So there I was this morning mucking out in the dark early hours, when my mind wandered onto how well the girls are settling into their new home with us, and how our horses had behaved when we first went to view them.Upon arrival for viewing, my potential new mare was tacked up ready for Clint Eastwood to ride. Fully Western with a bit that was little more than a thin rust coloured wire on rings. With all the many questions and distractions I lost my train of thought so I never got to take a really good look to find out what it was and ask about it.Another horse I viewed a few years ago was on the bottom ring of a 3 Ring Dutch Gag (straight bar). When I asked the reason for it, I was told it was the fashion down the yard and everyone had them.This same horse ground to a halt every time we passed the entrance gate in the sand school, no matter what pace we were in. After pushing the horse on a few times only for him to do it again the next time around, I asked the owner about it. She proudly told me she had taught the horse to do that so she could light up her cigarette each time it got to the gate. It transpired she rode with a cigarette in her mouth and needed to light up a few times when riding so she trained him to stop at the gate so she could let go of the reins, get her lighter out and fire up the ciggie! :frown4:
01-08-2018, 04:17 PM
The (odd) things owners do... viewing a new horse...
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