tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304406780299180546.post8276903351076197731..comments2022-11-07T04:13:16.647-08:00Comments on Bookends Farm: Another thought on shut downBookends Farmhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11097973354681584986noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304406780299180546.post-35830486995883020132010-03-26T09:40:16.485-07:002010-03-26T09:40:16.485-07:00I'm glad it got you inspired! It really is fu...I'm glad it got you inspired! It really is funny how you can look at that from two totally different sides. I always wonder how people with different backgrounds read these! I'd love to hear how things work out for you...Bookends Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097973354681584986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304406780299180546.post-31563319814268115462010-03-26T09:03:52.442-07:002010-03-26T09:03:52.442-07:00This post ( and the one you linked too) was just t...This post ( and the one you linked too) was just the inspiration I needed to tackle "ground tying" with my horse. He is always very eager to offer up behaviors (sometimes too eager) and I wanted a calm default behavior to be able to fall back on but was unsure on how to shape something so... motionless. Teaching a horse to stand and not to hold still really sold it for me. Thanks!Golden the Pony Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15230832980797448174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304406780299180546.post-47061123997639838392009-12-15T20:39:14.509-08:002009-12-15T20:39:14.509-08:00sigh.
I have one of these I'm dealing with n...sigh. <br /><br />I have one of these I'm dealing with now. <br /><br />" The horse who has been taught not to move by using punishment will stand until he becomes more afraid of something else than he is of the punishment"<br /><br />Unfortunately, the poor guy is afraid of a lot of things. But he is very stoic, until he is completely over threshold, and then he panics or explodes. <br /><br />He "looks" fine, though, you know what I mean? And he tries to be good, I think he's just been punished or ignored for expressing his feelings in the past. <br /><br /><br />Interestingly, when I worked on a guest ranch several summers ago, we had a dozen or so of our horses who were like this, now that I think about it. They were perfect horses, put a beginner on them or a kid and they would take care of their rider. Put an adult on one of them and they'd w/t/c like a star. <br /><br />These dozen or so horses (out of our herd of 60) all had a strip of red electrical tape on their bridles. They were the horses that could not be tied. At least to a hitching post, fence or anything solid. <br /><br />I think they had learned how to work through their fear in other situations, but never learned how to not panic if they got spooked when tied. If they'd hit the end of that leadrope, they'd just panic.<br /><br />It's the little things here and there that always tell of much larger problems hidden underneath.<br /><br />MaryMary @ StaleCheerioshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02153831521688963020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304406780299180546.post-2440827858419695252009-12-15T13:00:36.344-08:002009-12-15T13:00:36.344-08:00Emma I'm so sorry you had those nasty experien...Emma I'm so sorry you had those nasty experiences but so glad you have that horse now! I think your experience is very common, unfortunately. Best of luck to you-Bookends Farmhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11097973354681584986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5304406780299180546.post-48432415526702598692009-12-15T12:47:50.050-08:002009-12-15T12:47:50.050-08:00Thank you very much for posting this. I bought a v...Thank you very much for posting this. I bought a very 'quiet' 'well behaved' horse, that I didn't realise was shut down due to previous mishandling, that was until we were hacking out and had a couple of very nasty experiences where she did feel she needed to flee for her life. I actually spent quite a long time feeling this was my fault, and somehow I had ruined her because I wasn't a strong enough rider or handler.<br /><br />Thankfully I found clicker training and we are now on the long road of trying to put things right for her, so that she can learn she can deal with life, rather than be afraid of it.Emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03707243897672089983noreply@blogger.com