>>> This is a real hard one to get them to stop.. and part of
 >>> working on it is how much the horse likes to please you and
 >>> or likes to get along with you.
 >> That'll probably take time -- we ARE bonding but it's only been 2
 >> months now .....
 > Don't forget to just go out and spend some time with her..
 > don't have to work, don't have to do anything except spend
 > some quiet time together.. maybe some scratching.. it works
 > wonders with mares. :)
    Very day when I get home from work I "play/mess" with her -- and, she 
KNOWS it's "her" time too .  She gets rinsed off daily ...... then we 
"talk", scratch etc.  Not only good for her -- but good theraphy for ME too 

 >> shouldn't hurt ..... she KNOWS it's wrong to snap, snap as after I yell
 >> at her she will keep her head perfectly straight forward but then 'pop'
 >> her lips togehter one more time (like a defiant kid).
 > Well wait till it settles down to just the one little pop..
 > then work on that.
    I thought we had it conquered (more or less) .... then yesterday I was 
cleaning out her feet -- she was really being good -- until she snapped ..... 
my behind got in the way (I was cleaning out her left front hoof) and the 
rest is history.  I don't think she really meant to nip me .... I think she 
was snapping in her usual manner and my backside was too close.  I SHOULD 
have had her on the cross tie but didn't ..... she got a good POP on her 
shoulder and she after that she didn't even offer to turn her head again that 
afternoon, nor did she snap, snap, snappy anymore either.
 >>> *IF* she stops and behaves.. make sure she knows beyond a
 >>> shadow of a dount that she's a good girl. take a bunch of
 >>> time for this to make the point.
 >> Okey Dokey ...... I'll enforce the "good".  She likes to be told
 >> she's a "good girl" ..... I suppose it's just going to take a long time
 >> to MAYBE correct this behavior.
 > Yep, depends on how much she wants to please you.. Sounds
 > like she does.. so I think you'll be fine in the long run.
 > You may have some re-occurances of it on occasion, but all
 > you have to do is step back and remind her firmly but
 > gently.
    I really think she wants to please me ..... she's a very aimniable (sp) 
horse.
 >>> Takes time Jean.. may never work 100%.. but it's worth the
 >>> effort for a very bad habit.
 >> I know it's a bad habit ...... and I'm just hoping it can be
 >> corrected ..... like I said before -- she's an extremely NICE horse with
 >> only this 1 bad habit ...... and now it IS a habit as I never cinch up
 >> tight ..... she doesn't give me a moments worth of problems after the
 >> cinching up is all done.
 > Yep, not unsual...  and remember that there's no perfect
 > horse and one bad
 > habit is actually a big plus! ;)
    This is true ....... except for the "snappy" thing she really is nice 
...... close to perfect .  She's a wonderful carriage horse ..... soon as 
she gets the harness stuff on she's calm as a cucumber and it's like she's 
saying "I know this and I know what I'm suppose to do, AND, I'm GOOD at it" 

    Again ...... thanks for the advise.
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