Covid people are crazy and the Covid horse people are just a subset. I have horses and have been connected to the horse world one way or another for years (taking lessons, teaching lessons, horse shows, demonstrations, organized trail rides, etc.). Given the horse's herd mentality, which is based entirely on trust and respect, you'd think that in order to interact with horses one has to have a certain amount of common sense and ability to deal in truth. But horses are very forgiving, even those that are stuck with stupid people who primarily interact with horses on an emotional level and/or for their own ego gratification, and there are a lot of them.
Belief in Covid and the jabs is an emotional response, and emotion does not respond to logic, so these people are never going to take in anything you share with them. My advice: Stay away.
Hello fellow horsey lover! Can we be friends? I ride jumpers but I do trail ride, fox hunt ( this fall is my first ride) and show. I live by TIEC and love it here.
We certainly can! I've had Paso Finos, a Half-Andalusian (Morgan cross), and currently have a Quarter Horse (foundation cutting horse bloodlines) who fox trots. Studied dressage, and use it as foundation training for the horses (including the gaited horses), and for students when I was giving lessons (don't do dressage shows). Have done small jumps as a training exercise.
i think you mean you live in North Carolina? I'm in SW Missouri in a very rural area, surrounded by gravel roads. Riding the roads and schooling work are what my horse activities consist of these days.
So glad to hear that you give your horse activities outside the arena, as that makes for a well-rounded horse who learns the wherewithal to be smart about his surroundings and his own wellbeing, which helps him take better care of you.
Covid people are crazy and the Covid horse people are just a subset. I have horses and have been connected to the horse world one way or another for years (taking lessons, teaching lessons, horse shows, demonstrations, organized trail rides, etc.). Given the horse's herd mentality, which is based entirely on trust and respect, you'd think that in order to interact with horses one has to have a certain amount of common sense and ability to deal in truth. But horses are very forgiving, even those that are stuck with stupid people who primarily interact with horses on an emotional level and/or for their own ego gratification, and there are a lot of them.
Belief in Covid and the jabs is an emotional response, and emotion does not respond to logic, so these people are never going to take in anything you share with them. My advice: Stay away.
Hello fellow horsey lover! Can we be friends? I ride jumpers but I do trail ride, fox hunt ( this fall is my first ride) and show. I live by TIEC and love it here.
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We certainly can! I've had Paso Finos, a Half-Andalusian (Morgan cross), and currently have a Quarter Horse (foundation cutting horse bloodlines) who fox trots. Studied dressage, and use it as foundation training for the horses (including the gaited horses), and for students when I was giving lessons (don't do dressage shows). Have done small jumps as a training exercise.
i think you mean you live in North Carolina? I'm in SW Missouri in a very rural area, surrounded by gravel roads. Riding the roads and schooling work are what my horse activities consist of these days.
So glad to hear that you give your horse activities outside the arena, as that makes for a well-rounded horse who learns the wherewithal to be smart about his surroundings and his own wellbeing, which helps him take better care of you.
Best wishes in your fox hunt!
Awesome! That makes me so much happier. Those wackos over there can keep that forum. Most of the original posters either died or left.
I own two Warmblood. My mare I bred to Parco and the resulting colt is amazing. My trainer loves him. Just got back trail riding him.