I was responding to another thread and got to thinking about all the horses that have helped me learn. Very few were good gentle horses. Many were spoiled or broncy or just plain scared but each one taught me something that benefitted the ones that came after.
My first horse was a pony cross named Singer because my mom was saving to buy a sewing machine but bought the pony instead. Singer was herd bound and was prone to taking the bit and running off. Once in a while he would jump out from under me if I got to fooling around. One time I was riding and he got stuck lin some wire. I couldn't kick hard enough for him to take a step and pretty soon my dad came back and cut the wire and we continued on. After riding him for a few years I wasn't afraid of too much and he would go pretty much anywhere he was pointed. I don't know where I would be in my horsemanship if it wasn't for him. I really had to decide that I liked riding early on because it wasn't easy and I had a few wrecks.
Please share some of your stories of horses that helped improve your horsemanship. Feel free to share more than one. I will share more later.
My first horse was a pony cross named Singer because my mom was saving to buy a sewing machine but bought the pony instead. Singer was herd bound and was prone to taking the bit and running off. Once in a while he would jump out from under me if I got to fooling around. One time I was riding and he got stuck lin some wire. I couldn't kick hard enough for him to take a step and pretty soon my dad came back and cut the wire and we continued on. After riding him for a few years I wasn't afraid of too much and he would go pretty much anywhere he was pointed. I don't know where I would be in my horsemanship if it wasn't for him. I really had to decide that I liked riding early on because it wasn't easy and I had a few wrecks.
Please share some of your stories of horses that helped improve your horsemanship. Feel free to share more than one. I will share more later.