2026-09-04 13:00 UTC
@mlanger@mastodon.world
That's impressive that your horse could be ground tied. Not even close for these horses-- they really wanted to move about in search for the best grass. The wrangler/guide (who was also the owner of the horses) told us that the training of the horses was largely wrecked by having so many different types of riders (and range of skillsets) ride the horses.
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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.