True Feelings Revealed

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[Kathy Sierra]

Hah! My horse seems to be *quite* clear about how she feels about me. I never have to wonder... ; )

I guess that's not completely true--once Darren started coaching me, I did come to realize that what I thought was disrespect WAS disrespect, but what I thought was disLIKE was often just part of the normal horse politics / horse games, or plain old boredom. So we've been trying to get a LOT more creative (and firm about not moving my feet) and it's amazing how her whole attitude changes when she has puzzles to solve.

I finally noticed the pattern that she always appears to "like" me a whole lot more when I'm asking her to do something unusual, than when we're doing the same old things.

So there's an idea for a blog post I hope you make soon -- creative ideas for things to do with left-brained horses! We've been doing things like:

* backing onto everything -- tarps, over poles, in and out of the stall, etc.

* hula hoop games -- keep the feet inside while pivoting front/rear, and put the hula hoop around the middle (and spin it)

* side passing over whatever we can find -- poles, buckets, tubs

* "treasure hunts" -- putting a few carrots out in various places outside on the ground, and then "finding" them.

But I'm running out of ideas!
Thanks for such great info, you guys.

[Mona@HorseApproved]

That's hilarious. I am sure my horses do that to me from time to time.

[Mary Risavi]

I agree Mona, I think our horses do it more often than we think! : )

[Mary]

Yeppers,

I sometimes hear mine laughing as I leave the barn…

Mary Haley
Editor
http://horseresource.org

[Mary]

Hahaha! Mary I wouldn't be surprised if some of my did too : )

[natalie greco]

Hay, I know what you are saying! My old horse What is very funny as well. A kid came out with an umbrella and opened it...What did a big summersalt and broke his rope. I think horses do a lot of weird stuff when we are and aren't looking as well!Oh, I left out the best part What had a saddle on!!

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natalie greco

[Mary]

Hi Natalie! Your story is kinda scary because the horse could have been injured but it made me laugh out loud simply because your horse is named 'What'. I think that is the best name I've ever heard for a horse : ) ps - sounds like he could use some desensitizing training!