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Recommendation of Arabian by Jodi Wilson

Recommendation by: Jodi Wilson (10

) Posted December 07, 2009 12:38
California, United States

Owned a horse before:

Yes

If yes how long:

28 years

Ridden for:

28 years

Based on experience with: 9 horses of this breed

How have you learned horse care / training techniques?

Several sources

Kind of training techniques learned

Several sources

My horse

Horse's name:

That's My Major

Horse's gender:

Gelding

Time owned:

21-30 years

Age when acquired:

6 months

Purchased / acquired from:

Breeder (professional)

Certificate of registration:

ARHA

I recommend this horse:

for everyone, including first time owners / riders

Trained by:

Myself

Kind of training horse received:

Several sources

When horse(s) was trained:

As a foal

(0 = low; 5 = high)

Overall experience

Currently 100
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Temperament	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Trainability	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Friendly with people	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Handling	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	4
Health / soundness	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Low cost to own	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	2

Dressage	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	4
English pleasure / Show hack	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Hunter trials	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	4
Hunter Jumper competition	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Natural horsemanship	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Show jumping	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5
Trail riding / Pleasure riding	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	4
Western pleasure	Currently 100 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 110	5

Arabs

What I have learned about the Arabian breed is they are highly intelligent, highly sensitive, and very people oriented horses. They will not tolerated abuse or unfair training practices and most require you to have some sense of humor. When started correctly they will strive to please their owners, but if started incorrectly can be a training nightmare. They are known to 'pick' their owners and tend to thrive in a one owner/rider situation. They truly are a reflection of their owner/trainers abilities and personality. Older, well trained Arabians can make excellent school masters for beginning riders.

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Thanks - I suppose it is this high intelligence and sensitivity / alertness which makes people either love, or not care for, Arabians. My wife has had a number of Arabs and while they were excellent in events like North American Trail Ride Conference (NATRC), they were far too lively and spooky on trails where there was traffic, strange objects like trash cans etc..

Funny....for humans the term "hyper-vigilance" is often used to describe anxiety disorders. Hyper-vigilance refers to an unhealthy sensitivity to stimuli and a constant scanning of the environment for threats. Because they are prey animals, I suppose all horses have to have a degree of "hyper-vigilance", but I wonder if Arabs sometimes have too much of it?

By earthling (44

) Posted December 07, 2009 13:42

Updated December 07, 2009 13:44

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Yes, yes, I did forget to mention that they take a bit more time on that note, but I personally know of several, including my own that moved past that and became almost too quiet to the point of lagging. It has a lot to do with the amount of trust the horse developes in it's 'leader,' to allow it to give in on the "hyper-vigilance." Not just with Arabs, I have seen it in Mustangs as well.

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) December 07, 2009 15:02

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