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Judith S
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 Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:18:51 PM
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Just wondered - I gossip to my lot all the time when we are out riding - tell them if we are turning right, left etc, if I want them to walk, trot, canter etc....to WATCH when the going underfoot is difficult, to go STEADY, STAND etc, etc..........the chatter is non stop & they talk back to me with their ears, body etc - we are all very intune with each other! I know that the "tone", volume of my voice is a valuable tool in ridden (on the ground also!) communication! But also the ability to "listen" to what they are telling me!!! I am very luck that I have my neds at home & we get to know each other so well Oh & they are such good listeners to my day to day gossip/thoughts!!!
I am very often amazed when riding with other folk - how little they "communicate" with their horses other than the reins, legs & seat.......so often they never "talk" verbally - or "otherwise" with their mounts!!! The "otherwise" in my words is the body wise & the "listening"!!
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Roseanne
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:30:38 PM
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Talk and sing Judith~!!!
Mine all learn word command from the very start so know all the commands before we ever get to hacking, but riding out we do have one-way conversations. If if it's a nice day, or there's a song on my mind, or I'm feeling especially happy, then I sing too.
My neighbours also talk to their horses too. I thought everyone did!!! |
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Judith S
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Wales
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:35:06 PM
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Amazing how many folk "dont" though Roseanne - esp when riding....they are mute & only do the body aids! I've ridden out with many folk over the years & often feel quite at the ammount I talk to my mounts!!! I find all my neds respond to my voice....often better than my aids |
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Gemma
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:37:26 PM
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| Constantly!!! Because we did some western training, M's very well schooled to voice aids. I do talk to her incessantly though. Particularly on an endurance ride and we're on our own. I tell her how good she is and how well she's doing. |
 
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Gemma
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:39:16 PM
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| Constantly!!! Because we did some western training, M's very well schooled to voice aids. I do talk to her incessantly though. Particularly on an endurance ride and we're on our own. I tell her how good she is and how well she's doing. |
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Roseanne
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:41:14 PM
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Mine know voice before leg/seat/rein aids!!! They know my voice from way before that. If only people would realise how much communication they could have with their horses. It grieves me to think that people think only of rein pull for stop, and ankle kick for go.
My horses and I talk when I'm clearing fields of poo, putting up haynets, passing by, grooming - everything. I really feel sorry for the people who don't have this contact. What DO they have if not this? |
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rosyw
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:41:48 PM
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HI Judith, I talk to my lot all the time OH often laughs at me and reminds me that they can't understand a word of what I'm saying, there I have to disagree - they might not understand all the words, but do fully understand the meaning behind them when you have them at home you truly learn about each individual 'person', and they also learn about you, and listen to your 'body language', I'm always amazed how well my lot behave themselves when I'm not well, as if they really do understand they have to be good and not take advantage
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Bexandspooky
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:46:31 PM
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| People laughed at me and spooks on our recent xc escapades, I talked him round the whole course......well actually i talked myself round, whilst trying to convince myself to not get off, and he did the whole round perfectly looking after me!! |
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joanna_piana
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 8:51:14 PM
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| I tend to sing more than talk, i'm sure Shida wishes i'd shut up sometimes |
      
