tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post2796521065764379707..comments2024-01-03T03:28:48.980-07:00Comments on mugwump Chronicles: WARNING! I'm A Little Cranky!Mugwumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487540636265322556noreply@blogger.comBlogger69125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-61518017016663351962009-02-11T12:58:00.000-07:002009-02-11T12:58:00.000-07:00Thanks, Char.....most ppl think I am the meanest h...Thanks, Char.....most ppl think I am the meanest horse mommy in the world for not being all mushy cause that great big garbage can is really a horse eater in disguise.Smurfettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02025057533314547558noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-8575448922070364982009-02-11T12:51:00.000-07:002009-02-11T12:51:00.000-07:00Janet, when you get better and do the Q and A, why...Janet, when you get better and do the Q and A, why do I see some working cow horse riders using 2 hands? Is that for a younger horse? Cause I could do lots better with 2 hands....Redsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473393390441394419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-13418563627001320532009-02-11T06:53:00.000-07:002009-02-11T06:53:00.000-07:00Longtrot said "One other thing, have you ever noti...Longtrot said "One other thing, have you ever noticed when you get mad it is less likly you will get dumped?"<BR/><BR/>YES! <BR/><BR/>I've decided that it's because I stop being timid, refuse to take his crap and get on with it. I think our rides have steadily improved because I get on with a more determined attitude. I don't let him get away with crap on the ground, why would I in the saddle?autumnblazehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14261052609848445921noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-75570555072336155712009-02-10T22:12:00.000-07:002009-02-10T22:12:00.000-07:00athy-email me at jhuntington@cowhorseart.com and w...athy-email me at jhuntington@cowhorseart.com and we'll go from there.<BR/>turbos-please don't. My friends will laugh me out of the barn. My job. My life.My daughter would never let me live it down.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-42438215351522958212009-02-10T20:24:00.000-07:002009-02-10T20:24:00.000-07:00Riding a spook, buck, rear, whatever is easier in ...Riding a spook, buck, rear, whatever is easier in a western saddle. I prefer the feel of an english saddle but will drag out a big ole deep seat western and pretty much am not going anywhere.<BR/><BR/>Now that I think of it the only times I've been dumped has been in an english or flatseat saddle. I do feel the horse better though than western. <BR/><BR/>One other thing, have you ever noticed when you get mad it is less likly you will get dumped?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-73203778630840125672009-02-10T18:13:00.000-07:002009-02-10T18:13:00.000-07:00Well, thanks to you my step-horse has stopped tryi...Well, thanks to you my step-horse has stopped trying to bite and kick me when I groom/saddle him. At first I tried the bribery method, as I figured he was soured and had ulcers, causing pain, but he just got worse, and when he tried to pin me against the wall and kick me (and he has big feet!) I heard your "voice" talking about space and respect, and how it doesn't matter why they do what they do, they are supposed to behave and then we figure out what they are trying to tell us. I picked up the crop and was gonna have a "come to Jesus" discussion about his behavior...and he froze with his ears forward like he was supposed to ;). This is one smart horse! He's a known biter, but because of his talent, he got away with it. Not with me! We have had a few reminders, but I feel he is safe now (I even have had him put his face in my chest for scratches) with me and my family. I am sure he would revert unless someone else knew how to handle him, as he got away with it for years. I have been offered him, and probably will keep him when the economy picks up. <BR/><BR/>I actually think we need to make "What Would Mugs Do" tee-shirts and bracelets so we can stop and think LOL!<BR/><BR/>JackieHorsesAndTurboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607758320356759231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-82126333797511787332009-02-10T17:58:00.000-07:002009-02-10T17:58:00.000-07:00Mugs:We're two different anons. The previous anon ...Mugs:<BR/><BR/>We're two different anons. The previous anon was not me, with the mare. Thanks for the comments.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-80546954506708273592009-02-10T17:04:00.000-07:002009-02-10T17:04:00.000-07:00btw -Mugs, I got some info last night on the recen...btw -Mugs, I got some info last night on the recent 'rescue' posted on Fug;y. I wanted to send it to fugs as I don't want to post it on the blog in case the 'rescue' owner sees it and know who called her.<BR/>What or how is the best way to transmit the info?Specializing inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324464071866855182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-29989181538616377952009-02-10T17:00:00.000-07:002009-02-10T17:00:00.000-07:00AMENAMENSpecializing inhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16324464071866855182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-86120864561499757132009-02-10T16:44:00.000-07:002009-02-10T16:44:00.000-07:00horsesandturbos-YAY! That's what this blog is abou...horsesandturbos-YAY! That's what this blog is about. Pick what works, try what appeals, blow off the rest and maybe we can all learn something!!mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-7281512803756772612009-02-10T16:35:00.000-07:002009-02-10T16:35:00.000-07:00I love how these topics are so appropriate...It's ...I love how these topics are so appropriate...