I thought I would start someting a bit different with vocabluary Sunday. I am going to talk about the structure of the horse itself. 
Here is a picture with all of the major body parts labeled. Now you will know what the DOR and I are talking about when I say I have a gogeous croup.This website: http://www.gaitedhorses.net/Conformation/BodyParts.htm will give you a good description about the different parts.
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Jack..would you tell me what a 'manners' program is for a young horse? I had posted on a previous post that my sister's 'baby' was getting big now and starting to throw her weight around and my sister sent her to manners school. Do you know what that might be?
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Sorry, I should have answered that earlier.
A "manners" program is basically where horses learn that they have to respect their DORs, well all humans. In young horses that is based on what is called "ground work". My DOR uses natural horsemanship and we play Parelli's seven games.
A horse who has ground manners respects their DOR and is therefore less likely to do things that might hurt them. A horse that doesn’t have ground manners, on the other hand, can be dangerous to be around, particularly in situations where the horse is likely to spook or panic.
There are several areas where a young horse should have good manners: Lead Quietly In Hand, Allow Every Body Part to Be Touched, Stand Quietly To Have Feet Handled, Be Caught, Stand Quietly, Trailer Load, Stand Tied, Not be Pushy When Being Fed, Keep Their Body and Mouth to Themselves.
It is important that horses learn manners as soon as possible. As they become older bad manners become dangerous because a horse is so much bigger than their DOR.
I hope that helps, if you have more questions let me know.
Thank you Jack. I guess that what my sister meant when she said that Julie was pushing her weight around. I will have to ask her what schooling method is used, but my sister is a vet and believe in positive reinforcement, not punishment. This will give me a better understanding of a very important past of my sister's life so I have to thank you for that.
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