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Ari
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 Posted - 17 Sep 2014 : 4:44:13 PM
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Mine is very attached to me and even though he is on livery I spend time with him every day and I enjoy the closeness. The only time that is a disadvantage is the twice he has been on box rest and during summer months when he wants to be turned back out Now! He sees me as the giver of all things good and bangs the door for my attention but stops immediately I go out of sight and doesn't even try if I'm not there.
He has other selected human friends he always greets in the field when they go to catch their horses, he loves people and always behaves well for the lovely girls that turn him out and bring him in on winter weekdays.
This may sound a tad anthropomorphic; yes my Arab has a job but he is a huge part of my life as I am to him.
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garnet
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Posted - 17 Sep 2014 : 7:38:03 PM
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| Yes, I agree they are a 'one man dog'. Red is having to be ridden by other people now that I can't ride and although I appreciate him being exercised and competed he doesn't seem the same as when I was riding and driving him. Garnet was also very much mummy's baby, bless her. |
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Liz100
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 19 Sep 2014 : 3:14:36 PM
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Well I have experienced extreme 'stubborness' with mine twice - both times have been completely my own fault and I sincerely regret both and wish I could turn the clock back and not make the same mistake.
On both occasions I felt under pressure because I had someone else with me - both very experienced and well respected riders who said I should stand no nonsense and 'make' Raf do as he was told. So I tried kicking him on, shouting at him and smacked him with my crop. Well, respect to him he didn't have a meltdown, he simply refused point blank to go forward. Opinion of my companions was that I should have hit him harder but I couldn't do it.
I know he will always try his best to do something unless he genuinely thinks he can't and that's why I burn with shame every time I think about the above and vow never ever to do that again. |
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Ari
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Posted - 19 Sep 2014 : 5:03:42 PM
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Your not alone in feeling pressure from other riders who maybe experienced but have no idea how deal with anything half as sensitive as an Arab. In early days of riding out on my then youngster I would often get "why's he doing that, what's he scared of now, why won't he go forward, shall I give him a lead etc". Looking back on a couple of occasions I pushed him on when he needed time to think but unlike some we have learned so don't be too hard on yourself.
I have a theory that less sensitive types are 97% reliable and never cause the rider a problem but when they do they mean it and don't give a care for the rider; unlike Arabs although more alert and reactive build trust in their rider 100%. |
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Liz100
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 20 Sep 2014 : 11:47:51 PM
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Thanks Ari, you are very kind. I agree 100% with your theory. Our other horse (not an Arab) is a lovely horse and generally a very safe beginner's ride but if he is pushed out of his comfort zone then the horse looks after himself and the rider doesn't figure. Not like my boy at all.
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Quarabian
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Wales
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Posted - 21 Sep 2014 : 6:49:26 PM
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Sorry I haven't read the whole thread yet so someone else might have said this. He wanted your arab to submit!!!!! what a silly person. You ask and they give. You tell them and they say why should I?
Wll that has been my experience. |
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Pasch
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Posted - 21 Sep 2014 : 9:48:17 PM
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| True Quarabian.You ask and they give.Simple as that.And they will give a lot.I am not sure if this works with everybody,it sure works with "their"person.So also agreeing with what Ari and Liz say. |
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Goldenmane
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Sep 2014 : 07:54:15 AM
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| Oh Liz100, I so understand how you feel you 'burn with shame' but you have learnt from your experience. I look back 30 years when I did so many things with my most willing Arab mare because I was told to, from qualified instructors. I could cry as she has passed and I cannot rectify it. Thank goodness for the internet and like-minded people. I remember swinging under my mare once when my foot was caught in the iron,(a long story) she could have run off and killed me, she stopped and waited. |
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Liz100
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 22 Sep 2014 : 9:31:20 PM
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I'm sorry about your mare Goldenmane. I'm sure she had a happy life with you though or she wouldn't have been so kind and willing. What an amazing horse to stop and look after you when you got your foot caught. How many other horses would have panicked and run?
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delly-b
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 01 Oct 2014 : 09:50:12 AM
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| The way I see it is there are people who ride horses, and then there are those that KNOW horses. A good rider should know them and how to ask every different horse how to do what they are being asked. ... They should also know to bare in mind owners horses are generally only ridden by one person and will only know the specific commands made by them. Even when a new rider asks in a similar way it will not be the same and everyone moves, weighs and talks differently so it is not the same command to the horse. A great rider should know how to read and compensate for that. |
       
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Ari
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Posted - 01 Oct 2014 : 7:04:51 PM
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| Very wise words that a good rider listens and gets to know the horse who as you say may have only had one rider. My daughter rides our boy only when time permits now so maybe once a week and yes she has a similar riding style to me and he knows her well as she started him but he gets to do a lot more exiting cantering than he does with steady old me. But he knows his rider and never once with me has he thought "I go fast here lets go" and that's on open moorland. |
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Arachnid
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England
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Posted - 01 Oct 2014 : 7:13:18 PM
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| Spider uses this entirely to his advantage - last weekend he managed to confuse the aid to trot with the aid to gallop - different rider, an easy mistake to make. He looked really pleased with himself while I tried not to have hysterics while the 12 year old guest rider did the wall of death around me... |
   
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Callisto
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Posted - 01 Oct 2014 : 11:49:36 PM
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Poor confused Spider!!  |
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Linda
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the arabs nature
