b'ChoicesBuddy UldriksonBuddy Uldrikson Training at Rancho Rio Bonita: buddyuldriksonhorsemanship.comI When that would happen, I would turn her loose am going to share something I learned the other day with a horse I was getting used to pulling a log. The mare was one I had ridden for a whiletotally and allow her to investigate or leave whatever and was actually getting ready to maybe show her at she chose. When she left I would repeat the process. It a competition. was not long until she would just stay hooked behind the log with no help from me and was not bothered She is really gentle and has had calves roped and drugat all. I then moved up ahead of the log or between off her a number of times. When I went to pull the log,the log and the rider dragging the log. I offered her to she got really bothered. She would stay with me butstay there but did not make her. If she left I would let she really didnt want to. I worked this way for severalher, but that gave me the opportunity to shorten her days thinking she would get better. Well, she did not.stride with softness. If she thought about getting back I tried different things like pulling something lighter,towards the moving log or horse, I would let her and something heavier, and even just letting her drag theoffer her zero pressure.rope with nothing at the end of it. All this from both sides. She just would not let down. In no time she felt like the log wasnt even there and was softer than I have ever had her. From there I justDecember 2019Volume 7Issue 2FREE Issue 3 FREEJanuary 2020Volume 7A friend came by for a visit and I told him what was goingwent to pulling the log and she acted like she never had on. We decided we would maybe try something different.a problem with it. This was a lot of fun. Changing my I had him drag the log around with another horse while Iapproach made a huge difference to my horse. would allow my mare to follow around behind. Now, I didRunningMOUNTAIN MEADOWS THE RACE MASSACRE not try to hold her behind the log but allowed her to beIf this story were to help, I would hope the readerby Betsy Nunn by The Old StorytelerLee Anderson andHomestead 4H Club his horse, Concho AZ Road Tripthere. By that I mean when she would leave left or right ofwould realize that horses, like us, always need to have a DUN C i AN:stAsk the Vet r t l s)the dragging log, I would ask her to get collected or drivechoice or be allowed to search for what the rider wantsTheBgge n E St ie ( po r cocc e u sLittle Tow qu Stangher hind feet closer to her front feet with as soft a feel as Iversus just to be made to with no choice. Now there are RememberingCHARLIE could get. All the while I would notice her wanting to getmany ways to accomplish the same thing, but this wasLESUEUR1951-201965th Annual Scottsdale back into position behind the log which was moving. just one.Arabian Horse ShowFebruary 13th-23rdWestWorld, Scottsdale, ArizonaPhoto by Osteen-Schatzberg PhotographyUsed Tractors: Kubota, John Deere, New Holland, etc.New Tractors: LS from25 hp and up.from UTVS to Car Haulers, Landscape and Dump Trailers, Special We Service & RepairOrders also available on New Trailers.Tractors, Trailers & UTVs.Grapple Buckets, Box Scrapers, Straight Blades, Rock Rakes, Chain Harrows, Arena Groomers, Brush Hogs, Post Hole Diggers, Post Drivers and More.ArizonaRealCountry.com February 2020 47'