Mounted search and rescue

[Una Smith <una@lanl.gov>]

Una wrote:
>> Don't you wish we could get everyone on MSAR-Riders to read
>> rec.equestrian for a few years?  That would address most of
>> the basic horsemanship issues that come up here.

Jorene wrote:
>Better still, go find a QUALIFIED instructor and spend *at least* a year
>with riding lessons. Rider control is a big issue to be successful in MSAR.

Sure, that would help.  I am a frequent and happy consumer of
riding lessons myself, if for no other reason than as a student
I am entitled to grill someone for specific details on a point
of riding or training, and they will answer me at length (or I
get another instructor).

But I am thinking also of the readers here who have themselves
mastered basic horsemanship, but are at a loss re how to help
others in their units.  Rec.equestrian is a venue where you can
learn by reading about other riders' problems and solutions.
And the diversity of both problems and solutions can be huge,
so you can learn a lot there.

        Una Smith
        Santa Fe County Sheriff's Posse, in New Mexico