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- From: sbishop@desire.wright.edu
- Newsgroups: rec.equestrian
- Subject: Re: A Question
- Message-ID: <1992Nov21.084434.5734@desire.wright.edu>
- Date: 21 Nov 92 08:44:34 EST
- References: <26448@megatest.UUCP>
- Organization: Wright State University
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- In article <26448@megatest.UUCP>, sconway@megatest.UUCP (Sharon Conway) writes:
- >
- > What you have to remember is that he isn't listening to you when he
- > anticipates and moves into a different gait before you ask. He definitely
- > knows the pattern, and is listening for the announcer. One thing you may
- > want to try is going to schooling shows, and doing the opposite of what
- > the announcer says, and what other horses are doing. So when the announcer says
- > "trot your horse"...you lope your horse. Or when everyone else is walking,
- > you are trotting. Another way alot of horses are schooled is that they
- > are brought to schooling shows and walked through the whole class, regardless
- > of what the rest of the horses are doing. This teaches the horse to turn his
- > concentration back to you, and to stop anticipating the pattern.
- >
-
- Just to make a point, having a horse that is show-wise and knows when
- to trot if the announcer says trot, isn't always bad. Our old gelding
- Tar has been showing for years, is very ring smart and knows the voice
- commands. So, when my girlfriend's daughters wanted to learn to ride
- and show this year, we put them on Tar on a lunge line and he taught
- them to ride. Then they went to a few shows and he taught them to show.
- No, they didn't win any prizes but they had a wonderful time, found out
- that when the announcer said TROT, that Tar was going to TROT, even if
- they weren't ready. After a few shows, they 'got with the program' and
- did much better.
-
-
- > Putting cotton in their ears is a common way people try to stop this
- > anticipation also, especially with horses that are shown alot and have
- > become "ring wise". But, it is not solving the problem, just delaying
- > more problems. It sounds like you enjoy showing your horse, and it would
- > be too bad for you to start having these type of problems escalate now.
- >
- > One more note, I don't know how legal it is to use cotton in your horses
- > ears. I show QH, and I'm pretty sure its not legal. Just something to
- > think about.
- >
- > Sharon
-
- Sue
-