2026-09-04 13:00 UTC
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@mlanger@mastodon.world 2026-09-05 02:58
@TimKStanton@mstdn.social Wranglers call inexperience riders "dudes." It's not a complementary term. Every time a rider gets on a horse that has multiple riders, it tests the rider to see what it can get away with. If you let it get away with stuff, it'll do it throughout the ride. Horses are a lot smarter than people think. When I did a mule ride down into the Grand Canyon with my sister, her mule was incredibly misbehaved because she let it. Mine wasn't. She thought the problem was the mule. It was her.
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@mlanger@mastodon.world 2026-09-05 03:01
@TimKStanton@mstdn.social I had 40 acres of land up on the Coconino Plateau about 40 miles south of the Grand Canyon. The first thing I did was fence it in. When I came up with the horses, I would let them loose. The retired ranch horse knew exactly what to do: he started grazing. The other horse, who had no ranch experience, was totally clueless and had to take cues from his companion. It was pretty funny in the beginning. I used to call the place the "salad bar."
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@mlanger@mastodon.world 2026-09-05 03:19
@TimKStanton@mstdn.social Also, Jake was a great horse despite his sway back. He wanted absolutely nothing to do with people. But once you put a halter and lead rope on him or saddled him up, he would do whatever you wanted him to do. He was an amazing horse. I bought him for my wasband to ride. Photo shows a picture of my two horses at my 40 acre property.. Cherokee, the expensive and idiotic paint quarter horse, was who I rode. He taught me how to fall off horses, I taught him how to behave.