Sunday, December 13, 2009

What's YOUR Horse's T-Shirt Slogan?

Just a silly for the holidays. What's YOUR horse's t-shirt slogan?

HRH Avery's was "You want control? Get a remote."

Quattro's is "What's your name? Mine's 'Whoa, Dammit'."

He was feeling extremely... "perky" shall we say - when I lined him yesterday, and we had to argue about "Whoa, Stand" on the lines for at least half an hour. Honestly I ran out of ideas for outwitting him. He's pretty good about what I call "applied halting", meaning that if he thinks there's a good reason to whoa, he'll be a good boy and stand there for as long as it takes. But "whoa" just because the trainer said so? Not so much...

I'm going to have to resort to a header with a lunge whip, and sooner rather than later. For carriage driving, a horse MUST have a good whoa/stand - it's the most important thing. This Twinkletoes routine ain't cutting it. And I have a feeling it's going to be the hardest thing to teach him!

The adventure continues.
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