge for him. In the afternoon, a schedule for the evening performance would be available in the office. It would tell you the exact time the 5 gaited amateur class would enter the ring and when it would be over etc etc. If there was entertainment, it would tell you 8;16-8:27. His schedule was seldom was off by more than 5 minutes and NO performance lasted over 1-1/2 hours or the Judge would have hell to pay. This kept people in the seats and having a good time. AS I have already said, the entire concept of horse show today is so far off the mark there is no way for us to be competitive. Do not get me wrong, I am not just blaming the show managers but also we trainers and owners. To survive in a in a world competing so heartily for a spectator, we need to be thinking more like business people than horse people. I know change is difficult but in this case it is imperative. Thanks for your remarks.
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| Name: Dianne Olds Rossi From: California E-mail: Contact |
Your article on the status of the horse business was one of the most interesting articles I have read. Right on thank you. I am also in the horse business but from a different view. I have trained entertainment performance horses and have seen a lucrative business dwindle to almost nothing due to the popularity of the Horse Expos. Normally I, with others were hired to promote attendance and to entertain. It wasn't long before the general public volunteered to put on a costume and go roundy roundy while a script was read to the boredom of all except those that were riding. Now the expos expect all to arrive and pay for the priviledge of showing or if you are really lucky given a table to sell your wares. There still are a few shows that continue to hire professional entertainers but due to the cost of moving the rigs the expenses out weigh what the shows can pay leaving their entertainment, if they have any, to locals. It's sad to see what was once an anticipated yearly event dwindle to horse expos that even now lose their luster with the onslaught of cheap equipment and feed booths. What I remember is the show at the Chicago Stockyards, American Royal etc. Admin reply: From the "One Armed bandit", Wetback the equestrian monkey, the mom and son trick riding Griffiths, the world's greatest rodeo clown, whose name escapes me at this moment, John Cuneo's, liberty acts,40 horse hitches and the Victor Comtometer Ponies.etc, etc, etc,I could not agree with you more. Watching this type of true entertainment become slowly and completely sucked out of the Horse Business to be replaced with boring and redundant marathons is indeed sad. There are less than a handful of horse show managers who have even an inkling of what the word SHOW is supposed to mean as there are also many people who do not understand why a ticket to a 3 and one half hour feature film does not sell as well as a 95 minute "B" film. To once again fill the seats, we must be competitive with the myriad of other options that are currently stealing, not only our thunder but our profit! Thanks for your comments.
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| Name: KeefscifeDutt From: KeefscifeDutt E-mail: Contact |
Certainly I like your website, however you need to check the spelling on several of your posts. Many of them are rife with spelling problems and I find it very troublesome to tell you. However I’ll certainly come back again! Admin reply: Well, you have caught me. With the thousands of pages I have written on this site, my lack of spelling skills certainly comes to the surface, I have trouble even names such as Dorothy. I hope you will overlook my scholastic inadequacies and continue to enjoy this site for the content LFL
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| Name: shumsvoff From: shumsvoff E-mail: Contact |
Obviously I like your website, however you need to test the spelling on quite a few of your posts. A number of them are rife with spelling issues and I find it very silly to inform you. However I’ll definitely come again again! Admin reply: Thanks so much for pointing my spelling issues out. Although I have never been accused of being "RIFE" before, it certainly seems I am now. Hope you can overlook my horrible errors and find it in your heart to just enjoy the site. After all, I am just an old horse trainer. Thanks again. LFL
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| Name: David LaSalle From: RI E-mail: Contact |
Great analysis of the horse business Lonnie. Couldn't agree more. Admin reply: Thanks David. I don't know how Great it is but, like you, I have sure had a lot of time to think about it. Best to all, please send me a catalog of your wonderful products. LF Lavery
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