Recent content by sillyprune

I've only owned my horse for 8 months, but since hitting the spring grass he's turned into the devil. He bucks on every ride/hack out , refuses every jump and just generally behaves badly both on the ground and when ridden. I messaged his previous owner to ask if this was the 'norm' for him...

My TB was showing signs of very minor lameness just over 8 days ago and I felt his leg and hoof to see if there was swelling or warmth- there was warmth in his hoof so I called the farrier to come and check his foot for an abscess or something similar etc. He had a good prod around and couldn't...

Thank you! I have been tying him up just while I regain trust again as I'm nervous about altering his rug when he's just stood in the field now. I have been getting on better with him now that I've tied him up to do anything.

Thank you very much for taking the time to reply. I'm going to see if it is possibly because he had a sore spot as you say. That would make more sense because he never usually acts like that. I hate the thought of him just doing it for the sake of hurting me. I will give him a brush later and...

Thank you very much for your message. This is a different horse to my last post. I think il try stroking him on the spot that may be an issue in case he is in pain. It was very out of character for him but now I'm worried he could do it again and it won't be so lucky to have just been my leg...

Up until now I had been able to happily approach my horse in his feild and kiss him on the nose, change his rug without putting his head collar on and have him follow me around etc but last week I was just re-adjusting and pulling his rug up to his withers after I gave him a carrot and he swung...

Thank you SullivanB! I'm worried that it could be kissing spine, but he doesn't show any typical signs of being naughty under the saddle etc. just drops his back and hind legs when I brush his top line muscle.

My TB is dipping his back when I apply pressure along his top line muscle. It only seems to be either side of the spine on his top line muscle but his spine itself is fine when pressure is applied. Took him out for a ride and shows no signs of lameness or trying to move away from the block or...