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  • From: James Gaar <blindrodie@hotmail.com>
  • To: Mounted search and rescue <msar-riders@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [MSAR] How would/did you handle
  • Date: Sun, 11 May 2014 12:22:17 -0500

Most excellent reply Griffin!

Jim Gaar

> On May 11, 2014, at 12:14 PM, "G Griffin" <ggriffin924@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> We also have dealt with the aggressive horse, while mounted. And playing
> polo cross with my mare has helped me the human get better at staying safe
> while mounted around loose or aggressive horses. I always have my get
> down string looped on my belt when I ride or even just walk around the barn
> or pastures. It comes in handy because my horses I ride are not afraid of
> the sound it makes when I twirl it very fast over my head like a
> helicopter. And if I have my horse stand its ground, and make the
> offending horse move its feet first with the sound of my string its a low
> impact way of defusing the situation... Keeping things low energy and out
> of kicking range are my goals when protecting our space. Horses play at
> pasture politics, and I try to make sure I'm out of getting between any of
> that. With my two mare we are almost always put out with the other mares
> and they really can be rough with each other. I think its helpful to
> practice when leading your horse out of the pasture, pushing other horses
> out of your way with the least amount of movement you can manage. I have
> to really try and think like a horse as we move through the groups of
> horses. They have such small and subtle cues,,, and when those get ignored
> or not dealt with they quickly become quite dramatic and drastic physical
> confrontations. So when I notice it, I make a point to have the offending
> horse, who is penning ears or moving to block us,,, move their feet first
> away from us,, and focus very hard on how to accomplish it with a minimum
> of movement on our part. What I've noticed with my mare is when I'm with
> her or on the ground even, she becomes much more confident, and just kind
> of knows that between the two of us, the other horses are going to yield.
> Its very nice to have worked all that out, so I can hop up on my horses
> back while in the pasture, and we won't have an aggressive horse who thinks
> they can push us, or worse. Since I don't own the other horses in the
> pasture, I don't grab them or try and work them. We are simply interested
> in using pressure and they move away, and the least amount of that is our
> goal. After all, who wants a hoof in the leg or to the body.
>
> -Griffin-
> Owner of Starsha and Bella the mule
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