leading: sound good?

SweetIron · 08-24-2006, 03:32 PM

I was hald-walking Cuesta around today (paint stock mare, 5 yra or so old)(with filly in tow.) Now, Cues does not walk that fast, but it seems like she's slowly over-reaching me and inching up, up up.. to the point where she would be walking me if I let her.. so when she did this, I simply turned her, made her go in a circle, and repeated it once more until she stopped trying to outwalk me and sunk into a nice speed.
So did I do it right?

JBandRio · 08-24-2006, 05:56 PM

Yep, great idea

It's never a good idea to tell them what not to do. Just give them another option that is harder (circling is hard work), and give them a chance, again, to do the right thing. Smart horses figure it out pretty quickly

And then they think it's their idea, which is always a great thing

SweetIron · 08-24-2006, 06:01 PM

Yeah; this mare is a genius as far as equine intelligence is concerned.

08-24-2006, 03:32 PM	#1
SweetIron Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ARCADE, NY Posts: 1,965 Images: 143	leading: sound good? I was hald-walking Cuesta around today (paint stock mare, 5 yra or so old)(with filly in tow.) Now, Cues does not walk that fast, but it seems like she's slowly over-reaching me and inching up, up up.. to the point where she would be walking me if I let her.. so when she did this, I simply turned her, made her go in a circle, and repeated it once more until she stopped trying to outwalk me and sunk into a nice speed. So did I do it right? __________________ -Jen- and.. Cuesta 1999 solid APHA.. gotta register her.. a DocBar granddaughter.. Emma 1999 Tovero mare; as misunderstood as me..

08-24-2006, 05:56 PM	#2
JBandRio Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: NC Posts: 23,439 Images: 143 Blog Entries: 12	Yep, great idea It's never a good idea to tell them what not to do. Just give them another option that is harder (circling is hard work), and give them a chance, again, to do the right thing. Smart horses figure it out pretty quickly And then they think it's their idea, which is always a great thing __________________ - JB Acres, owned and operated by Dynamite animals. - It's a wonder horses as a whole don't just kill us all and be done with their misery. - Keep your voice soothing and low - even when things get western (buck1173) - Rio feels good - he bounced an in-and-out

08-24-2006, 06:01 PM	#3
SweetIron Senior Member+ Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: ARCADE, NY Posts: 1,965 Images: 143	Yeah; this mare is a genius as far as equine intelligence is concerned. __________________ -Jen- and.. Cuesta 1999 solid APHA.. gotta register her.. a DocBar granddaughter.. Emma 1999 Tovero mare; as misunderstood as me..

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