Recent content by Gerry-Boy

Brilliant, thank you very much, to both of you. Will probably give Chestnut Farm a try soon, this looks great. Arrow Valley looks very promising too!

Hi Can anyone recommend some good off-road hacking? We're near Leamington Spa, happy to travel up to 45 mins. Thank you.

Hi All I just wanted to thank you all for your useful comments, the critical comments and the nice words! This has really helped me to put things into perspective for me, at least a little. I'm still terrified to do the wrong thing but we have decided that the girl will be allowed to keep...

Hi, I'm not sure of anything to be honest. When I first met him at the dealer I got told he was an ex racer, got shown his passport which had the microchip number on and got told about his (alleged) past. When I then got him delivered to my house they "forgot" the passport. Silly me, now I know...

No, I've been completely honest with you guys, haven't missed out anything. The reason I'm calling him idiot, nutter and crazy is because he's too much horse for me to handle and when he got here last October, in pain from his old untreated injury, he lost the plot a few times and was actually...

Thank you. I think with him it all comes down to confidence! He's not a confident horse, he's anxious and puts a lot of trust in his rider. Something at the two outings must have triggered a bad memory from his past and I think that's why he's acting up now. We just need to find a way to bring...

Thank you! I think the Boy is the same, he has very strict ideas of how he wants to be handled. It's not about getting out of work, he loves work, but he does want to be treated with respect and not "beaten into submission". That's when he'll fight you. I will get him checked again by vet and...

Well, that's the thing, he showed no signs that he didn't enjoy it! To the contrary, he went on the trailer so willingly and had a great time at the first outing. We could all see how happy he was, really! When we came back we put him straight out into the field to his friends. The second time...

Thank you for your comment, the bit about separation anxiety makes sense, I hadn't seen it that way. Just saw that he was relaxed and happy at the club and to be honest it didn't occur to me that it might trigger his separation anxiety. Makes total sense though! Luckily he's never reared with...

Don't think it's his teeth, he's had them done a month ago, we've got a very good dentist and he didn't find any issues. I think it's as you say, he needs time and patience at the moment. Once he's reassured we can start working with him again - at the moment all we're working towards is...

Thank you so much for your kind words! The first thing we did when she started riding him was get her the BHS gold membership so that she's covered were anything to happen to her. I'm feeling so much better after having read all the helpful comments!

Thank you for your opinion, I know there'll be even more expenses for us, trust me, I've spent so much money on that horse already, just to get him sound again :| I'll have him checked by our physio again and possibly also the vet's just to be sure he's not in pain. We've agreed that we'll see...

Sorry, I wasn't being clear. She has been teaching my husband and myself on our other horses. The Boy was only once in a lesson with her. Already looking for another instructor as we speak!

Thank you! That gives me real hope!! We're based in Warwickshire - if anybody knows someone, whether that's an instructor or a behaviourist please let me know!

Thank you, unfortunately there's nobody on the IH webiste listed in our area, the nearest is almost 2 hours away and I'm doubtful they'd make the journey. We're trying to get a behaviourist to look at him.