*arns, *itches, *ullsh*t, Rant #3

NOT!!




The more I thought about it, the madder I got. It's one of my more dubious character disorders. Let me quote what made me so mad.
My question, to Mugwump, regarding videos of reining and cutting "masters" that she had kindly posted. "mugs, is the palomino dead-tailed, as someone said?
Or is he what I've seen in some old-tyme qh's, a real quiet type?
I still liked him better. He is a racin' car. The chestnut looked more TB to me. Not that there's anything WRONG with that:)
If the low-head carriage is what places first in reining, why is Laura bashing on it?
Is there a divide in the western idea of "ideal"?
LOL!!
My word ID is EQUITER.
how ironic:)"
(Laura had said she didn't like the low head set of reiners.)
Laura's oh so snooty response "I think that if you are talking about something of which you have very little knowledge, its best to frame your comments/questions respectfully. Perhaps your more appropriate response would have been "Laura (or Mugs if you want to ask her), why does the horse with the naturally high headset have some advantages as a head horse, when the reiners want the horse's head so low?"

So, if I ask a question, I need to preface it with "Kow-towing, genuflecting, on my knees slobbering respectfully. I know sweet f-k all about the western world"?? GAWD! I deleted everything I said in that post, in a completely red-headed huff of indignant pique. Laura's asking the question she wants to answer, NOT THE QUESTION I ASKED. And, she seemed to skip over the fact that I ASKED mugs!!!
Y'know, I don't think I WANT to know anymore. It's obvious that if you do ask a question, you are stupid. If you don't ask a question, you don't learn anything. How do I start from here? I'm staying the heck away from that kind of attitude. Honestly! I've been watching WP & HUS classes, for some time now, thinking WHY? Why is the head so low? Quick answer, I guess, is "WHO KNOWS?" Laura doesn't, and mugs wants to stay politically correct, I guess. I've thought to myself, "Are they breeding for that low head?" Turns out, yes,they are. BUT WHY? Makes zero sense to me. Does that make me stupid, or what??
That I'm not riding right now, for sure, gets the old noses stickin' up, too. OH, you DON'T own a HORSE?? Sniff. I still have to say, the Western Folk are even scarier than I thought. And, they pack weapons. It's the good ol' boy mentality, I guess. I've watched Stacy Westfall, and thought, yes, that makes great sense. Then mugs, whose opinion I respect, posts a super-low-headed reining champion that she thinks is the best in the business. Why wouldn't ya ask? Oh, right, you're supposed to KNOW, already. The exact same thing happens in English, don't get me wrong. If you have to ask, you are dumb. If you don't ask, you NEVER learn. No wonder the horse industry is all screwed up. You are assumed to know everything, and if you don't, boy, are you DUMB.
kestrel, I couldn't agree with you more. Teaching for the long run, and teaching for the horse's comfort and well-being, isn't happening at the school barns. Not enough money to be made, teaching horsemanship. My biggest competitor, when I was teaching, was a lesson factory, where the kids riding six months taught the beginners how to jump. I "captured" a few of their students, the ones that wanted to learn, and knew they weren't getting it there, but not that many. Hard to compete with a barn that'll turn ya into a professional with one year's experience.
My next post, (if I survive), will be on my idea of the perfect school barn. I will hope that out there somewhere, one actually exists, for the horses.
I gotta quit posting for awhile, kind friends. I'm afraid the CIA/AQHA/NRHA/NRCHA is going to drop an ICBM on my lonely, isolated house, to shut this mentalpausal ranting red-head with the stupid questions UP! I am on wireless at home, they're probably zeroing in on my signal right (KABOOM)