2026-09-05 12:18 UTC
@mlanger@mastodon.world
The wrangler on this trip mentioned the same trick of turning in a circle. Unfortunately, I was sometimes very limited in what could be done to correct the horse behavior on narrow steep trails. In this case, I found that first tightening the reins to stop Dusty, then loosening to see if he remained stopped, then tightening again if he moves, and repeating the sequence perhaps 4-5 times would get his attention before he remained stopped.
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@mlanger@mastodon.world 2026-09-05 12:41
@TimKStanton@mstdn.social Yes! I can imagine not being able to do that while on the trail. Every horse has a different mouth. For example, my ranch horse, Jake, could neck rein and did not like when the reins were pulled tight. He didn't need it. But my paint horse, Cherokee, required short reins all the time. He was clueless about neck reining. I actually used roping reins on him. Worked perfectly. Maybe Dusty was a horse like that who needed you to be "in his mouth" all the time to keep him under control.