Comments on: My horses bad habits & other misc. stuff

By: Pauletta Lyme

Pauletta Lyme — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:34:38 +0000

I like this post and I have gone ahead and bookmarked it as - http://enduranceridestuff.com/blog/2009/11/horses-bad-habits/ at Digg.com so everone on my email list can read your post as well. I used - " My horses bad habits & other misc. stuff | Karen's Musings & Endurance Ride Stuff " as the entry on Digg and I might add it to one of my Squidoo pages as a link if the reaction from my email list is good. Thanks again, Great stuff.

By: gb

gb — Sun, 29 Nov 2009 18:34:18 +0000

I’ve had my 14 yr old TB mare for 11 years. She’s always been typical TB and I’ve had her to two different trainers that told me to make her a brood mare. Relationships with horses are not exact, each animal is different, what is a bad habit in one is acceptable in another. My mare walks off when I get on, but the key word there is when I get on. And stay on. With her you just sometimes never know, all I know is at the end of a ride I always thank her for not getting either one of us hurt. The relationships with our horses is what defines why we love them so……each one being different.

By: gp

gp — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 03:53:18 +0000

my gazi is like chief/rocky .. are you sure they’re not related ?

happy t day
gp and gazi

By: kchaton

kchaton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 19:03:19 +0000

Yep – he is telling me that he wants to go faster to catch all of the other horses in a race! He doesn’t do it any other time. He’s trying to pull the reins out of my hands so he can go faster. It’s pretty cut and dried, there isn’t anything else going on.

By: Marge

Marge — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 18:56:26 +0000

If Bo is tossing his head he is trying to tell you something and you are not listening. Several factors come into play here and it would be wise to find out why.

If you go to Horse.com and check head tossing you will be surprised of what comes up.

By: kchaton

kchaton — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 05:53:38 +0000

I think we all know that no horse will ever really be perfect, just like we won’t – so we learn to accept some flaws, but some are just not acceptable….so we try and improve them (and us). It’s great to make progress in the problem areas. It does help to identify the problems so we can work on them.

Jonni is right about us all having different standards. The horse that Dave Rabe would consider “perfect” for example, would be one that I probably wouldn’t even consider…lol…we all see things differently. Which is good for the horses – the lucky ones end up with owners that are as good for them, as they are for their owners.

By: Jonni

Jonni — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 04:23:13 +0000

We tolerate habits and actions in our own horses, dogs (or kids if you have them) that we have very little tolerace for in someone elses.

By: funder

funder — Thu, 26 Nov 2009 02:54:58 +0000

Dixie was a thousand pounds of bad habits when I got her, but she’s gotten so much better about everything! The only thing I’m not actively working on is her pasture attitude. She is the bad tempered alpha mare in a mixed pasture (2 mares, 2 geldings). When the hay is dropped twice a day, she MUST run the other mare well away from the food before she can settle in and eat. The geldings quietly eat as fast as possible, and the other mare is quite plump, so nobody’s hurting. Still, I wish she’d settle down some…

By: Melinda

Melinda — Wed, 25 Nov 2009 23:02:30 +0000

Thanks for sharing – I could totally picture what you were saying and it reflects the personailty of the horses.

I shared what I thought Farley’s biggest flaws were on your last blog. I’m with you though – like when you were describing chief – some of of “Farley’s flaws” I don’t really view as because they are what makes her – her! Like when I lead her, how she’ll do a little trot, get 3 feet in front of me – stop and grab a bite of grass, trot up ahead (because by now she’s behind again) and repeat. It’s a game – she knows the rule is don’t pull on me and respect my space. So she’s figured out a way we are both happy. Annoying for some people, yes, but I think it’s adorable! (yes she’ll knock it off if I tell her to).

I wish I could 100% break her of that panic reaction when she steps on a rein, but she is getting better, so I’m happy with progress. Her canter departure isn’t great, but will improve with time. I just love my little pony so MUCH! She tries SO hard.