to that woman today...

[PapaFrita]

No, I do not punish a horse before it does something wrong. I correct it before anything happens.

How do you correct something before it happens? I shall correct my students' homework before I get it back in; save me a ton of hassle...

This is what you said "it is quite easy to stop a horse kicking whether being ridden or from on the ground - you punish it for doing so, with a crop if riding and with anything you have to hand when on the ground."
I stand by my previous comment.

 

[Bettyboo222]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Foxhunter49

I have certainly long reined more miles behind young horses than all that have replied on this subject put together.

The reason for being close to a horse when driving it is because you are in less danger of being kicked then if you are a horses length away where you will get full force of the wallop.

If a horse is handled correctly and has trust in the handler/rider than it does not get scared and will allow anyone into its space because the rider/handler says that it is all right and they respect what is said whether by voice or action.

I handle a lot of young horses and they accept what I say as being law. I do not beat them into submission, but I am consistently firm with them and correct as things crop up by teaching them what is wanted.

How many of you can say that they have broken a young horse and second time of being ridden that horse was happily opening and closing gates out on a ride?
How many of you can say that you can load a yearling or two year old that has not travelled or loaded, since it was a foal, just by leading it up the ramp?
How many of you can take your horses hunting and know that if a hound or another horse comes close behind them they are not going to kick?
How many of you can have your horses loose when they are being clipped?
How many of you can have the farrier trim their two year old horses feet with them standing loose in a barn?
How many of you can say your horses do not spook and whip around at something new and spooky?
How many of you can leave the stable door open and the horse stand there because they have been told to?
How many of you can take a young horse out on the roads and be confident that it will long rein past a tractor and trailer laden with silo bales and the polythene flapping and only a few feet to pass in?

I can trust my horse and any horse I have here, to do all the above so, when I read of horses being unsafe to ride past others then I will say something whether you take any notice or not that is up to you.

Incidentally, if the horse had kicked out and damaged either another horse or the person leading it then you are open to being sued because you knew your horse kicked.

All my horses/ horses I have loaned/trained can do all of these things ? Do I feel the need to brag ? no.

I feel that the poster in question made the right decision in warning the people that her horse kicked, She has already metioned that she is in the process of training her out of it, Do you expect her to keep it in until the training is complete ?