tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post6139753340816582263..comments2024-01-03T03:28:48.980-07:00Comments on mugwump Chronicles: TallyMugwumphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01487540636265322556noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-56351156865291868452012-01-23T12:43:45.118-07:002012-01-23T12:43:45.118-07:00... and the congregation said "Amen".... and the congregation said "Amen".Chironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-72782180037049901662012-01-23T11:49:15.021-07:002012-01-23T11:49:15.021-07:00Chiron - I'm old. There's no way I have th...Chiron - I'm old. There's no way I have the chops to deal with a horse like Tally now. I leave that to the kids who still bounce.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-25629094248731104102012-01-23T11:47:36.005-07:002012-01-23T11:47:36.005-07:00Chiron - I can't really answer that one. I loo...Chiron - I can't really answer that one. I looked at it as a learning experience. <br /><br />I did WTC Tally. I took her out. I thought I was on the right track. If she would have quit bolting with other people I never would have figured out she needed to step up a notch.<br /><br />If I had ridden her longer I would eventually have become OK with letting her go. I also have confidence she'd have been all right. <br /><br />I am still to slow to encourage my young horses to move out, but I make sure I get it done.<br /><br />Where my problem lay was in not knowing how to get her to accept another rider. My fault was in treating her so carefully she wouldn't tolerate any mistakes or differences in how she was ridden.<br /><br />Was I afraid of her? Not at that point. Earlier on, hell yes.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-36399907540450560322012-01-23T10:16:42.202-07:002012-01-23T10:16:42.202-07:00It should go without saying, but not everybody is ...It should go without saying, but not everybody is physically or mentally capable of doing what Tyler did. He sounds like an exceptional young horseman.<br /><br />I'm curious, Mugs. Knowing what you do now, would you be able to ride a "Tally" thru it like Tyler did? I think some of us can ride some of the tougher ones, but only a handful can ride the ones like Tally. <br /><br />Each of us has to find our own level of difficulty. I'm not saying that most of us couldn't step up a notch or three in the courage dept., but from what I've read, courage alone wouldn't get you thru a ride like Tally. <br /><br />I applaud you for having the brains to take her to someone else, and I envy you for having someone like Big K and Tyler to take her to.<br /><br />The decision on when to hold 'em and when to fold 'em is pretty much case by case and different for each of us.Chironnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-41844888655085899532012-01-22T23:17:53.600-07:002012-01-22T23:17:53.600-07:00I have been going through a huge growth spurt in m...I have been going through a huge growth spurt in my riding and these posts are totally where I've been headed, Mugs! I ride at a busy barn, and, increasingly more often, I find it myself looking for ways to ride alone. It's hard to "get my zen on" when I'm splitting my attention between what I'm asking for and where everybody else is. I hope someday I'll be able to ride with total clarity in any conditions.RHFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02513212465360292806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-19038951895540854532012-01-22T06:22:08.927-07:002012-01-22T06:22:08.927-07:00“Don’t treat them like they are. Treat them the wa...“Don’t treat them like they are. Treat them the way you’d like them to be.” Tom Dorrance<br /><br />I read this quote every day because it is a sticky note on my computer's desktop, however, until reading your post, I never really "got it".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-15210033456228379952012-01-22T06:06:21.699-07:002012-01-22T06:06:21.699-07:00Ahhhh Bill....posts, stories all kinds of stuff ab...Ahhhh Bill....posts, stories all kinds of stuff about Bill. <br />BUT I think you guys may have noticed, I like to write about horses, not people.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-63423025547601115672012-01-21T21:58:12.995-07:002012-01-21T21:58:12.995-07:00Pa rt of me is wondering how Bill took to all this...Pa rt of me is wondering how Bill took to all this too... After being mangled twice by Tally, it must have been hard for him to not be resentful, and learn something from the situation.Shnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-67889488150846094642012-01-21T09:32:43.891-07:002012-01-21T09:32:43.891-07:00Awesome. Please come here and help me with my '...Awesome. Please come here and help me with my 'problem' horse. She sounds so much like Tally!strivingforsavvyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03070004292603118407noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-51752578976007410632012-01-21T08:42:25.917-07:002012-01-21T08:42:25.917-07:00Becky -those would be "ovaries" not &quo...Becky -those would be "ovaries" not "balls."<br /><br />It doesn't take a series, just K giving me "the look."mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-41143098431119298522012-01-20T20:23:44.303-07:002012-01-20T20:23:44.303-07:00There is a lot to be said for Trust being a two wa...There is a lot to be said for Trust being a two way street. Glad you both managed to make that happen with out getting yourselves run over too much in the process.MichelleLnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-88169923659103108212012-01-20T15:40:55.451-07:002012-01-20T15:40:55.451-07:00I agree with ShadowRider - Tally needed the broad ...I agree with ShadowRider - Tally needed the broad foundation you provided her first. You showed her she could trust someone - only then was she was ready to expand that trust.Peanuthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15241198497115465345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-7871880319112273492012-01-20T14:01:57.216-07:002012-01-20T14:01:57.216-07:00I don't think she would have made it without y...I don't think she would have made it without your intervention. Yes, she did well with the 'ride the tar out of her' work now, but that was after you had broken through all her other issues, and made a trust connection.<br /><br />It's a delicate point, knowing when it is time to switch from trust building to 'ok, time to work for a living.'Shadow Riderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02015365019108553741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-24630904440757198082012-01-20T13:48:43.622-07:002012-01-20T13:48:43.622-07:00I've always found that when I am out on the tr...I've always found that when I am out on the trail by myself I get "lost" in thought and have the best rides and the lightness we all crave. <br /><br />When I'm in the arena "trying" to ride it all seems to go sideways.<br /><br />I guess that's why I like being out on the trail so much :)SweetPeahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01762714976706163036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-79135929882072316812012-01-20T10:23:45.936-07:002012-01-20T10:23:45.936-07:00This sounds like my trainer. He says that to be a ...This sounds like my trainer. He says that to be a good horse, the horse must submit to being ridden. I think that is like the acceptance you write about. He called it being broke, not broken of heart or spirit, but being used to having a job, and that that job is to be ridden.nagonmomnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-33756322832026799112012-01-20T09:48:16.413-07:002012-01-20T09:48:16.413-07:00"Tyler had got on and rode the tar out of her..."Tyler had got on and rode the tar out of her. It was simple as that. It wasn't about kindness or cruelty, reading the horse or not."<br /><br />Love that....wish my friends and I had the courage to do just that with some of our goofball horses.KDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06062208340163864225noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-82973616812673221082012-01-20T09:42:06.469-07:002012-01-20T09:42:06.469-07:00What a GREAT way to start my Friday. Thank you fo...What a GREAT way to start my Friday. Thank you for this chapter!<br /><br />When you're finished with this Tally series, will you start a series about how to find the, uhhh, "balls" (for lack of a better term) to just calmly "get on and ride" a horse that's sucking back, blowing, snorting, and leaping around?Beckyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03664511837713972115noreply@blogger.com