tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post6364733830273743558..comments2023-11-05T05:27:55.905-06:00Comments on A Homesteading Neophyte: Sometimes reading an entire post is importantPhelanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-64839698454322147332008-10-22T06:53:00.000-05:002008-10-22T06:53:00.000-05:00em, I apologize for taking your comment the wrong ...em, I apologize for taking your comment the wrong way. I was told by the cattlemen to just do it. I am learning hom to run cattle with a horse, and Sunny, although he is not actually being trained for that purpose, I was told to use as practice anyway. I shouldn't have been next to the fence, my fault there. And he wasn't being aggrasive with the bumps, just wiggling. But you are right, if people have the money, they should probably spend more time learning without the hands on, do it now approach that the horse people around me are doing with me. Thank you for the heads up and the concern.Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-66107913579693256562008-10-22T04:02:00.000-05:002008-10-22T04:02:00.000-05:00Just wanted to add that in case of an ordinary &qu...Just wanted to add that in case of an ordinary "horseperson" my first advice for anyone getting a horse without 2 years of regular riding & horse handling experience would have been investing about 1000$ to security (helmet, safety vest, safety boots with 1500kg hold), taking private dressage lessons each week for the first year and take at least a weekend course with a good natural horsemanship trainer. That's how we deal with horses among the people I know.<BR/><BR/>In your case the only thing I said was that there are materials available which can make your life much safer than it currently seems to be. Most of the issues that have come up here, such as the loading the horse, can be dealt with in mere minutes or days training when you know what to do. This is not really even critic but good news that help is available for anyone and solving these problems does not necessarily require more than watching a video or reading a couple of books. If your neighbours have been trying many tricks already, it could be the time to check how the beforementioned horse handlers do it because it really isn't that difficult, no matter what kind of traumas horses have. Most horse people are not aware of these things, no matter how many decades of experience they have. That's just to say that even if someone is "experienced", all this new NH-information might still have value for them. <BR/><BR/>If I ever buy a motorcycle, you're warmly welcome to provide tips and information, especially if it's the kind of info that is likely to save my life some day.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-9662541701454431662008-10-21T23:31:00.000-05:002008-10-21T23:31:00.000-05:00Okay I apologize for the comment, I was just too h...Okay I apologize for the comment, I was just too horrified to look at the big picture. I didn't say that you're torturing the horse, abusing him or anything like that. It's just that horse that "brushes a person against a fence" while saddling is not yet safe and trained enough to be a family allrounder. If a thing like that happens, it's a clear indication that the horse does not know the rules. I would not ride such a horse myself outside a fenced area nor would I let my kids ride the horse at all. Not before the horse has been re-trained.<BR/><BR/>But that's just my opinion, based on what I've seen from ex-race horse training. Many other people wouldn't care about such a thing, some would even think of it as "normal". Anyways the horse himself is probably very happy, there's no question of that at all. It just could be safer.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-47994565268447585192008-10-21T10:28:00.000-05:002008-10-21T10:28:00.000-05:00Learning from our mistakes is great. So is learnin...Learning from our mistakes is great. So is learning from other's. But if we never talk about mistakes how will we learn?EJhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10547029683066393031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-46673141386175854502008-10-21T09:45:00.000-05:002008-10-21T09:45:00.000-05:00Amen to donna and the thinker - you haven't whippe...Amen to donna and the thinker - you haven't whipped, beaten or tied Sunny out in chains to lay in the sun for days. You haven't split his tongue to make him more responsive to the bit (like some Western pleasure folks I know of). You just <B>made him behave</B> and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. You didn't get hurt (thank goodness!) and neither did he. Sunny is not the one in charge; you are. That's how it works. - no exceptions.<BR/><BR/>You just keep doing what you're doing, Phelan. And congrats on getting a trick to mount!<BR/><BR/>KateAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-46914966069142981382008-10-21T09:31:00.000-05:002008-10-21T09:31:00.000-05:00It really ~pains~ me when people will come into yo...It really ~pains~ me when people will come into your space and analyze what was obviously meant to be a light-hearted and amusingly self-deprecating story, to find something to criticize you about. (And felt quite justified in doing so, publicly.) <BR/>I haven't read any of the judgmental comments. I'm sure they would just irritate me, so I don't know who I'm complaining about here. Don't let them make you feel like you have to explain yourself. It's your story. Write it how you feel it!The Thinkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13819784845039138017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-77052320352930359882008-10-21T09:13:00.000-05:002008-10-21T09:13:00.000-05:00oh! And I forgot to mention, my good neighbor show...oh! And I forgot to mention, my good neighbor showed me a trick to mounting. I can do it without help now. I am so proud of myself. hehe!Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-4942043315309048422008-10-21T09:11:00.000-05:002008-10-21T09:11:00.000-05:00I just wanted to make it clear that even though I ...I just wanted to make it clear that even though I am a <B>NEOPHYTE</B>, I am not doing anything to harm him. I am sore, but he seems to be fine. Sunny is very playful, and does ground work very well. I am new to riding and can't tell anyone how he was trained, and they ask. What I know is that he was severally neglected, and over these past few months that we have had him, he has began to nuzzle up to me. I don't like being accused of harming him, when I am not, I am just not the greatest rider in the world. (That and I like to tell people the things I do wrong, hey it is in the tittle of this blog!)Phelanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08250080326099834661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28663723.post-76073513458960029902008-10-21T08:26:00.000-05:002008-10-21T08:26:00.000-05:00I had to go down and read the judgmental comments ...I had to go down and read the judgmental comments to see what you were talking about. Hey, it's your horse. You know your horse. Don't let them get to you.Donna. Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18393352099473686196noreply@blogger.com