tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post6491346151750477323..comments2024-01-03T03:28:48.980-07:00Comments on mugwump Chronicles: Stepping StonesMugwumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487540636265322556noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-90454275809192643172012-08-29T06:16:25.641-06:002012-08-29T06:16:25.641-06:00Interesting.
I am curious about your thoughts on ...Interesting.<br /><br />I am curious about your thoughts on his response.<br /><br />I rarely let anyone ride my horse. I let a good friend ride him once and he told me that her elbows were locked by shortening his neck and throwing his nose. I did not want to annoy my friend by correcting her riding, but I also didn't like my horse holding his muscles in a way opposite to what I had been working so long to teach him. Just makes me not want to offer.Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07335385366138424092noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-89269862557886905852012-08-29T04:30:45.297-06:002012-08-29T04:30:45.297-06:00Yes, Bif. I wrote the last one when it happened. I...Yes, Bif. I wrote the last one when it happened. I'm writing this one a few days later. <br />mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-87808273623774683272012-08-28T21:38:51.802-06:002012-08-28T21:38:51.802-06:00So this is now, separate from this post http://mug...So this is now, separate from this post http://mugwumpchronicles.blogspot.com/2011/07/i-can-feel-every-pair-of-hands.html ?<br /><br />My first horse, pretty green when I got him, I put quite a lot of people on. It made him better, sometimes because they did in fact teach him something I couldn't hadn't, and sometimes I think because he was just so grateful it was me again!Bifhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07648037666735227722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-24524265316486987772012-08-28T21:06:51.249-06:002012-08-28T21:06:51.249-06:00@Chelle:
I cannot even imagine what I would have ...@Chelle:<br /><br />I cannot even <i>imagine</i> what I would have done in that situation... It probably would have had something to do with a longe whip and my rasp... Good God, what gets into people??<br /><br />@Mugs:<br /><br />I, too, am looking forward to the rest of this story!ladymulefarriernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-27442436329703777662012-08-28T14:21:56.701-06:002012-08-28T14:21:56.701-06:00My first thought was his back hurts. I've had ...My first thought was his back hurts. I've had the same kind of change in a TB that had sacral issues. Then I thought maybe he's just pissed, because I've had a horse pull that on me too. <br />It's hard to let someone else ride your horse. No matter how good a rider they are, they do things different, and that changes things.<br />Shadow Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015365019108553741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-1594097171873494262012-08-28T13:28:51.230-06:002012-08-28T13:28:51.230-06:00I like to have other people ride my horse, but I&#...I like to have other people ride my horse, but I'm pretty particular about who. I'm also there to watch, because problems do happen and I like to see what they are. I've also learned a lot watching someone 40+ years younger than myself ride my horse and work out a problem. Keeps you humble.<br /><br />Can't wait to hear what you say tomorrow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-67490811480640055952012-08-28T10:09:10.353-06:002012-08-28T10:09:10.353-06:00From your previous posts, you are proud of the way...From your previous posts, you are proud of the way your daughter works horses. <br /><br />I'm interested in hearing what Odin's deal is and if it continues. KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062208340163864225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-34594952486841103712012-08-28T09:56:54.211-06:002012-08-28T09:56:54.211-06:00I wish I had let more people on my horse when I wa...I wish I had let more people on my horse when I was starting him. He got so used to just Mom that by the time came I was even confortable with someone else he quickly figured out that they were not me and would turn into a total brat and refused to listen to them. I got my wake up call loud and clear and got a lot of other people on him to help sort that nonsense out. <br /><br />But, as a youngster I still cant help but feel protective of their soft brains. You want different, yes, but not so different its frightening, or moreso just plain confusing. At least, not in the very early stages, but it seems you and Odin are a bit more past that point. <br /><br />I love the photo, btw. Looks like a real nice young guy getting under himself. I wish so desperately we had cows here, Milo loves them. We have a lot of sorting available, but no boxing or that sort (which, of course, I am most interested in). paint_horse_milohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14549633937628282128noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-80489272966603781332012-08-28T08:46:04.969-06:002012-08-28T08:46:04.969-06:00Anon. It's why I stopped her until tomorrow. A...Anon. It's why I stopped her until tomorrow. All kinds of thinking went through my head...mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-56445713315304476042012-08-28T08:27:39.081-06:002012-08-28T08:27:39.081-06:00Just thinking of what had to happen to cause such ...Just thinking of what had to happen to cause such a change in him. Do you think they ran full tilt/raced etc. through the trail ride? Really wondering what went on for him to have such a personality switch??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-23509605082132491952012-08-28T08:01:08.875-06:002012-08-28T08:01:08.875-06:00Very sure.Very sure.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-85730960582590559282012-08-28T07:58:03.292-06:002012-08-28T07:58:03.292-06:00You sure it was JUST your kidlet that was riding h...You sure it was JUST your kidlet that was riding him?<br /><br />I boarded at a place once, and got there at an unusual time for me, only to find another boarder roping cows off my 32 year old, navicular, semi-retired old ranch horse. I just about wrung his cocky cowboy neck. <br /><br />If I hadn't had a surprise day off, I would have just come back to a lame horse and not known why. <br /><br />This STILL pisses me off, and it's been 15 years...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00193800119663763873noreply@blogger.com