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Marty Robbins or Monty Roberts?

Quote: Well thanks! I'm amazed that the fear is gone.. for the most part! I don't know why but she can't make me mad anymore. Probably because if we're both mad it's a wreck waiting to happen, and if I stay calm and keep asking she will cooperate. If I try to fight her, i'm going to lose...

Quote: Apparently you didn't read much of the thread

Yes I always lunge her before I get on, just to be sure she is listening and to gauge how she's feeling that day before I get on! The old owners used nothing but the mechanical hackamore, she was being ridden in a ring snaffle when they got her as a two year old. She does have a very sensitive...

I'm pleased, and somewhat surprised to say, that Lucy and I are doing a whole lot better For the most part i've overcome my fear of horses in the strangest way - cutting. My stepmother-in-law tore her ACL a couple of months ago and cannot ride, but had already signed up for a few ranch horse...

I have only ridden Lucy outside once, the first time when she bucked. I've only ridden her 3 or 4 times since we bought her. My husband takes her to move cattle, where she is with other horses but they are often out of sight, or rides her by herself in the arena. I understand that she is...

Quote: Awwww thanks I know what you mean about the negative image of Arabs. My husband thinks they're all hot headed and silly, and too fine-boned to stay sound here. I'm not sure that he's ever had much to do with one though. My FIL isn't exactly know for embracing anything 'new' or...

Quote: I e-mailed the family who bred her this morning. Not sure whether i'll hear back, but if I do it should help shed some light on whether this is a temperament problem or the result of poor handling. They sold her as a 2yr old, the people we bought her from got her when she was 2 but...

Although it wouldn't explain why she's a female dog to lunge

Just had another thought... They were riding her in a hackamore, we asked about it and they said it was because she handled fine in it so they didn't need a bit. I'm wondering if there isn't another reason. She rides better with more legs and less hands. I need to get my husband to try her...

Some of my favourite horses to ride when I was a kid were mares, but it dawned on me that the riding school had them because they were great horses despite being mares, and worth the trouble. They didn't have 3 mares and 40 some geldings for nothing LOL

Wow that will teach me not to check BYC more often! There's probably a few things that need saying about Lucy. Firstly, she will not be going to a slaughterhouse, rodeo company or sale barn, end of story. If she gets to the point where we feel she should be euthanized, then we will put her...

I'm riding the old guy There's only so much he can do, but he's a lot more enjoyable and willing, and doesn't take advantage of me. I still get a knot in my stomach before I get on, but it goes away and my heart rate returns to normal after 10 minutes or so! He did run off with me the other...

It's hard to say. I didn't like her because I felt she was trying to buffalo me, my husband thought she just didn't understand what I wanted and it was a matter of her and I communicating better. He also felt that she needed to be taught more as she is young (she's 4). Teaching her anything...

Quote: The pointy stick was just to help keep her off me, otherwise she would squish me against the side of the barn. It's not a regular fixture There's not really a 'nice' way to teach a horse not to crush you, and it's better than the bite or kick she'd get from another horse. She's not...

If that had been apparent at the time, obviously we would not have bought her. We tried her out on a very windy day in a slippery muddy pen, so could not do too much with her, and that was a huge mistake on our part. Probably worked out great for the seller! She was too far away to...

Quote: I'm sorry but there's a point when it's just too bad if she doesn't enjoy working. Her job isn't to stand around and eat. She doesn't like being ridden in the arena, doesn't like working cattle in the pasture or the arena, doesn't like trail riding... the list just goes on. She has...

Thanks for all your responses. I don't feel nearly as bad about wanting her gone now. Luckily we don't have a feed bill, so there isn't the concern of the expense of keeping her, but at the same time we don't want to breed her. She'd make a fine broodmare, that's probably what her best job in...

Last October my husband and I bought a mare. I was looking for a confidence builder, but not anything that i'd 'outgrow' since horse shopping is a PITA. When we went to look at her I didn't like her. My husband felt that she was a good choice because she was not deadheaded. He thought she...