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I do plan on asking her what she would like, but thought it would be prudent to get an idea of what I should be paying also. It's in East Anglia, her land doesn't get too wet, muddy and a little churned up, but in no way as much as my field does. £100 would perhaps be a happy medium maybe, as...

Hi, With winter fast approaching, I have hopefully secured a field to rent just for days turnout, no stable, on a friends yard with her horse. I will be walking him up to it daily, and he will be stabled at home at night. Through summer is is out 24/7 at home but he can't unfortunately go on...

Thank you for taking the time to post this. I have been working together with my boy for the last few days and I finally feel we are gaining that trust in each other and learning about the other one... because three times now we have been out, and he hasn't planted once. Went out with a friend...

No, I definitely don't want to be horrid to him, but I do need to harden myself up and stop being so fluffy and making excuses for his behaviour. I did lunge him the first few days I got him home and he was fine, foot perfect and did as I asked, but then started hacking him out and the planting...

Could try this with my friend when she walks out with me yes, will try anything! Would help me more doing this so in my head I think it is me getting him going! Ha ha, I like the idea, but if he is anything like my old boy and food, he wouldn't move off the spot if he knew there was food...

:D It's more like 'I've got a right soft touch here, I KNOW I can take the p!ss!! :rolleyes:

Thanks Paddy, for all your time and advice - Has really helped and I will definitely be taking it all on board. I am a little 'come on sweetheart let's see if we can get it right today' when I go to get him in and tack him, so I am really not helping myself am I! I will be more assertive whilst...

Ok, all taken on board and this is what I will do. I will just have to think to hell with what anybody who happens to be about thinks, even if it they find it amusing. I could do the same route in reverse yes, so will maybe try that, my thinking was just get him walking round one route, the same...

Ok will give this a go, I do know what you mean I think, just bend him round enough so he has to take a step, but then pull him the other way? Friend is walking out with me Thursday, so will try this when he does it then. Will lunge him this afternoon as I can't ride this evening, just to get...

I hope so, I was so happy we got along the road without stopping, and then again when he did but I got him going quickly, just annoyed that my other half had to led him on three times, as I would probably still be sitting there now if I was on my own!! I will try to think of the positives, but...

Thank you all for taking the time to reply, too many posts to reply individually, but I will be taking everything mentioned a try, which I started last night. Husband walked out with us, and I got on, admittedly with the attitude that we would have a problem which won't have helped. I am trying...

I know I am not the only one, but in the moment, it does make you feel like a laughing stock doesn't it. Thankfully I know and get on with most of the liveries round my way, but if they laugh, they laugh I can't worry about it can I. I have growled at him, but he just listened to it as much to...

I was just going by advice I can find on the internet/books etc, that if you kick and kick and whip and whip and get nowhere from doing it, that they will just ignore it more because they know that you are doing this and yet they are still standing still, so kind of made sense to me to think...

I don't want to do that, but if he just refuses to move no matter what I do, then surely this is my only option? I do agree with you in that respect though. I should have made myself perhaps clearer with the schooling comment, he has been schooled, and has been in the school etc, but his...

I will try whipping myself on the boot to see if the noise moves him onwards, I have tried cracking him with the whip but he still doesn't move forward, so not sure how effective this will be. One of his plants, I did crack it down hard on him after legs didn't work, and he did put in a minor...