Best and Worse advice.

Best advice I have been given- You will never stop learning but learn from the right people.

worst advice- when I was about 12 I was horse sitting for a friend who had a very naughty tb x something big. Two of her fellow liveries bullied me into riding her so I did. I was petrified of these girls btw! The said horse reared bolt upright and girls told me to smack her in between the ears, which I didnt do as luckily mother turned up to pick me up and stopped me before I got injured!
 
best: dont treat horses like humans. treat them like horses. it means the horse knows where she stands

worse: my horse looked skinny and needed to put on weight. so not true. she was the weight she is in my signature. i proceded to up her feed a tiny bit as she needed it and is now the perfect weight of 540kg 16hh stocky sport horse
 
Best: If your horse isn't doing what you ask then you are not asking right.


Worst: Saw on on his mouth to get his head in. Or Grab it's ear to keep it still. *cringe* And all the people at my old yard who were a bit fist/whip/foot happy and advised me to do the same...
 
I remember actually being taught at my first RS that sawing on the mouth was the way to get an outline, I mean, jeeeeeez! How scary is that?! And I wasn't to know any better so I did it - poor horse:(:o

So that was the worst, and the best? Keep breathing:D And if you get nervous, sing, cos you can't sing and not breathe;)
 
just wanted to proove she wasnt skinny and when i say a tiny bit i mean a tiny bit. and i wanted her to move from 530kg to 540kg

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seriously how is that skinny
 
Spudlet said:
I remember actually being taught at my first RS that sawing on the mouth was the way to get an outline, I mean, jeeeeeez! How scary is that?! And I wasn't to know any better so I did it - poor horse:(:o

So that was the worst, and the best? Keep breathing:D And if you get nervous, sing, cos you can't sing and not breathe;)
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I was taught that too, feel a lot of guilt now for following the advice but i was surprised to hear it again not too long ago from someone who should know better.

I tried singing but it soon turned to shouting when sat on a 16.2 of rearing spinning tanking muscle. So i decided to keep my mouth shut and just focus on 'in throught the nose out through the mouth' :p
 
somethingorother said:
I was taught that too, feel a lot of guilt now for following the advice but i was surprised to hear it again not too long ago from someone who should know better.

I tried singing but it soon turned to shouting when sat on a 16.2 of rearing spinning tanking muscle. So i decided to keep my mouth shut and just focus on 'in throught the nose out through the mouth' :p
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I remember having a rather nervy hack just after all the phessies had been let out, and just singing all the way round, for a good two hours - I almost had no voice left by the end! Bless him, he was quite a green horse and all the hedges kept exploding phessies at him, and I was no help cos they made me jump just as much:D

It was SUCH a revelation to me when someone actually told me how you are supposed to get an outline, when I finally got the little cob I was on to do it I just trotted round with a huge grin on my face as it was such a great feeling:D
 
Best- Be firm,kind and consistant. I have two perfect gentlemen.

worse- Nope thats difficult and will take some more thinking time. Will come back to that one.
 
Best - To put stable chaps on my boy who gets stiff in really cold weather when he is stood in. They worked a lot more than I thought they would!

Worst - From a popular Show Jumping Trainer - to turn my stiff boy in tight circles to force him to bend as apparently he is just being stubborn even though I explained he takes a lot of warming up and have been advised by both my Vet and Chiropractor to start off with plenty of walking and trotting large around the school and on a longish rein. Needless to say I didn't take the SJ Trainer's advice... :rolleyes:
 
madeleine1 said:
best: dont treat horses like humans. treat them like horses. it means the horse knows where she stands

worse: my horse looked skinny and needed to put on weight. so not true. she was the weight she is in my signature. i proceded to up her feed a tiny bit as she needed it and is now the perfect weight of 540kg 16hh stocky sport horse
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Your horse look very much like my Tb x!
 
Best advice (observed rather than spoken) - always be quiet and calm around aggressive horses.

You can call them all the names under the sun as long as it is said in a calm manner! Can't stand people who shout and scream at their horses - mind you the odd growl can be useful too....
 
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