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In the horse world, there are few things more terrifying than sitting on a runaway horse. And it's an experience that most of us have either been through ourselves or witnessed helplessly first hand. Every weekend around Australia, dozens of riders find themselves perched on a loose cannon, hanging on for dear life, praying that this ride will end safely. Unfortunately, many times it does not and the outcome is sadly often very serious for horse and human. So why do horses bolt ... why can they be calmly walking along one minute and the next become an unguided missile with seemingly not even a thought for their own safety let alone the person on their backs? How can you learn to see it coming and divert it or even better, not have it happen at all?
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Most horse owners have witnessed at least one time a horse that seriously doesn't like to be tied up. Whether resulting in just a slight reaction from treading on their own lead rope or a serious pull back when tied to a fence, the underlying problem can be extremely serious and in many cases dangerous, to the horse and anyone else within the vicinity.
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Vices ... a common problem for many horse owners and one that can range from being just a little frustrating to downright dangerous. While we all love our horses and the idea of what horse ownership can mean, the truth is that vices, their cause and their cure can pose quite a mystery to many of us. And to make matters even more confusing their appearance can be quite sporadic ... from very obviously in evidence one day to non existent the next.
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Bucking Horses ... The Courage To Ride Forward!.....Bucking horses are a common enough occurrence but not much fun when it happens to you. It seems to be human nature to feel the need to fix the horse and when it comes to issues like bucking this is particularly true. Truth be known, if we take a closer look at horses in general, they spend the most part of their days, indeed their lives, as peaceful, social and quiet creatures, who rarely exhibit such behaviours as bucking, rearing, shying and running off unless provoked ... usually by predators! So before we go looking to fix the problem, perhaps it would be wise to take a look to see what caused it to begin with. So often in the case of horses displaying any kind of unwanted behaviour, the cause can be found by looking no further than what is on the end of the lead rope, the other end that is ... not the horse end.
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I'd like to share with you a story about a little stallion called Marlin. Well that's not actually his real name but we called him that because when he first came to us, Shane put a rope on him and he leapt around on the end of that rope like those huge fish you see on TV leaping out of the sea.
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Horses Are Prey Animals. People Are Predators. Just by understanding the nature of this one simple concept, we de-mystify many of the seemingly unfathomable reactions that horses have, that have baffled mankind for generations. Man the hunter, horse the hunted.
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Imagine a life where you are surrounded by creatures that are unfamiliar to you; that look, act and move differently from you and even worse, smell like they have just eaten your best friend for lunch? They keep you enclosed in a confined area from which you cannot leave and they randomly come and get you, tie something to your head and drag you away from your family and friends...whether you like it or not!
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As horse lovers many of us have had the dream of being able to just get on our horses and go wherever we want. To have the desire and willingness of our horses to form a partnership that enables us to just ride and enjoy the freedom and sense of exhilaration that comes from being as one with a horse in that moment when their speed becomes our speed their power becomes our power their spirit is our spirit their feet are our feet. Running on air!