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Discussion on New Arabian filly
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New Member: Claustra
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Posted on Thursday, Jan 9, 2003 - 5:17 am:
I recently acquired a 2 year old arabian filly just broken in who was fine to ride for the first few days after she arrived.Now that she has become attached to the horses we already had she is difficult to ride away from the home paddock.The more she is ridden however the better she gets.I wondered if it would have been better to keep her alone for a couple of weeks to bond to me first-she was kept alone for a couple of days when she arrived and seemed fine.
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Member: Hwood
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Posted on Thursday, Jan 9, 2003 - 5:32 am:
Hi, Christopher, Congratulations on your Arabian purchase. I bet she's lovely. Her attitude of wanting to be with the other horses is not at all unusual. She is young . . . and you have plenty of time to bond with her. You say she is better after you spend time with her . . . If the time she spends with you becomes rewarding and fun for her, and if you train her to come when you want her, and to respond to you with a giving attitude when you are working with her on the ground or when riding, she will get over her "herd bound" propensity . . . or, at least, she will learn how to handle her emotions better. There are many technicques for training a horse to focus and respond to the handler/rider no matter what other distractions are present . . . . Look at these "arguments" as opportunities to help change the filly's mind in a methodical, positive way. Also, there is nothing better than being able to spend quality time with your horse through good training and relationship building . . . . You will need to make yourself more interesting to the filly than are her herdmates . . . . make it worth her while to choose you over her friends. Mark Rashid, John Lyons and others have books and manuals and videos and clinics that help explain techniques for helping to cure herd-sour horses . . . Best wishes, Holly
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