> JP :>    Mr X is really doing well (and, me too I'm
 > happy to
 > JP :>advise ). X and I BOTH have settled
 > down to a
 > JP :>nice "training routine".
 > Ah!  The operative word...routine!  I really think
 > that helps a lot.
    I think that's helped BOTH of us!!  And, the more confident I becoms, the 
better HE becomes!!  The funny thing is that we are really starting to bond 
-- like what "Baby" and I had .... *I* feel it and it appears to me that HE 
feels it too...... we are becoming more "like one" instead of me just 'on' 
him.  Feels pretty good too!!!
 > JP :>    OK .... here's what happened ..... besides Mr
 > X making
 > JP :>ME a nervous wreck -- I was making HIM a nervous
 > wreck and
 > JP :>he started with a few bad habits that had gone
 > from bad to
 > JP :>worse ..... one of which was a little bucky-
 > doodle (nothing
 > JP :>wild but nonetheless would un-nerve me) and the
 > main thing
 > JP :>he had starting doing was to kick his right leg
 > back -
 > JP :>straight out when he got tired of doing something
 > HE didn't
 > JP :>want to do ...... of course this also un-nerved
 > me and he
 > JP :>knew it.
 > You know, we all try to treat our horses with
 > gentleness and respect at all times.  However, there
 > ARE times when discipline, swift and severe, is
 > necessary in cases where their behavior is dangerous.
 > And, again, you've done the right thing.
    I kinda' did it so fast I didn't even REALIZE what I was doing ..... X 
sure took notice .  It's so much better for both of us now!!
 > JP :>this". I LAID my leg into X's side ........
 > WHOA..... he
 > JP :>didn't EXPECT me to do that ...... guess what??
 > He
 > JP :>straightened up, went across the bridge like he
 > had been
 > JP :>doing it all his life.
 > Just like kids, horses need to be told what to do on
 > occasion (g).
    Very true ....... it just never occured to me that he needed this .... he 
is really so good I didn't think that he was trying to "pull anything" ...... 
but he was (just like a kid ).
 > JP :>    Now, I've figured it out ....... he KNEW I
 > would quit
 > JP :>when I got scared....soooooooo, he would try and
 > put a
 > JP :>"little scare" into me.  HOWEVER, I figured out
 > that HE was
 > JP :>NOT going to do anything really bad (nothing that
 > I
 > JP :>couldn't handle)...... now we have an agreement
 > .... he
 > JP :>acts right and I don't dig my heel into his side
 > .
 > Hee!  Smart little horse!!  It's that Arab brain!
    Hehehehehe ....... and now that *I* have learned to just stop, let out a 
breath if *I* get nervous ..... and again, stop, let HIM let out a breath if 
HE gets nervous we BOTH are better for it!!
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