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Originally Posted by Goldfields
Gail, you mention a buggy whip, have you, or do you, drive harness horses?
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Not harness horses as in standardbreds. I harness broke a horse that used to be mine and I now board here. Drove him a few times but it's not something I ever did much of. The new owner sent him out for further training with Randy Bird but she's nervous of doing much by herself so he stands around eating and her cart, buggy, cutter and multiple harnesses sit around collecting dust.
The buggy I had came with a whip and my boarder has a few collected. I find the length of them to be handy when you want to carry one around just to keep a horse out of your space. Compared to a crop the horses take much more notice of it because of it's length but you don't have the dangling lash of a lunge whip.
As for me...I drive sled dogs
No whips
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Originally Posted by marko
I 100% appreciate your experience and logical approach here Gail_P
Whipping a horse after the fact to me sounds about as productive as rubbing a dog's nose in urine 3 hours after it took a whiz.
It will never learn a thing except not to trust....
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Thanks and you're right. Any corrections need to be immediate to have any effect. With dogs and horses.