[beauxdatious]

You have to trust a horse, for them to trust you.

I trust Beau with my life. I sleep with him in the stall, and he lays down next to me to make sure nothing will "get" me. I play hide and go seek with him in the pasture, he lets me lead him by the mane, I follow him, he follows me. I have to trust him at jumps, and trust he will jump it... or he won't. He can sense me (I learned at the begginning of our relashanship) when I don't trust him. If I trust him, he would jump the moon for me (hint my siggy)

He is such a good boy, I love him so much!

[Crazy4Apps]

It's funny isn't it? I most people will trust other people with there life, because they can "talk to them" but you can't tell what their thinking but yet a horse who most times you can tell when their scared or when there ticked or bored, we can read their body luanguage and get the basic idea of what their up to, and yet most people say it's dumb to fully trust them?
I've been hurt worst by more people than I ever had horses, and I've been hurt pretty bad by horses. Both my knees, and my back are shot, I have a hip problem, and my one ankle is messed up and my nose an thats all from horses. I do not trust every horse, but I do trust my own. I 100% trust my horses but only trust people 10% of the time. I don't even trust my own family. My horses are my life and I trust Chicky 110%, Brook about 95% and Sonya 100%, but yet I flinch at the touch of my own parents hands, and they have never physicaly hurt me.

[gigga]

well I do trust my horses 100% but I keep in mind that they are horses so I go about them in their own language and respect their space, I watch how I use my voice around them even when Im talking to a human and I never do enything unessacery, and keep an eye on whats going on around us.
My Styr can spook, so I know that and act accordingly, but I 100% trust him, with my mare, she is just so wonderful, she is the perfect horse (to me) she dosent spook (well ones, but she only took a step to the side) she is exstreemly smart and sure footed so I just go with the flow more with her than on Styr, neither would ever hurt any body on purpose.

[xxxhorsegirlxxx]

I trust Jester. I know he will buck, but hasn't done for a long time now. He spooks, but I know what he will spook at so I'm ready when he does (ok, apart from a bird flying out of a tree). On the ground, I still trust him. He will kick out, but never when I'm around him. He nips, but only when it's food time.
I know I trust him because I want to do XC with him - and that's something I never thought I'd hear myself say. Also, I've hardly ever jumped, but I'll jump with him and will keep going higher and higher even though I hate heights (I even hate just leaving the ground)!!

I don't trust Chester. I've been thrown off so many times with Chester. I just never know what his next move will be when I'm in the saddle. I'm fine on the ground with him, but in the saddle I don't trust him.

[Sonny-Dee-Girl]

I trust my horse implicitly, but I try not to put myself in unnecessary dangerous situation. I can't see any reason why someone would crawl under their horse. I feel confident that my horse would not try to intentionally hurt me, but why take the risk? Something else could scare her or she could kick at a fly and oops, there goes my face! IMO, not worth the risk.

I do trust my horse on the trails. She has gotten me out of some pretty sticky situations that were totally my fault. She has developed a good habit of "catching" me if I get off balance or come out of my saddle.

I implore you all to be careful. Just because you can do these normally risky things, doesn't mean you should.

Lol, thats becoming my catch phrase.

[Rising Star]

I trust Flint pretty well. I have only owned him a year and a month but still it always seems so much longer. I crawl all over him, leave him without and halter on in the middle of the isle while grooming, leave him fully tacked in the indoor and outdoor while setting up stuff, go under him to do his hooves or anything like that, jump on him with nothing, Ive jumped him with only a saddle before, wash him in the washstall with nothing on him and the list just continues. Out on the road though coming home he has gotten a bit carried away and too happy so we only walk coming home now but other than that hes pretty close to perfect.
When I got him I thought I might sell him in a few years but hes going no where no matter what. If it comes down to it where I cant keep him He would either go to iluvmywarmblood since shes his previous owner or else his partboarder since they work so well together.

[kyryah]

I trusted Jim with my (and my children's, which to some may mean little, but to me means everything)'s lives. He was the most amazing horse that ever lived. He taught my oldest daughter how to ride, and countless children how to love horses. I took him to birthday parties even. He even saved my life once (long story.)

I will never, never be so foolish to hope, that I will find again what I had with Jim. He was one in a million. One in Ten Billion. He was my first horse. Not only was he my mount, he was my companion, my best friend, and the love of my life. He was the closest I have ever come to feeling as I do for one of my children, yet different. I will never be able to describe what I felt with him, and I am afraid that I will never be able to trust another living being the same way again.

Everytime a thread like this comes up, I say the same thing. I trusted him with my entire being, becase I KNEW that he would not betray me. Those of you that say, a horse is only as good as his trainer or rider, I am sorry, but every now and then you are wrong. Because, every so often, there is a horse that is born with such heart and presence of being, that an entire generation of horses could not, and cannot take his place.

Jim died on September 18th, 2007. It was my 26th birthday. His picture hangs on my wall a dozen times over, and I will never resolve myself to the loss of his life. He was more than 30 years old, but he deserved to live forever. As I sit here and type, tears stream down my face for what seems the millionth time.

I still don't know what to do. I have not rode in 9 months. I am scared of other horses... they are not HIM. I want to go on a trail ride, I want to love another horse like I did him, but it is impossible.

Anyone who has an answer, please give it to me. After all this time, the heartbreak is still more than I can bear. I want him back. I want to see him, hug him, love him. I just want one more nicker.

Kristina

[magic_rider]

I don't compleatly trust Magic. I am not scared of him and usually feel confident handeling him but he is unpredictable so I don't compleatly trust him. The only time I sometimes get scared is when we are sporting.

[Chester]

Pity this thread didn't come with a poll on how old the poster was. Seems to me that the most trust is placed by the younger generation.

I trust my horses to be horses. They all have minds of their own. I probably trust the training I have done on them more than I trust them.

[chocchipcookie]

Not a lot.
I do know her inside and out so 95% of the time I know she's not going to explode on me or anything. In turn it means I do boss her around and I'm not afraid to really put her back in her place, and I htink that is a type of trust. I certainly wouldn't try it with a horse I didn't know that well.
But in other ways the only type of trust I have in her is that I trust her to be a horse.