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<blockquote data-quote="Jefpainthorse" data-source="post: 1367066" data-attributes="member: 11766"><p>Actually, you should not walk around the rear... but it happens all the time.</p><p></p><p>Keeping a hand on a horse when you are close cues YOUR brain so you can do some pre-emptive getting out of the way... if the horse buggers, spooks or kicks.</p><p></p><p>Equines have great perhiperal vision... but see very little straight ahead or directly behind. IN front or behind is the best place to get kicked or run over if an Equine startles or defends itself.</p><p></p><p>The safest place to stand near a horse is next to his shoulder. Typically they will bend around you if they move. It hard for a horse to kick you there too.</p><p></p><p>I'd look into taking a few formal lessons if I wanted to learn to ride as an adult.</p><p></p><p>I am a western rider... and cannot remember not being of a horse ... but learning how to ride on a English saddle ... on a push- button "schooling" horse will give you some great transferable skills if you want to get your own horses and move into performance horses later.</p><p></p><p>Your first lesson about horses... They are NOT Dogs. Horses are fairly self centered... and they are PREY animals. WE are predators... and horses will defend there selfs from any thing they find predatory in it's behavior. Socalizing a horse is a whole different dynamic than getting a hungry wolf to share a fire and a pile of dead flesh.</p><p></p><p>Invest in a couple of books... John Lyons is a good place to start.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jefpainthorse, post: 1367066, member: 11766"] Actually, you should not walk around the rear... but it happens all the time. Keeping a hand on a horse when you are close cues YOUR brain so you can do some pre-emptive getting out of the way... if the horse buggers, spooks or kicks. Equines have great perhiperal vision... but see very little straight ahead or directly behind. IN front or behind is the best place to get kicked or run over if an Equine startles or defends itself. The safest place to stand near a horse is next to his shoulder. Typically they will bend around you if they move. It hard for a horse to kick you there too. I'd look into taking a few formal lessons if I wanted to learn to ride as an adult. I am a western rider... and cannot remember not being of a horse ... but learning how to ride on a English saddle ... on a push- button "schooling" horse will give you some great transferable skills if you want to get your own horses and move into performance horses later. Your first lesson about horses... They are NOT Dogs. Horses are fairly self centered... and they are PREY animals. WE are predators... and horses will defend there selfs from any thing they find predatory in it's behavior. Socalizing a horse is a whole different dynamic than getting a hungry wolf to share a fire and a pile of dead flesh. Invest in a couple of books... John Lyons is a good place to start. [/QUOTE]
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