6 plates, 12 screws
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@George-K said in 6 plates, 12 screws:
Ouch. Time to look for a different line of work?
Not even his usual line of work. He was breaking the horse for his son. They'd had it on a lead rope, worked up to saddling it and he decided the horse was docile enough to mount.
Horse did fine. He kept riding it around the corral at a walk for fifteen or twenty minutes. Then, for unknown reasons, the horse came absolutely unglued and caught him off -guard. Sailed him right over the fence, shoulder first into the ground.
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Being a big ol' boy, he don't bounce too well.
Here's the brothers (and one of their boys) noodling around several years back...
Link to videoThe brother that acquired all the hardware is the one you don't really see until the end.
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Back when we had our horse(s) I was very interested in the whole "psychology" aspect of training, and I became friends with one of those "whisperers." A guy from Colorado named Mark Rashid.
His whole thing was to understand the horse's mindset. What scares the horse, what does the horse want, etc.
I can't speak to this particular event, only to my experience with Simon, who was already broke, of course.
In the years we had him, he came to really trust me. This is, of course, a long process. There were a few instances when he'd see something scary and want to spook. By that time, I was a good enough rider that I would be able to keep my seat, and not freak out because the HORSE was freaking out. Whenever he'd shy, or move suddenly because of a scary tractor, I'd laugh, release my butt (horse people will understand that) and he'd settle down, and realize "If Dad's not scared, I shouldn't be scared. What I just saw is really OK."
It's all about trust. And, it takes time.
