Comments on: Rider Insider: Your Horse’s Hidden Talent

By: Hannah

Hannah — Tue, 03 Mar 2015 18:53:47 +0000

My 6 year old twh’s talent is his lips! He uses his lips as fingers to pet the cat, mess up my hair,and snatching any item of mine he thinks he needs! Gotta love my boy!

By: Sunni

Sunni — Fri, 03 Oct 2014 06:46:32 +0000

My Pony Charlie just loves giving me warm loud welcomes. Everyday when I go out to his pasture, he’ll canter up to me while whinnying as loud as he can. It’s so cute and sweet! Plus when he does that, he nickers for a treat.

By: Christina

Christina — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:08:35 +0000

My black Quarter Horse gelding, Jackson is quite the Mr. Personality. When we are walking to the ring I ride in at home, we pass the kennel where our dogs are. A lot of times he looks at them and does the “sup nod”. He also does it when I’m coming to the pasture with his feed. He also likes to “mumble” by gently flapping his lower lip up and down. I think it would be hilarious if we added a voice to him mumbling and made a show called “Mr. Jack”. He cracks me up!

By: katy

katy — Sun, 17 Aug 2014 17:47:45 +0000

my horse switch is a charictar when i put him out in a pen with a tie halter on he always gets it untied and when i go out to see him its laying on the floor and he acts like he didnt do anything. so i got him a buckle halter

By: Maddi

Maddi — Mon, 16 Jun 2014 13:35:08 +0000

My 14 y/o fleabitten gray appendix, Tonka, has learned to push open his stall door! He thinks it’s funny and cute, but I think it’s just a pain! I guess an old dog can learn new tricks…

By: Kendra

Kendra — Wed, 28 May 2014 14:12:09 +0000

my horse is named Apache and his talent is playing tag with me and my sister. one day we were just playing with him in the field and he came up behind us, nudged me in the back, then took off running in the other direction. Me and my sister went after him and caught him only to have him do it again. Now, it is not uncommon for us to tap him and run the other way and have him come up behind us and do the same. We can do this back and forth for quite awhile before Apache gets tired and decides to quit. He is always gentle and has never knocked us to the ground. It is kind of funny though because we never taught him, he just picked it up on his own!

By: Alexis

Alexis — Tue, 27 May 2014 19:58:37 +0000

I have often jokingly compared my Paint Horse, Cimarron, to Mister Ed. When he’s begging for apples, Cimarron will lift his lip up and smile, clack his teeth and “talk” to me, or stick his long pink tongue out and wiggle it. It’s hilarious to watch, and everyone that meets him gets a laugh out of his performance. For me, there is nothing better than going to the barn and seeing Cimarron’s big brown eyes and friendly grin!

By: Phyllis Broadbent

Phyllis Broadbent — Sat, 24 May 2014 09:11:00 +0000

I do not tie our horses when I groom them. I let them tell me, with their body language, what feels good and what does not. The horses are in their box stalls, but have no halters on.
I start with the problem areas.We have ticks this time of the year in Pennsylvania. The ticks seem to prefer the jaw line, chest,neck and jugular vein area. I go over these areas with my hands first, to find the ticks, and treat the areas.
The gelding likes to have his butt scratched, and the mare likes to have her neck scratched. It is funny how they will move. All I have to do is stand in one place.
After the grooming, I always apply Tea Tree Oil or insect repellant of some kind. I concentrate on the problems areas where insects bother the horses most. I also place a concentrated amount of insect repellent on the end of their tails and let them do the insect repellent application.
Horses are very smart, and if you listen to them and watch them, you can learn what makes your horse happy.

By: Elizabeth

Elizabeth — Thu, 22 May 2014 19:29:29 +0000

My horse can read my mind. She can tell when I’m not prepared for a training session, in which case she is confused and can be a little stubborn. Or when I know exactly what I want from her, she’s a gem and carries out my request even before I ask. But the best part of all is that when I’m sad, she opens her heart to me and takes all my worries and cares.

By: Isabella Pechin

Isabella Pechin — Wed, 21 May 2014 12:10:38 +0000

My lesson horse doesn’t know a lot of tricks or have a lot of hidden talents. But his hidden talent is stealing my heart! From the first day I met and rode him, he’s practiced stealing my heart everyday 🙂 I love him and hope that I get to forever.