FMM
Well-Known Member
Do you think it is possible for a horse (or any animal) to do something that is not natural behaviour, without human direction?
For example, a horse being ridden in walk in a field, to suddenly take off and jump a fence in the middle of the field without the rider directing it in any way? In fact, supposedly with the rider trying to make the horse do the complete opposite.
Or (another example) a dog, again with no direction from anyone, to go round a dog agility course, for example with no intervention from its handler. Just going for a walk and then suddenly doing the bending thing through some trees ...
I have seen loose horses jump obstacles in fields, but never, on their own, jump a proper fence. And never seen one jump a random fence in the field with a rider on board ...
Or have I just been unlucky?
For example, a horse being ridden in walk in a field, to suddenly take off and jump a fence in the middle of the field without the rider directing it in any way? In fact, supposedly with the rider trying to make the horse do the complete opposite.
Or (another example) a dog, again with no direction from anyone, to go round a dog agility course, for example with no intervention from its handler. Just going for a walk and then suddenly doing the bending thing through some trees ...
I have seen loose horses jump obstacles in fields, but never, on their own, jump a proper fence. And never seen one jump a random fence in the field with a rider on board ...
Or have I just been unlucky?