It's just funny to me the number of people that try to make it the horse's fault.

I've probably been around more horses than most from owning, riding, packing, jumping, transporting, and trimming and shoeing. A lot have been what one might call "bronc-y". "Somehow" I have fewer injuries and far less severe than some folks that have been around a lot fewer critters.

A friend of mine advised some Arab owners not to pack on their horses. When they asked why, he told them you have to be smarter than the horse. It hurt feelers, but is true.


If you take the time it takes, it takes less time.
--Pat Parelli

American by birth; Alaskan by choice.
--ironbender