the *being boss* will get you nowhere with a smart horse, and could get you hurt. Dont even try to boss a mule, haha.
It is the responsibility of the rider to communicate through aids and body in a way the horse can understand and then act in a desirable way. It does not matter if you are asking for piaffe in upper level dressage, or for a sliding stop in reining, or for your horse to cross a creek on a trail ride. It all works the same in the horses mind. They have no idea what a ribbon or belt buckle is. They are just trying to get along with their human and maybe get that carrot at the end of the day haha
Natural Horsemanship is good until it is not, it can get you in a lot of trouble down the road depending on who you are learning from. My old natural horsemanship trainer about got me killed.
Any horse can be ruined It's up to us who want good horsemanship to fix their issues I, as a trainer, focus on good stable and ground manners from an early age especially since I work with show jumping horses No point in having a brilliant jumper whose a little shit to try do anything else with That's just my opinion though 🤷🏼♀️
Let's just say I had never heard of natural horsemanship until I switched disciplines. Of course it is possible to do shows or ride english and still bond with your horse. Around here though, there isn't training for that unless you ride Western. 🤷🏼♀️
As always, there are good and bad in all areas. Some people put way too much emphasis on results instead of good horsemanship and improving yourself and your horse to be able to do more and better things. The awards, IF you compete, should just be icing on the cake. Competition should be viewed as a way to have fun and test if your methods and hard work are getting you somewhere positive, and increasing yours and your horses skills
Buckeye is right. I have seen English and western horses ruined because all the riders care about is ribbons and buckles. My barn does Western Pleasure and some ranch classes, but we are primarily English based. We focus on horsemanship as well being able to correct behaviors.
The amount of times I've fallen off for stupid things 😂 Like the time I fell off Flynn because I was too busy looking at a bird and he spooked at a really really scary bush that isn't actually that scary anymore
@Rain, unfortunately I went to 3 different barns in my area to take english lessons and at each one the focus was showing and being the boss of your horse.
Hello chat!! I'm not sure if this would be better suited for the forums or not. How long did it take you guys to figure out what you wanted to do with your account? I'm not very active here, and I pop in every now and then to keep my account going, but I was planning to try and get more into this lol
to be fair, if you want to succeed in showing AND be a good horseman, it should always be about proper training, proper riding and ASKING the horse in a way they understand and give you want you are looking for in the ride/performance.
And a horse needs direction from its rider. Gosh knows I have had to fix way too many spoiled horses who had people not *telling them what to do* for lack of a better phrase.
If you have Dapple Blend Grain, you can feed it to your horse and their coat will dapple.
The effect will wear off after a few days. One pound of grain will be fed at a time.
If you feed Senior Blend to your senior horse they will have a 10% decreased chance in dying
when the weekly script runs on Monday morning. The effect lasts for one weekly cycle.
You have no available Level 9 riders.
You can hire a rider. They will be automatically assigned to your horse. Be sure to visit the Rider's Lounge and pay them.
Set Breeding Requirements for your horse. Enter the minimum rating allowable for breeding. When breeding, Any combo of the entered values and higher will be accepted. Leave blank to set to None.
Edit your horse's remarks. Keep all content PG-13.
Choose a Background for your horse.
Withdraw your horse from it's team. You will lose all team points for this horse. Please discuss this action with the team manager first.
Your horse may show 3 times per week. Shows run daily. Your horse and rider will gain valuable experience from showing. Select a discipline to show in, or scratch from tonight's show.
Showing in the special weekly shows doesn't count against your horse's weekly regular show count.
Your horse has shown 1 time this week.
If you would like to put your horse on the market for breeding, click below. Note that when your horse is up for breeding, anyone may breed to them. Also note that you don't need to enter a price when marking a stallion available for straws.
If you want this horse to have a special price for club members, feel free to add it, otherwise
leave those two fields blank.
This horse has been Bred this Year and can breed again next Game Year.
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the file as jpg. IMPORTANT ! Images stolen off the internet are not ok to use.
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Enter a new name for your horse.
Choose the discipline to train your horse in. Your horse will train slower if trained in all sports at once, than if trained in one specialty at a time.
Enter the sale price for your horse. Please be aware that if you put a horse up for public
sale, anyone may purchase it.
Sew your horse's boy bits back on. It is possible through the power of the internet. You can only reverse gelding for horses you bred. This action costs 20,000 ebs.
If you no longer wish to own this horse, you may set them free to fend for themselves. The Karma Fairy will pay you 1000 for your adult horse, up to 100 horses per month. 52 to go! The Karma Fairy will pay you 200 Credits for all of your adult horses. The Karma Fairy will pay you zero for your yearling. This action is not reversible so be sure before you click Submit !
Move your horse to another barn or pasture.
Join A Federation. Your horse will accrue Federation Points
and based on that may make the Federation Championships.
It costs 500 to enter a Federation and membership lasts
one game year.
Reroll your horse's image. Your horse's genes will stay the same, but their markings and patterns will be randomly regenerated.
Rerolls remaining: 20
Genetic Test this horse to view their coat genes. It costs 5000 ebs to genetically test this horse.
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