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    #21
    Originally posted by Alagirl View Post
    he certainly has a lot of 'extension'....
    I was worried she was going to get hit by a flying appendage
    I'm not sure if I grew out of stupid or ran out of brave.

    Practicing Member of the Not too Klassy for Boxed Wine Clique

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    • #22
      Originally posted by fburton View Post
      Some more arguably stupid stuff...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS5gygS-3k

      and a bit more sensible...

      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrKTlzBm0A

      Horse savvy, or not?
      I know there's all kinda wrong with that first video, but still, I laughed. The girl is having fun and not taking herself seriously, and the horse and pony are majorly cute.

      But yeah, fun until someone gets hurt.
      ...somewhere between the talent and the potato....

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      • #23
        Originally posted by Haffy View Post
        I was worried she was going to get hit by a flying appendage
        I'm glad I'm not the only one who was worried about her getting hit by it!

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        • #24
          My reaction was OOF! Ow! Not suprising, but still feel for the girl. Sigh...
          Unrepentant carb eater

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          • #25
            Originally posted by Haffy View Post
            I was worried she was going to get hit by a flying appendage
            I felt terrible as I just couldnt stop watching....A better "cover song" would be you spin me round :P

            It's OK! Geldings and stallions tend to do this when they are fully relaxed and willing to work with the trainer to do the exercises. It's a good sign, though it might look strange for those who are not used to it. I don't even notice it anymore haha!
            AlwaysHorseLove 3 months ago
            By the poster of that video. Uhwhat? What kind of "work" with the trainer? :P
            Clancy 17hh chestnut Dutch WB, '99. Owned and loved since '04 and still goin'!

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            • #26
              Originally posted by Alagirl View Post
              Of the top of my head?
              I'd have to take my shoes off...


              Originally posted by sketcher View Post
              I'd have to take my shoes of and yours...it still might not be enough. I guess she should have studied her Parelli video more closely. I also think a few swings of the wiffle bat would have prevented this problem.
              Yeah, that wiffle bat would have made all the difference.
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              • #27
                Hate to say it, but I've been guilty of something similar in my younger years - no excuses, and at the time it seemed an extension of round penning. I hope I was a bit more careful than this situation.
                Proud member of People Who Hate to Kill Wildlife clique

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                • #28
                  PNH doesn't teach people to do as she did. Setting it up so that you're always out of the kick zone (which includes not going into the corner on the outside of the horse as he turns that corner!) is a basic of PNH. Reading your horse, & seeing the first inklings of buck & kick, as others here saw, is likewise a basic of PNH. Messing with one's horse at liberty, without any crop or stick, but with only a bag of treats that one is frequently feeding horse with, is not PNH.

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                  • #29
                    How in the world did PNH get dragged in to this?
                    She Gets Lost

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                    • #30
                      Originally posted by Alagirl View Post
                      he certainly has a lot of 'extension'....
                      ...and I thought Laddie was the 'Happy Haffy'

                      The original video with the girl doing the 'horsie agility' type work and getting kicked in the face....I stopped looking for things wrong with that when I ran out of fingers and toes and my dogs ran out of toes and dew claws....

                      ouch
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                      • #31
                        Hint #1 - Don't do liberty work in a junk yard!

                        Hint #2 - Learn how to do liberty work correctly!

                        Hint #3 - Take lessons from this lady. She knows what she is doing!!!

                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLbG-mNzuFI

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                        • #32
                          Well, I sometimes "play" with my horses, but only in a large arena (without a lot of crap in the way) and I always chase them, they don't get to chase me!

                          My gelding's favorite is to trot towards me, and wait to see which direction I will jump, so he can take of running. But I am WELL outside of kicking range when I "jump" at him (at least 20 to 30 feet).

                          Both horses know when I am done by my body language. And both horses lead into the arena nicely, turn towards me and the gate to be un-haltered, and don't take off running until I say so (I usually take their halters off over the gate so that I have the gate between me and them when they take off).

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                          • #33
                            Originally posted by fburton View Post
                            Some more arguably stupid stuff...

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6FS5gygS-3k

                            and a bit more sensible...

                            http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UkrKTlzBm0A

                            Horse savvy, or not?
                            Arguably stupid but darn cute.

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                            • #34
                              There is the reason to be on the horse.
                              Out of kicking range.
                              My horse is a "Hare-Brained Controvert".

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                              • #35
                                Originally posted by HappyVagrant View Post
                                How in the world did PNH get dragged in to this?
                                As if "don't PLAY with your horses" doesn't imply PNH, since they coined the phrase.

                                Originally posted by LookmaNohands View Post
                                Hint #1 - Don't do liberty work in a junk yard! Yes, that, too!
                                Hint #2 - Learn how to do liberty work correctly! THERE you go!

                                Hint #3 - Take lessons from this lady. She knows what she is doing!!! Well, she's not PLAYING with her horse, she's DANCING, so it's ok.
                                http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gLbG-mNzuFI

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                                • #36
                                  What an #idiot.... You can see the horse is rambunctious from the start.

                                  Then getting in the position of putting herself between the horse and fence.

                                  She should have used the time to clean up the dump in the back ground..
                                  MnToBe Twinkle Star: "Twinkie"
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                                  Proud member of the "Don't rush to kill wildlife" clique!

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                                  • #37
                                    You know, if these people were horses, we'd all be saying they didn't have much of a self-preservation instinct ...
                                    Full-time bargain hunter.

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                                    • #38
                                      I didn't watch it very long. From the moment she is chasing the horse's shoulder (I almost got kicked in the head doing this with a mare who really, really, really wanted to roll. I kept grabbing for her halter, she kept spinning, finally pinned her ears and cowkicked. It missed me by a hair. I was 19 and am kind of surprised I didn't learn that lesson earlier. And doesn't take long for ) I became less and less impressed.

                                      I guess I am mean. When I see videos like these posted on youtube I want to repeatedly hit my forehead to my desk. The first one, I agree with many posters, so many things wrong right off the bat it was hard to keep track. I am mean and will say it: what a dumb ass. I hope that she's fine, of course, but geeeeez.

                                      He was n.a.u.g.h.t.y from the start of the video. I was kind of expecting her to get run over, too. And bit.

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                                      • #39
                                        Does anyone know just how broken that girl ended up? Ouch!

                                        And no, don't do this with your horses.

                                        The haffy videos...holy cow does that boy need a major diet! He's...round!
                                        You jump in the saddle,
                                        Hold onto the bridle!
                                        Jump in the line!
                                        ...Belefonte

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                                        • #40
                                          *hides face*

                                          I used to play with my horses as a young teen something like that, but I'd like to think that they were never that agitated/aggressive. Also in a much larger pasture with no junk laying around. Maybe not the safest game to play, but I used to do lots of stupid stuff as a kid. I have a great picture at about 14 where I am sitting on my horse in the middle of the pasture bareback with no halter, bridle, or saddle. But I gotta say - the horses loved me and I never had an issue catching any of'em.

                                          I was actually expecting the horse to hit her in the face with his own head neck wringing at her in the original video.

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