[drivingpairs] Re: Sleighbells-Tis the Season
- From: "Anewton" <anewton@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2003 20:16:26 -0500
Very good advice!
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From: kathy robertson <goodhors@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, December 09, 2003 2:47 PM
Subject: [drivingpairs] Sleighbells-Tis the Season
> Yearly reminder message. PLEASE check out your horse
> with bells, BEFORE you put them on the horse or hitch
> horse to any belled vehicle!! Sleigh folks will want
> to practice horse starting sleigh, before adding
> bells. ESPECIALLY a new-to-sleigh animal. Sleigh
> starts harder than wheeled vehicles, horse doesn't
> need extra distractions during first couple sleigh
> lessons.
>
> Bells are loud and noisy, uncommon in many places.
> Some horses get very silly. We don't want to have any
> accidents. Make sure horse can hear you over bells
> sound!
>
> Our young horse in training had an attack of the
> stupids over the weekend. Young daughter found sleigh
> bells in tack room, started to bring them to house
> while Dad was long-lining young horse. He got
> EXCITED, ran himself dizzy on the lines!! She was not
> very close to his area, and quit ringing as quick as
> he started being stupid, but it took him a while to
> recover his brain, stop when directed. Lesson was
> then moved to high fenced round pen, still on long
> lines. She then rang bells as instructed, while horse
> got over it on the lines, in the round pen. Didn't
> take a great amount of time, with second ringing, then
> bells right outside fence. He did figure it out,
> bells were not after him. Did another lesson on
> Sunday, was sort of stupid again, but also much
> quicker recovery time. Even with new louder, bells.
> We have several kinds of bells, rang them all. He
> reacted to each different sound but got over it.
> Still nervous, but now listening with his mind. Bells
> will now be part of his routine for a while, along
> with some other noisy things.
>
> His previous riding career has probably made him
> quite solid at a horse show, with golf carts, vendors,
> new horses, but never saw or heard LOUD bells before.
> Perhaps in barnyard, bells echoed back from all the
> buildings, could not tell where the bells were.
> Better to know his holes now, than be surprised later!
> The other two young horses were watching lesson from
> paddock. They were closer to first of ringing sounds,
> but only interested, not spooky at all. They also
> have not heard bells that I know of.
>
> Each horse is different, have to check them out,
> before going on with new stuff. Even a horse who was
> belled last year, should see bells without being
> hitched, FIRST. Get horse accepting of bells again.
> After that calm acceptance, bells can be used on horse
> and vehicle. No surprises is best for all.
>
> Kathy Robertson
>
>
>
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