Mounted search and rescue

["Claudia Labbe'" <campclaudia@atlantic.net>]

As I have been reading (and soaking up) the info offered here in recent
discussions, it's a bit overwhelming and concerning when someone who's
extensive experience as Irv states: "I have been doing this for close to 20
years and I still think of myself and
my mount as green," and I have not even been able to yet produce a quality
SOG manual for review, least of all consider my horses, myself or any other
potential volunteers to qualify for our yet to exist regional unit. The more
I read the technical dialogues & acronyms exchanged here the more I wonder
if we can offer anything more than knowing our ends from our horses!

Claudia Labbe'
North Central FL DART MSAR "to be"

-----Original Message-----
From: msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:msar-riders-bounces@lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of IRVIN
LICHTENSTEIN
Sent: Tuesday, July 18, 2006 9:54 PM
To: 'Mounted search and rescue'
Subject: [MSAR] Green and Green

Every horse and every rider has to start somewhere. It is up to the rider,
and the MSAR organization to determine what is safe for the beginner and how
to bring them along to the point where they are relatively safe on a
training mission or real mission. This may mean taking long hacks or trail
rides with a green rider/horse combination to gain confidence and skills
before introducing them to the roaring herd or a real mission.   In many
cases a MSAR rider has non-MSAR riding companions and this type of offline
activity is extremely important in tuning other horse skills and people
skills. 

 

No one is ever experienced enough to start riding search as a clue aware
searcher on horseback when they arrive at your doorstep, unless you are
stealing them from another MSAR organization.

 

I have been doing this for close to 20 years and I still think of myself and
my mount as green. 

 

Irv Lichtenstein  

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