Recent content by AbbyT90

It's all very odd! I don't think he's listening out behind him and at the times he's done this there haven't been any other horses in the field, he did it in the school when we were doing join up and he was loose. Thinking he is in charge and "herding" me sounds like a good theory! He's only...

My new boy does this, he's not the first one I've had do it in my life but it's got me curious...does anyone know why they do it? And when I say follow you, I don't mean "being led in a headcollar", ears are always fine then! But in the field he likes to follow me about with no incentive...

He's having the dentist out on Monday thankfully! So will hopefully know a lot more after then, it's only a full day off so I don't have to worry about him not having work until I know more! Poor boy, I hope it's something that can be fixed on the spot.

Yes he had a physio out when we got him as he was lame when he started back into work - their advice was to work him through it as his back was fine and he did come sound after a couple of weeks. That's not to say nothing has gone wrong since! It has been suggested his poll could be out

Hi everyone, Before reading further, please do note I have already contacted 2 equine dentists and am waiting on whoever offers me an appointment first (difficult time of year!) So please don't worry that help for this pony is being delayed while I wait for forum replies. I have had this...

I've had a pony on full loan for 3 weeks now, we've had a lot of teething problems as he's trying it on quite a bit, seems to be playing the "who's in charge around here??" Game a lot. I've just been dealing with issues as they arise but as he gets more confident it seems he tries a lot more...

Everything I've seen so far would make me agree with separation anxiety. So I guess the question is will this ease as he settles in? He's had a couple of very good days and I debated stopping use of the bridle, but this evening there was a competition on the yard that I had to walk him past...

As he's laminitic and it's coming into autumn I took some advice and swapped him from in during night to out overnight and in over day. After standing in for 24 hours he didn't try once to take off despite being fresh. I did 10 mins of "back up and respect my space" work first. Not sure if that...

I did it!! This evening I went out armed with his bridle and a lunge line, he tried 3 times to turn and take off and each time the pressure from the lunge line and the bit pulled him up short. After the third time he looked very surprised and plodded along beside me like a dope. I know that by...

Fully agree with the field being different - if you take him on a lunge line or lead rope into the school he's absolutely fine, likes to be close but you can move him away/back him up/stop him just as you please...but oh boy the second those feet feel grass and he sees other horses... I...

Did yours used to do it going both in and out, or just one way? I turned up in full riot gear this morning, put a bridle on him, and he went out like a dope on a rope, didn't even jog like he usually does! That doesn't mean I'm any less wary for this evening though. I did consider using a...

Thanks everyone, I'm anxious to curb this quickly before he learns that bolting gets him where he wants to be so I'll try leading out with a bridle tomorrow - he hasn't bolted off to the field thus far but as I saw tonight extreme behaviours crop up out of nowhere! Unfortunately his owners...

As title - I have only had this pony on loan for 5 days and he's had a huge scene change (he's come from a private stables with one other horse where his stable was in his field to a big competition yard with a long walk to field and loads of horses and people). He's shown signs of no manners...

I'm Abby, I'm 25 and after 20 years of riding, working on yards and part loaning horses I'm finally in a position to full loan my own horse - who is a 14.2 Welsh mix who has very few manners! So apologies in advance for all the "help!" Posts :)