[drivingpairs] Re: converting pairs to singles
- From: "Beverly Means" <beverlymeans@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2005 06:48:37 -0700
Oh Angela
I think we need to form a Singles Driver's Anonymous club
Everyone told me once I drove a pair I'd never be content to drive a single
I just love driving a single...
So much more communication and communing with the critter when they are out
there alone instead of with their on kind...
I'm with you
Beverly
-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:drivingpairs-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Angela Deppe
Sent: Thursday, June 16, 2005 6:43 AM
To: drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [drivingpairs] converting pairs to singles
I finally got up the nerve to drive my pair of small
(11/11.2 hh) ponies single. After worrying for three
years it ended up being a no-brainer - but then again
maybe only because I had three years of trust banked
up - who knows. Anyway, I find that the fussy one is
much nicer as a single, much like two children who
can't act right together are a breeze once separated.
I have driven him three times, each time he gets
better. The bigger faster one I have driven only once
as a single.
My question is, both ponies are extremely crooked in
single harness. Has anyone else experienced this?
The smaller slower draftier (and fatter) pony with
three drives under his belt had lost his left bend
while the pair hitch (he is on the left). Now as a
single I can see he is fairly into the bridle and
coming along. The other one is a bendy noodle!! I
hesitated hitching him single because it doesn't
appear he can be confined to two dimensions while
running free - he is all legs and can twist himself
into a knot at high speed. Sure enough when I drive
him single he shows amazing (alarming) catty
maneuvers. Can drive straight ahead with is head
pointed just about anywhere <LOL>! He comes behind
the bit worse as a single than in the pair. Also
drives downhill in a shoulder in position.(obviously
having been in a pair carriage with brakes neither
ponies have experience with breeching) Mr. Bendy
Noodle is also a big 'tester' and perhaps once I get
him a bit more submissive some of these things will
become more manageable.
Am I being a worry wart? Any typical progressions in
training to follow/be aware of? Surprisingly, the
smaller stickier pony that fusses most when left alone
couldn't have cared less about leaving his mate, and
really seems to enjoy the one on one attention. And
then the other one who normally doesn't seem to care
screamed for his partner for most of his drive, but
then he is more horse oriented.
Is it sacrilegious to admit I prefer driving single?
Or has it just been too long <BG>. At any rate, what
a joy to have TWO animals that can encounter snarling
dogs jumping from bushes, motor bikes rudely driven,
semi's, empty dump trucks and deer springing in the
dusk, without batting an eye. ALL on their inaugural
single drives.
Angela Cichetti Deppe
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