| My riding instructors horse grabs the carrot stick (Like a long crop with a long detachable string) in his mouth and bobs his head, flicking the string, he loves it! | 
arabluv & teapot |
| 2011-12-17 15:37:51 | |
That's cute how she holds things! Playing with it is actually good, as she doesn't fear it when she's playing with it. Have you ever tried handing her a halter? That may or may not help, If I could see exactly what she does and when she does it would make it easier. Does she mind you holding the halter near her? If she doesn't just start rubbing her along her body, stay well away from her head, you want to make the session like there's nothing to the halter touching her. If she minds you rubbing her at all, cotinue rubbing her barrel and hindquarters. Keep rubbing her until you walk up with her halter for the rubbing session and she looks at you like "Here we go again!" and competely doesn't care about the halter. Then you can move up towards her head. rub her neck and slowly get closer and closer to her head.
After every session, praise and give her a treat or a handful of grain. | 
mybuety & Pressed |
| 2011-12-17 18:25:17 | |
| You could easily train that horse to *lunge* a human. It would be very funny.... | 
Jane Crandal & JB |
| 2011-12-17 19:40:56 | |
| For treats, I find horse cookies are the best, followed by small pieces of carrot as a less expensive second choice. |
Jane Crandal & JB |
| 2011-12-17 19:48:16 | |
| Beauty(my arab mare I no longer own) and Pressed LIVE for treats. You can walk down the barn and crinkle the peppermint wrapper, and all the horses stick their head out of the stalls! Although I wouldn't reccomend peppermints if you're going to a show. If the horse gets tested, peppermint can cover something up and can cause you to get disqualified. |
mybuety & Pressed |
| 2011-12-18 04:54:13 | |
What's a carrot stick?
It sounds like a stick with a bit of string at the end to me. | 
TGG & Dekka |
| 2011-12-18 10:11:08 | |
| I have a question- I am looking at saddles but I dont know what size to buy. Does it depend on the size of the horse or does it depend on the size of the rider? |
MAC1023 & King |
| 2011-12-18 14:06:19 | |
The saddle must fit both you and the horse. Usually stores will let you sit in it in the store, you can take it to see if it fits the horse if it fits you and return if it does not.
A saddle that does not fit properly on the horse can cause a lot of subtle movement problems. |
Jane Crandal & JB |
| 2011-12-18 22:24:20 | |
TGG, acarrot stick is exactly what you think it is. If you're familar with Clinton Andersn and his handy stick they're the same thing just different names.
MAC1023, it depends on both the horse and rider. Is it English or western? |
mybuety & Pressed |
| 2011-12-19 06:04:41 | |
| MAC, I've got a magazine with an article on fitting saddles, once I dig it out though i'll post it. |
mybuety & Pressed |
| 2011-12-20 18:50:13 | |
