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smash

LOL most horses "struggle" to make 500kg LOL
ground work helps the "handler" learn how to communicate by using "body language"
horse are the masters of body language, so you are not teaching them anything new in "body language" LOL
it is the FACT that most "humans" dont understand a horses body language, so when things go wrong, the stand there and go "oh hell whats he going to do" the horse goes, well, if i am the one who gets to make the decisions, as you are obviously are not the one to follow "i am getting out of here" and to bad if you are in the way.

sparkie, you will notice that everyone has said they have no troubles with ground manners, and not one of the horses are disrespectful on the ground.
so it is obviously, we lack the knowledge or experience in taking our training from the ground, and being able to transfer it there backs.
like everyone has said, it is a bit of anoyance, but not one person has said, that there horse has taken it to a dangerous level.
some horses have ummm these quirks LOL
happy SNOG riding
cheers

Bucking mad

Peppi, I'm no horse hippy and have never been to a clinic or bought a book or the like on it.

Grounds rules teach the horse and handler to respect each other and read each others body language. I'm not talking fancy stuff but if you can't do some of the basics as in disengaging the hips, or moving the shoulders or backing then it becomes that much harder when you get on their back.

Also, when done prior to mounting your horse, it begins to warm them up, stretch their muscles, see what sort of mood their in and most importantly, switch their mind onto you and gets them listening.

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Horsetalk

Yes, well said BM lol.
Ground work has to be well established and I'm not talking about rope twirling or waving plastic bags on a stick in a horses face instead of riding.

peppi

Ok...

Have to say shes very amenable to moving around/away/ back from the ground from me, and shes usually quite focused when ridden, very responsive to seat aid and sometimes so responsive that my years of over telling by ridden aids because of having to be, that I have had to teach myself to ride in a quieter manner. BUT this is all when she hasnt got an issue to fret about in the field. At the moment shes being good as and I love her, but it is not in my durastiction to not introduce another horse to the paddock that may upset the apple cart again...

I know Im worrying about something that may not happen, because I dont want to return to how she was just a couple of months ago, now I know she is capable of that type of behaviour.