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You might think that I've always been a horse person. The opposite is true. I never had anything to do with them and I did not really have any interest for them. It was Arressia, my beloved wife, who first brought me into contact with bio-horses, years before the idea of pony-play sprung into our minds. It was amazing how much I learned from these huge, gentle beings - and still do. Soon I started to take riding lessons. But what really got me ticking was learning about the body language of horses and how they react and interact with their enviroment. And the horses were the best teachers I could ever find in the world. And that is what brought Abraxas to life. For me pony-play is about starting to speak a different language, to think in a different way. It is NOT about "being reduced" from human to animal.
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That is a beautiful dream - yet it can't be done. Handling a real horse is a serious business. Your full concentration must focus on your equine partner as he talks to you in little gestures, like the klick of an ear or the raising of a head. It'd be impossible for me to slip into the shoes of Abraxas and be the handler at the same time. So... a beautiful dream. But a dream, no less. Who knows, maybe there will be a drawing someday :)
On the matter of working with a real horse as a team, from your answer I would guess you haven't been riding very long. I have been riding for ages and I have found that I can do a lot with a horse without consciously thinking about what I am doing, it is muscle memory. I did parking lot duty off the back of a horse a couple of weekends back, it was amazing how much I had to trust the horse to not freak out (hells, we got a car to back up like it was a bull at one point) and how much we had to work together to get things done. From my experience, it is possible to work as a team with a horse but you have to get to a point where so much of what you do is muscle memory.
As for "It is NOT about "being reduced" from human to animal" lets just say that I know horses smarter and more sensible than the bulk of the humans I work with at work.
As for "It is NOT about "being reduced" from human to animal" lets just say that I know horses smarter and more sensible than the bulk of the humans I work with at work.
Look - as you might see on the photo in the upper right corner I enjoy working with horses when logging. This means I am used to communicate with the horse just by a few gestures and not with the reigns So yes... I love working with horses. But by "working as a team" I meant pulling side by side
Glad we clarified that. I should have been more specific to begin with
Glad we clarified that. I should have been more specific to begin with
That makes sense. I guess I have gotten used to thinking of "working as a team" as working with the horse where we are relying on each other (though there have been times where it has solely been me relying on the horse...particularly when she has a better sense of direction than I do).
On another note, I notice you seem to be working mostly with draft horses. They are my favorites to work with too ;and they have more common sense than most humans (common sense is also called horse sense oddly enough). I have to ask, what breeds are the three horses in your picture?
On another note, I notice you seem to be working mostly with draft horses. They are my favorites to work with too ;and they have more common sense than most humans (common sense is also called horse sense oddly enough). I have to ask, what breeds are the three horses in your picture?
Sadly I don't own a drafter myself (yet). But this will change hopefully soon.
Germany was once a land of proud draft breeders. There were quite a few local breeds and even though they were similar they all had their unique features. Sadly enough those days are long gone. With machines replacing the draft horses in the daily work drafters became an obsolete bloodline. In the end the breeders saw only one chance to keep the draft horses alive: Most local draft breeds were unified under the lable "Rhineland heavy draft horse".
Yew is a (I think) 17 year old Rhineland Draft mare. She is used for field work on a farm. She's also the teacher for those who book a course in logging, which I did. Yew is the leading mare in her herd. She knows her job and she will do it perfect. All you have to do is to read her and show her clearly what you want.
Rose is a 21 year old "Märkisches Kaltblut" - one of the old local breeds, so today she, too, counts as Rhineland. She is used as rental horse for a horse drawn caravan service (maybe you've seen my diary in this gallery). She is the leading mare of a herd of 12 draft horses. It's very hard to win her trust because she seems to be used to humans who don't know what they want. But if you manage to win her trust she is the sweetest thing ever and will have her ears and eyes fixed on you.
Alison is a 19 year old Hanoverian , a former jumper and my first riding teacher. It was my wife who showed me the trick how to win the mare's heart: She hated the saddle belt - unless you would massage her chest muscles gently first. Once I knew about this we got along much better and she taught me well.
I am member of a German working horse society. So I visit logging competitions and draft breed shows quite frequently. Here on FA I show only a few pictures of what I shoot. If you are interested in more, let me know.
Germany was once a land of proud draft breeders. There were quite a few local breeds and even though they were similar they all had their unique features. Sadly enough those days are long gone. With machines replacing the draft horses in the daily work drafters became an obsolete bloodline. In the end the breeders saw only one chance to keep the draft horses alive: Most local draft breeds were unified under the lable "Rhineland heavy draft horse".
Yew is a (I think) 17 year old Rhineland Draft mare. She is used for field work on a farm. She's also the teacher for those who book a course in logging, which I did. Yew is the leading mare in her herd. She knows her job and she will do it perfect. All you have to do is to read her and show her clearly what you want.
Rose is a 21 year old "Märkisches Kaltblut" - one of the old local breeds, so today she, too, counts as Rhineland. She is used as rental horse for a horse drawn caravan service (maybe you've seen my diary in this gallery). She is the leading mare of a herd of 12 draft horses. It's very hard to win her trust because she seems to be used to humans who don't know what they want. But if you manage to win her trust she is the sweetest thing ever and will have her ears and eyes fixed on you.
Alison is a 19 year old Hanoverian , a former jumper and my first riding teacher. It was my wife who showed me the trick how to win the mare's heart: She hated the saddle belt - unless you would massage her chest muscles gently first. Once I knew about this we got along much better and she taught me well.
I am member of a German working horse society. So I visit logging competitions and draft breed shows quite frequently. Here on FA I show only a few pictures of what I shoot. If you are interested in more, let me know.
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