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Pixie
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:10:24 PM
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| i chat a lot to my old lad..... my instructor always says what a wonderful relationship we have. oh i do love him. why can't he be 10 years younger. |
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Roseanne
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:15:51 PM
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Rosie my family are also aghast that not only do I talk to my horses, but they talk back. They all wicker in a very specific way when I approach (yes, I know food has a part to play...) but the certainly know me individually. They also know my sister, who feeds and cares for them when I'm not there.
A lot of what a horse will do for you is based on trust, and that starts with the voice I think! |
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Red Rum
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:21:41 PM
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Hi I talk to my boys all the time, better than talking to men. My boys are taught to listen, and when I show Storm hand I say listen and Storm knows he has to get ready to go and also when running fast in hand I can say turn right and he does and also he will halt on command. A pleasure to show. |
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rosyw
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:28:48 PM
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| Roseanne, you are so right about them knowing you individually, and yes, some people laugh at out 'conversations', but I know them all inside out, and there is a mutual trust between us - built from patience, understanding and loads of TLC |
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Tahir
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:41:04 PM
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I have to giggle, and I am so glad I'm not the only one who chats to my horse. Mr. Poo knows when the ground is slippery, because I tell him - he then drops his head and looks for the slippery bits!!!!
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heatherr
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:44:12 PM
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Talk?
lol I find it impossible to shut up! I keep anyone that hacks out with me entertained by my constant blabbing and I can't resisit a little sarcasm sometimes  |
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Nuttybabez
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 9:46:01 PM
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I talk to mine all the time and tell them allsorts. They seem to enjoy it and they definately understand! Scary sometimes how much they do understand!
I have taught mine "wait" - which means "give me a second to take this headcollar off before you go haring off". They don't always listen to "stand" but they do listen when I say "wait". |
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Cate
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 10:30:16 PM
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| Yes, I always speak to my lot, and Jaffa, my black stallion very soon to be gelded, talks back to me, or calls to me, or chatters away to me as I walk along the fence. Looks up to the house to see where I am, calls when he sees me, and comes galloping to meet me calling as he races to the fence. He has many different sounds that he uses when he speaks to me. |
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heatherr
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 10:33:41 PM
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| Good point Cate, I love it when they talk back. My older mare won't shut up! A friend nick named her Diesel as he reckoned she sounds like a diesel engine ticking over. My youngster has begun to find her voice, but still doesn't have much of a whicker, bless. |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 10:43:02 PM
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Rosie I think this is at the heart of why we are so attached to our horses, no matter how much they cost, the work they mean for us and the hours we put in.
Not many human beings have this extraordinary contact with any creature let alone humans! Perhaps this is the key to the secret of man's (woman's?) unique and wonderful link with horses... |
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razgold
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 10:54:56 PM
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I talk to mine all the time. Riding, mucking out, feeding or just turning out. Funny thing is they talk back. Espcially at feeding time. You would think they were starved to death the way they talk.
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Cate
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Scotland
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 10:58:26 PM
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Heather...Like you with your mare, I just love the different voices my boy has. My daughters are just hoping he keeps this way after he is gelded, but i think and hope he will because its the way they're allowed to develop and bond that makes them have so much character.
Well my thoughts anyway. My mares talk, but no where near the way jaffa does. Sometimes its as though he's asking me a question and other times he is just bursting because I'm coming to take him in, and then he not only talks, but jumps about with glee! |
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Jenni5
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England
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 11:15:20 PM
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I talk to Tanni while riding him, and on the ground, lunging him, leading and everything, even say "thankyou" for having a great ride, and for him being good. I do feel a real bond with him, such as the other day, i let him off the lunge, and walked around the school at a walk and he followed me, even when we went past the school gate where he would usally stand he followed me
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jaj
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 12 Oct 2007 : 11:37:33 PM
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I cringe when I hear myself sometimes as there is a constant babbling of either/or all the following terms of endearment ~ sweetheart, gorgeous, poppet, darling, beautiful or petal. In return, she makes the most peculiar unladylike camel sound when she wants her tea and she watches me constantly! I talk all the time on hacks too, to be honest though it is usually along the lines of 'slow down you crazy moo' (or words to that effect !).
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Sharon
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England
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Posted - 13 Oct 2007 : 01:45:34 AM
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Hi all, been away for a bit.
TALK?! i don't shut up! am constantly chatting away to Tahj, he chats back with his ears! lol
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Life is like an endurance ride.....can anyone here read a map? 'cos I'm lost!!!! |
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Arachnid
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England
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Posted - 13 Oct 2007 : 08:28:50 AM
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Spider talks back too but reserves this Dolittle character for occasions such as:-
Supper (very noisy occasion, roughly translated as 'feed me first not him!')
If I've fallen off and hes just discovered me walking up the downs towards him (blimey what took you?)
and the one I like best is when he sees me drive into the yard which is just a casual 'hi'.
Just like Roseanne et al I SING, tunelessly, mainly Ella Fitzgerald. Good job I'm the only one on those downs.. |
   
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Zan
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Posted - 13 Oct 2007 : 09:34:07 AM
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| I can't understand people who don't talk to their horses (or dogs, cats, parrots, ferrets etc.etc.) either. They are so responsive to conversation |
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