<BR/><BR/>It's almost 60 here..mud everywhere, but I decided to ride the horses bareback at a walk in the pasture. My mare - she's a prima donna...hates mud, but just thinks puddles are for splashing in...had fun, was relaxed. No spook even with the high winds. I even had to wack her with the reins to get her to move and not splash! Needless to say, I could concentrate on sitting deep even bareback with her.<BR/><BR/>So I get on my step-horse, and he's a bit excited...I can feel his interest in every little thing. I really don't think he has been ridden much bareback, and he loves it - wakes him up. Anyway, I am practicing sitting deep with him, and suddenly he does a big four step sideways 17-hand Dutch Warmblood spook...and I ride it out, and end up in the center with very little tilt when he stopped. I didn't even grab his mane, didn't panic, just concentrated on staying over his spine as he went sideways.<BR/><BR/>Thanks, all!! You saved me from a big mud bath today!<BR/><BR/>JackieHorsesAndTurboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607758320356759231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-77255157966646286912009-02-10T15:41:00.000-07:002009-02-10T15:41:00.000-07:00anon. I don't think I said I disagreed with anythi...anon. I don't think I said I disagreed with anything. I think I said what I said.<BR/>If this is the same person with the spontaneously combusting mare, I'll cover this too. I don't know why your mare explodes with you. You seem to feel there are no holes in her training and it's not a physical issue. Since those are the only two options I would be considering and they've been covered, you have me stumped. I have said before I can't fix many things over the internet. I can't fix a lot of things when I'm standing right there. I don't know you, your ability, your horse, or her ability. All I ever offer is what I would do myself in a similar situation. I haven't been in that one before.I wouldn't sell the mare to any of my friends though.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-37343866202629183092009-02-10T14:41:00.000-07:002009-02-10T14:41:00.000-07:00mugs, I haven't read all of the comments on the ot...mugs, I haven't read all of the comments on the other thread, but I'm not sure what you disagree with. is it the boredom factor some think links to the spooking, the fact that she is still riding the horse or was there some lovey-dovey horse rider connection comments that I missed?<BR/><BR/>I agree if you repeatedly can't ride the horse's spooks you shouldn't be riding that horse. But the distracted horse (bored horse) syndrome seems to lead to an increase in spooking.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-73716330144733705472009-02-10T13:57:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:57:00.000-07:00I'm along the same lines as Smurfette when it come...I'm along the same lines as Smurfette when it comes to spooking. <BR/><BR/>I try to be prepared for anything, as it is inevitable that "anything" will happen, eventually. However, I have trained my horse to spook in place. It envokes laughter from others riding with us on the occation that he does spook, as he is not allowed to go right, left, back or forward if he spooks. He simply sprawls and gets about 10 inches shorter in about .25 seconds. It may look funny, but it's sure alot nicer to deal with than a teleport.<BR/><BR/>Like Smurfette said, he'd damn well be more afraid of pissing me off than whatever it is that he's thinking about being silly over, scared or not.<BR/><BR/>As long as he spooks in place, he gets a pat, a word of encouragement, and "Ok, now that you've seen it, let's be on our way." If he tries ducking, spining, jumping, skittering, crow-hopping, popping up in the front, etc., then we have a MAJOR "boss mare" infraction on our hands, and it gets dealt with immediatelly.<BR/><BR/>People laugh at me when you can tell he's thinking something naughty and I growl, "I'll kill you!" and he stops immediatelly. I simply explain that the reason it works is because he doesn't know that I'm bluffing.<BR/><BR/>I guess I'm just an uber-bitch about that kind of stuff. :)Charhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11901638136431043360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-13607838417489189572009-02-10T13:47:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:47:00.000-07:00PS - The other thing I'm struggling with is that I...PS - The other thing I'm struggling with is that I don't WANT a dead broke, super quiet, (boring) horse. I want my grumpy, interesting, and challenging TB. I want a challenge - just not one that leaves me with broken bones. How do I learn to sit the spooks and stop the bolting? The bolting scares me the most because I've been injured twice before in that situation (on different horses). This time, I felt like I did everything reasonably right, and I still couldn't stop him.GrouchyBayTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592004162346672516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-88607360953167960612009-02-10T13:29:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:29:00.000-07:00Thank you for this post. A lot of great informatio...Thank you for this post. A lot of great information. I am only 44, and at this point in my life, I dont feel inclined to get on a super quiet horse that only does what it is told. I would rather ride a more reactive horse.