Thank you Laurie, I hope my information will help you and others. Yours is excellent info matter too! And do keep us all posted on the bear bell!
You and your horse on the second go with the bear probably were both reacting in anticipation. You as the rider had a bad previous experience and your horse knowing this from that same experience probably acted on it the same. You are very fortuneate to have a GREAT mount that will take care of you! That is what we all want. Reliable trusting partners.
Personally I have no use for trainers that are abusive to their animals or use their equipment in cruel manners. These type of trainers/riders are worthless and they create trouble for the good that abound. They are the type of people too that take advantage of nieve people as well. I find too many bad trainers cowboying and bullying and unnecessarily training the animals to fear and using equipment they themselves do not understand. I personally like to keep my gear simple, non abusive and kind. My preference is a bosal. I train much using a peice of krinkle paper, a lariet, halter and by praise vs treats as a reward. Treat training to me, can get to be a nuisance. It is nothing but bribery. I don't mind a horse searching me in love and respect, but lookiing for a constant treat is nothing but appetite, being a pest and not learning.
There is little if any reason to whipbeat a horse, there is no reason for tying heads to tails to supple them and I can think of a mirad of other things in my book that I reject as sp called good training when there are far much better, kinder and simpler ways.
I can only think of one reason one might have to beat a horse. And that might only be if you have two horses acting in a brawl against each other and you need to break up their party and for your safety to do it and to use a long whip. Otherwise throw the whip away. The only other purpose I can see using a whip is for an extension of your hand to give you safety in handling youngstock, but not to BEAT, only to gently touch. Whipping them to make them run harder is fear training and that is a no go in my book.
Natural disposition is everything. Like your mare and her great manners, we have a stallion that is a lamb too! I don't ride our stallion anymore, however he is the PERFECT gentleman that is NATURAL trained respondent to voice and whistle, bodylanguaged trained and runs at large in the pasture here, no halter. He is such the gentleman during breeding season he understands that WE give permission to him to go ahead and he is not to take liberty to breed his mares until it is granted. And he never bullys them but courts them all kindly.. He works at liberty much of the time and follows like a puppy or goes to his pen when asked. He does anything IF ASKED as he respects that. He even stands to be groomed no halter. He is in his early 20's and been our baby and a love since birth. His natural disposition absolutely just shines.
Good luck in your riding. Be kind, be patient and understanding! You wil get what you give!
And may you always have a safe day.
Karen Nesbitt
Iroquois County - Illinois
VMSAR
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