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woundedheartwithin · 3 months ago

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I’m probably fundamentally a Not Good Horse Person simply because I forget that other folks’ horses are fucking nuts because mine are so solid. Like my mare is the shyer of the two, but her idea of spooking is flinching and backing up a couple of steps. My gelding just raises his head and like that’s it. So like I’m so used to mine not giving a single shit about anything that if I had to handle somebody else’s horse I’d probably die because I’d be treating it like one of mine lmao

#she speaks #my horses #it’s been a really long time since I’ve had to handle somebody else’s horse tho lol #this is an exaggeration tho cuz like I do know what I’m doing #and they’d probably end up with a better horse for it because I don’t tolerate bullshit #I’m not mean at all not even close #but if a horse decides something is scary we’re gonna spend a whole lot of time making it not scary #my horses aren’t perfect sometimes they do shit that I’m like okay no we have to fix this #but it’s rare and it’s usually my gelding and it’s usually because he’s decided he needs to test my authority #he’s a very spirited animal and he has his own ideas on how things should go #and sometimes I have to remind him that I’m the boss and that I have good reasons for the things I’m doing #because horses are smart and some of them don’t like to just blindly follow orders #some of them want to see the logic behind it #that’s where trust comes into play #he trusts that I will show him why im doing something #and I understand how fruity that sounds lol but it’s actually true #mark rashid talks about this a lot in his books #and in my opinion he’s the gold standard on good horsemanship #but I digress #point is I forget that most folks treat their horses like they expect them to explode #and there’s some old horseman wisdom on this that I think folks have forgotten #quiet people make loud horses #if you tiptoe around your horse you’re going to create a horse that reacts strongly to big movements #if you treat a horse like it’s going to explode then it’s going to explode #treat your horse like you expect it to be okay with whatever you throw at it #and then fix the problems that arise from that #and you’ll end up with a solid partner

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