<BR/><BR/>Hope that this doesn't sound like boasting. The horses that I own and have owned, really like me. My warmblood gelding would willingly leave a group of cantering horses and canter up to me so that I could catch him. He once also left his feed to chase off a dog that was attacking me. My horses always come when called. Hank (my TB) will lean over his gate and demand to be caught. If he is in a mood to go out and do something, he will start neighing at me, the moment he spots me enter through the front gate of the agistment park (boarding facility). However if it came to a choice between me and his TB friend who lives next to him, then his TB friend would win. Which is how it should be, because he is a horse, and I am a person.kippen64https://www.blogger.com/profile/09349803809195454781noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-80533377924654143552009-02-10T13:28:00.000-07:002009-02-10T13:28:00.000-07:00God, I'm so what you described right now. And no,...God, I'm so what you described right now. And no, I don't mean Ben Cartwright. In a matter of a few weeks, I've become one of those women at the barn I've always been confused about - you know, the ones with a beautiful mount ... who only did ground work, just walked when mounted, and had their trainer ride their horse. <BR/><BR/>Ugh. My horse has put on a ton of weight and muscle since I got him. (Not a rescue, but a serious care upgrade.) He's getting better food and care than he's seen in many a year. As a result, he's turned into a completely different horse - one that spooked in the form of a quick look and snort, to one that levitates off the ground sideways and then bolts forward in full ex-racehorse gallop mode. <BR/><BR/>So I've come off (more than once), and now I'm scared. Keep in mind that I got this horse because I had 2 bad falls on other horses I was trying out. I specifically got him because he wasn't a spooker or a bolter. <BR/><BR/>I keep getting back on, but I can feel myself tense and grip with my knees/legs/every breath of my being. I don't know how to get past it. I'm working with my trainer, having the young velcro butts at the barn exercise him, and considering starving him again. (Kidding.)<BR/><BR/>Maybe I need a Western saddle.GrouchyBayTBhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16592004162346672516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-33174615134929778942009-02-10T12:39:00.000-07:002009-02-10T12:39:00.000-07:00**Stands up Applauding**Thank you! Thank you! Than...**Stands up Applauding**<BR/><BR/>Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!<BR/><BR/>I just purchased a 7 year old RPSI (German wb gelding), 17hh. The old owner was 62 and had been dumped by him because he was "spooky, spooky, spooky!". She was afraid. Didnt have a very good seat and couldnt ride him out.<BR/><BR/>I bought him for a song. I knew the problem, if I could sit him, we would get over it or at least through it. When I tried him, he tried to come out from under me, but I stayed on.<BR/><BR/>Our first month of rides was frustrating to say the least. One massive spook after another. This 17hh boy is athletic!!! Shocking how quick he can move.<BR/><BR/>We still have spooks, but they are not as big. I just sit through them, keep my rhythm and ride forward. <BR/><BR/>I love my hotter than hell dumbblood, but if I couldnt ride it, I wouldnt have it!Bethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01312632830564156759noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-52708000377106188272009-02-10T11:08:00.000-07:002009-02-10T11:08:00.000-07:00Thank you!!! I have been riding over 40 years now ...Thank you!!! <BR/><BR/>I have been riding over 40 years now and only recently have some health issues that make me a bit weak. I've noticed that horses are not quite as relaxed with me in the saddle as they used to be -- aha!!! if they are worried that I might fall off that makes sense (I don't fall off and they do relax after a while - but it adds up)<BR/><BR/>I appreciate your insights -Psekohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02917492755071102208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-25038841523209740252009-02-10T10:37:00.000-07:002009-02-10T10:37:00.000-07:00Oh! BTW, Mugs, I've been practicing loping in a s...Oh! BTW, Mugs, I've been practicing loping in a stright line and stopping (for reining class to come). I've just been working on getting a good, straight clean stop. This morning, I swear Matty really tucked his hind end under and almost slid. I wasn't expecting it and it was a thrill!!Redsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473393390441394419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-64095503381597087612009-02-10T10:31:00.000-07:002009-02-10T10:31:00.000-07:00Sorry mugs, like I said, I wasn't trying to be a p...Sorry mugs, like I said, I wasn't trying to be a pain about Ben Cartwright, it's just I lived in old California back then and was close to people in the movie industry. I cannot separate the reality from the fantasy, as I met several of these people and can only see Hollywood for what it really is. My appologies. <BR/><BR/>Would be interested in your commets on the mare though, respect your views. (Although, as you say, whatever Horsaii is, I guess I'm not that).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-82925036253831791622009-02-10T09:57:00.000-07:002009-02-10T09:57:00.000-07:00Andalusians- you are an inspiration! Talk about h...Andalusians- you are an inspiration! Talk about having to have a trusting relationship with your horse, and your comment made perfect sense. When I get tense I tend to perch on the saddle, I'll think of your post next time and try to sink in nice and deep :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-56892808568455337332009-02-10T08:58:00.000-07:002009-02-10T08:58:00.000-07:00OMG, I'm laughing hysterically in my office right ...OMG, I'm laughing hysterically in my office right now, people are going to think I've lost it. Too funny...I can just picture you pinning your ears and ringing your tail ;)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-72762857726933135072009-02-10T08:51:00.000-07:002009-02-10T08:51:00.000-07:00Thanks for the post. It helps me see that I don't ...Thanks for the post. It helps me see that I don't want to work on my over-reactive, emotional mare any more. I will find a home for her with a person who doesn't mind all of that stuff.<BR/>Nice photo of the yellow mare.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-48332771721685090532009-02-10T08:49:00.000-07:002009-02-10T08:49:00.000-07:00you go, girlyou go, girlbarrelracingmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11510727454729732551noreply@blogger.com