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Mar 9 10 8:03 AM
When I ride my horse I get to forget I have a brain injury I was the daughter who wouldn't lift a finger in the house but cycled madly off in the pouring rain to spend all morning mucking out a stable.
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Mar 9 10 8:06 AM
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Mar 9 10 8:29 AM
JenniLynn wrote:Respect. He and I have been having a constant battle about respect. I'm about ready to throw up my hands and pay someone to do it for me.
Mar 9 10 8:33 AM
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Mar 9 10 8:42 AM
JenniLynn wrote:So, as I have said before, I am working for the first time ever on my own horse from the ground up. So far, it's a PITA, but Fugs McBudweiser has been picking up things rather quick and I have a trainer helping me out. Anyway, I've been working on him transitioning into a canter in the roundpen. Going one way, he's a saint. He doesn't love it, but will move out and lope for me until I slow him down. The other direction however.. well, I've dodged some angry back feet a couple times now. Trainer says to start diverting him when he starts to turn into the wall (the prelude to kicking, angry horse fun) and if he makes it around to just start wailing on his backend until he gets it turned back away from me. And from there to set it up and start over again. This is working, but I'm not loving it, and was wondering if anyone else had other ideas? I don't like this plan, but I like getting kicked even less!
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xxthephoenix89xx wrote:^that's why you use a nice long, lunge whip and give one correctly placed whack and move on. But I agree with you... putting another horse in is a great idea to try, assuming the round pen is big enough.
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Mar 9 10 11:53 AM
I agree no second horse. Also, LONG whip and a good smack right above the hocks. If he turns around get in front of him (not directly, but so you are positioned in front of him) and nail him with that whip in the chest. IF this is a respect issue it is a big one. This is part of the reason I like dealing with horses straight out of the pasture. This horse doesn't have a healthy respect for you. If I step in front of a baby and nail them one time, they will be sure to turn around next time I do.
You need things to be black and white, and I would KILL a horse who fired its back legs out at me like that. I think you need to let a professional handle him for a while
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Mar 9 10 12:50 PM
pdj47 wrote: xxthephoenix89xx wrote: ^that's why you use a nice long, lunge whip and give one correctly placed whack and move on. But I agree with you... putting another horse in is a great idea to try, assuming the round pen is big enough.Puttin another horse with it is the worst idea ever, if ya can't control one what makes ya think ya can control 2 of um....In a prefect world ya wouldn't have another horse within a mile when ya are training a colt.
xxthephoenix89xx wrote: ^that's why you use a nice long, lunge whip and give one correctly placed whack and move on. But I agree with you... putting another horse in is a great idea to try, assuming the round pen is big enough.
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Mar 9 10 1:09 PM
QuantumMark2 wrote: I wouldn't put a second horse in the pen with this one just yet. It's a lot to keep up with two horses in the pen if you are not experienced enough. It puzzles me why he is angry going on the other lead. I'd stop cantering him in the pen, and just go to walk and trot work. You can build a mental connection with him and get him willing to go forward. Then you can work on canter. It takes a lot to make a horse angry if you are using gentle, progressive techiques, but you can't let him get away with kicking at you. Which is why I'd stop that gait until he's more responsive to you. If a horse just kicks up his heels feeling good, that is okay. But if aggressively lashes out at you, back down in your training. Otherwise you have to discipline him, and it sounds like you don't have the experience to do this. And give him time to get used to you and your body language. My horses are rarely angry. You might do an emotional check on yourself to see if he is mirroring anger in you. Good luck.
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Mar 9 10 1:28 PM
QuantumMark2 wrote:I wouldn't put a second horse in the pen with this one just yet. It's a lot to keep up with two horses in the pen if you are not experienced enough. It puzzles me why he is angry going on the other lead. I'd stop cantering him in the pen, and just go to walk and trot work. You can build a mental connection with him and get him willing to go forward. Then you can work on canter. It takes a lot to make a horse angry if you are using gentle, progressive techiques, but you can't let him get away with kicking at you. Which is why I'd stop that gait until he's more responsive to you. If a horse just kicks up his heels feeling good, that is okay. But if aggressively lashes out at you, back down in your training. Otherwise you have to discipline him, and it sounds like you don't have the experience to do this. And give him time to get used to you and your body language. My horses are rarely angry. You might do an emotional check on yourself to see if he is mirroring anger in you. Good luck.
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