One of them days...

[rodriguezpoultry]

Decided to ride Max for the first time in a LONG time. (He'd wind up with a cut somewhere and I'd get worried about swelling or him injuring it worse, then I was lazy... lots of reasons.)

SO...today, DBF decides he wants to go riding tonight. I say "Sure!"

Well, Max decided he'd forgotten everything. He didn't know he was supposed to stand still for tacking and mounting...didn't know he was supposed to walk. Didn't know he was supposed to stop.

Told DBF to get off so I could put a few ideas back into his head as to what was expected.

He started moving and we went in CIRCLES for freakin' ever. I said "WHOA" and he stopped. For a bit. Started it all over when he started moving on me.

By the end of that he was saying "OK. Gotcha. I stand and I don't have to move. Gotcha."

Another person came into the small arena to train her horse. Figured it'd be a darn good opportunity to stand still while another horse was moving.

It was fairly boring tonight, but I got my point across clear and concise.

I felt bad for DBF. He told me to "lay off" and I told him to "shut up!" I was ticked at Max for acting like that and DBF was ticked because he thought I was mad at him for not knowing how to control the horse. When he told me to "lay off" he meant lay off of him...not Max.

When he told me that...I just felt awful.

Epic fail with DBF, HUGE success with Max.

 

[glenolam]

Ahhh...such is life!

...if only we could train the men to say "Oh, wash those dishes and do the laundry? Gotcha!"

 

[w c]

This happens a lot with non-horsey spouses. The most important thing is to learn how to recite at top speed at the drop of a hat:

''Sorrynotmadatyoujustneedtoworkthehorsenoproblemsdon'tworryjustpartofhavinghorses!'

But in our house, most of the time I AM ticked at him that he can't control the horse and I have to go reschool the horse. After 30 years he should have a clue.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Haha...I can't blame him for not knowing what to do. This is the first horse he's ever been around that wasn't attached to a giant circle wheel. Honestly...I'm impressed when he is leading him like a dog. I swear that horse can read minds sometimes. I'm spoiled...so is DBF.

I won't allow him to get on Max without a step stool. (Reason I don't want too much stress on Max's back.) He was ticked at that...thinking I didn't think he was man enough to get on him.

glenolam, I've got him trained to saying it...it's actually DOING it that's the issue.

 

[glenolam]

**pictures the finger-snap-point-at-you-and-wink-head-tilt "GOTCHA BABE"**

 

[w c]

Sounds like most of the time you two have a really good understanding ropo. And I bet the horse was just fresh from not being worked in a little while. It's starting to get into cool fall weather and even my old horse is bucking and playing up.

 

[Ariel301]

It's nice that he's at least learning how to ride. My husband had never been near a horse, and he was pretty scared of my pony. He never got much past holding her rope for me while I did something with her, or carefully petting her nose through the fence! Hopefully his next try at riding goes better for him.