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About Rick Gore (www.freewebs.com/horseawareness)
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Visit Rick Gore's Horse Site: --- www.freewebs.com/horseawareness
--Rick is a student of the horse. He can answer questions about sacking out (Desensitizing vs. Sensitizing), dealing with spooky, abused or ex-race horses, rearing, bucking, horses that won’t tie or load into a trailer, working in a round pen/round corral, starting colts, dealing with aggressive or so called "mean" horses, herd behavior, biting, kicking, hard to catch, using a bosal or hackamore, soft hands and direct reining verses neck reining. If you expect him to tell you feel good advice, you will be disappointed. 95% of all his answers will include "the problem is you and not your horse." About 90% of most answers that I give out are on my web site, so if you read it you will probably answer your own question and may learn a few other things. If have some good information that you would like me to add to my site, please email me so it can be passed on to others.
Experience
Rick is an experienced horseman with many years of riding and handling horses. Rick grew up in Texas around horses and horse people. He has started colts, ridden many horses with behavior issues and worked with problem horses. (He believes that most horse problems are really people problems)
He believes in and practices natural horsemanship and continues to read and study books by great horsemen. He routinely attends clinics, talks with and discuss horse issues with other clinicians and trainers. He has never met a horse that could not be fixed. Rick believes it is never the horse's fault and with proper handling, all problems can be worked out.
Education/Credentials
Rick has many years experience in being around and working with horses. Over the years he has watched good horsemen do the right thing and seen the wrong things done with bad results. Rick has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
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Expert: Rick Gore (www.freewebs.com/horseawareness)
Date: 9/16/2008
Subject: My standardbreed: www.freewebs.com/horseawareness Rick Gore
Question
Hi, I am 35 and grew up with horses but more was just a rider and feed when I was told never really paid close attention to what my mom was doing. on this problem with our horse we have stopped using our feet to get him to go and when I want him to lunge on the one side sometimes I just walk in the direction I want him to go with him and it will get him to go sometimes it don't. He is our the only horse we have at this time and he has a barn with no stalls that he can go into when ever he wants to along with a 2 acre field that he can pasture on.
I am sure what I am about to ask is because of something I am or my older daughters who are 13 and 16 are doing wrong but we thought if we asked maybe you could help us do it right. Our horse is 15 and is a very good boy. The only problem is when we lunge him he does well on one side but will not on the other side sometimes we can get him to go but he will go around one or two times and stop and will turn the other way it does not matter it it is me our one of my girls he does this. What are we doing wrong. Also if we ask him to trot while on him he gets mad. I think one might be because my daughter was using her feet to try and get him to trot and I told her to stop that and that seem to be better but even with kissing noise he still does not want to trot he will do a little buck then trot for two seconds and then do a fast walk. I really want to fix what we are doing wrong so he enjoys us around. HE is a really a good boy just not sure how to make the riding more pleasurable. Thank you for your time
Answer
Hi Antoinette, (Nice Name) :)
Well you are right in the way that you and your daughters are causing this problem. Most horse problems are people problems and the problem is lack of understanding of the horse. Part of the problem is your horse is alone without another horse. A horse needs other horses and at least one that he can buddy up with, play with, bond with and feel safe with. A horse can't relax when alone, he is a prey animal and sees the world as everything is going to eat him, that is how horses have survived over the years by running from anything that is danger, or running from things that they HAVE NOT CONFIRMED to be dangerous. So that would help your horse be a better, happier and calmer horse.
As for the lounging, if he will do it one way he will do it the other way, you need to make sure you aware of his driveline and make sure you are behind it. I have photos and explain this better on my site.
I would really suggest you read my horse history page so you understand were horses have come from over the years and to instill a better respect for horses in your daughters.
Then read horsemanship and horseman tips pages, they are somewhat long, but you will see a horse different if you read them, you will start to understand things and be able to connect things to help you and your horse. The best gift you can give to a horse is knowledge about the horse, the more you understand him, the more you will be able to talk to him in a horse talk so he understands. A lot of times horses are not being mean or misbehaving, they are confused.
Your horse is bucking and does not want to trot since he does not see you as a higher horse in his herd. You will understand this if you read herd behavior, sacking out and round penning sections on my site, they are in the pages I listed above.
Have fun reading and I assure you will learn things about a horse you never dreamed were out that, they really are unique creatures.
Rick
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