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[kande04]

Thank you. Will your suit make it any easier for others to recover their money? Do you know if there's any way for all of them to sue her together? Can...

[kande04]

"...Pull on the reins hard enough that the walk happens within one stride..."

Really? Get on a horse who can't keep her balance...

[kande04]

This is what jumped out at me "She is a very narrow horse and needs to wear brush boots pretty much constantly as to not injure herself..."...

[kande04]

To add to this, the training should be such that the horse remains calm, and cantering on the lunge should be fluent before moving on to undersaddle work....

[kande04]

I put a surcingle with side reins and a tie down on some of my young or spooky horses when I know they're going to be up. I attach them to the halter...

[kande04]

Newsflash: horses aren't all the same, and this horse very well could have issues that prevent her from being able to keep her balance on the corners....

[kande04]

The way I understand it is that the mules pack supplies first, until they know the drill, and then the ones that are suitable go on to pack tourists....

[kande04]

Thanks. That makes a lot of sense, so I just passed that info on to the owner who will hopefully, limit their time on grass even more than she has been....

[kande04]

That's exactly what I tell fearful riders--and they almost never listen because they want to just get it done.

In some cases I also think...

[kande04]

I'm pro helmet and pro heeled boots or safety stirrups, but chest protectors and safer horses make sense too, yet I don't wear a chest protector and haven't...

[kande04]

More data. Apparently, he partially recovered yesterday evening and was walking better and playing with the other mini, but then he was back to sore...

[kande04]

It "works" because punishment works to decrease the frequency of behavior.

The important parts are that punishment is most effective...

[kande04]

Sorry I'm such a behavior geek, but I just find it endlessly fascinating.

If by leaving after the carrot the horse felt like he'd escaped...

[kande04]

Don't forget that praise may actually be neutral to the horse, so what the horse is actually learning is that if he nibbles he'll be punished and then...

[kande04]

Thanks. I can't remember, but I think it was in the spring or summer. Could have been in the fall, but it wasn't in the winter. Or at least if it started...

[kande04]

Any idea how reliable they are, or aren't? Is it just a crap shoot, or is there some correlation?...

[kande04]

When someone has old, retired horses who aren't going to be going to the vet hospital anyway, I find it very helpful to have some idea of the actual risks,...

[kande04]

What I'd also want to know is how many of the horses who got the disease had been vaccinated against it, and when....

[kande04]

Thanks! I think I was unclear when I was comparing another friends' horse who did founder with this mini. This mini has never foundered and is unreactive...

[kande04]

Thanks. I did wonder about the possibility of some mineral deficiency because I'm not sure the owner had been feeding the mineral supplement during the...