4yr old schooling dilema! LONG!!.....

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So here's my problem this week - Been schooling & hacking & jumping Cruz since I brought her back into work from the week off she had after her PAVO class. She has been a diamond and going really well.

Anyway she had become very friendly with a certain VERY marish horse in her field, never a problem out of the field but in the field she paired up with her a bit. This certain horse was on 24hrs turnout with NO work. It has now been taken out of that field and turned out in a field next to the jump school and it does nothing but call and run up and down. Now Cruz has not been nappy but she started off calling and calling when being ridden I always shout at her and say "NO" when she does and she musnt under saddle.

Anyway took her in jump school on Tuesday and said horse was going mad up and down up and down at full pelt no obviously Cruz being 4 and this being her buddy left up off all fours about 10 times almost getting me off - I then took her out of there walked round block and lunnged her in there shouting stearnly at her if she bucked, bolted or called!!

Managed to ride her last night in smaller school and lunged her this morning, but when said horse is galloping about it is making her unrideable!! What do I do!! Said horse gets no excersise at all never comes in and gallops up behind people when they turn their horses out, I know of about 15 people who are irritated by it!!

I know she is fine when said horse is still but when it gallops off she thinks she has to go with her! Any advice? Or is it just something she will grow out of? I will obviously just keep perserveing with the riding in there but it is a nightmare!!
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Can you not ask for the certain horse to be moved ??

you have to keep taking her int here and going over that she is being naughty and you wont accept that behaviour !! bless though i know of other 4 yo that would of done a lot worse

good luck !!
 
Speak to the owner of the horse, and yard and tell them you are having problems - not on IMO.

If any horses are galloping around when im trying to school i tell YO and she gets them in. You cant school a youngster (or any horse come to that) with something galloping around in the field next door.
 
can't you bring that horse in just while you are riding your girl? it's a lot to ask a 4yr old to ignore their buddy being a prat right next door. i do think she'll grow out of it, but equally it's a battle you can both do without, so i guess i'd try to avoid it, personally.
 
Im so glad you have all said that!! Because im thinking "is she being real naughty" or something like that but it is just normal behaviour I will just try and avoid it by schooling in small school and lunging till 24hr turnout has finished which should be a few weeks.

Thing is I have a jump lesson on Sat, am I being rude asking if I can bring said horse in whilst I have a lesson?
 
You are not being unreasonable at all, I would do what all above say, either ask to get it moved or bring it in when you school, you dont want it turning into a bad habit if she has you off when she is excited. Its best to nip it in the bud now.
 
I'm afraid I disagree with the few replies I've read - I'd be ignoring said galloping horse and expecting her to knuckle down and work. Doesn't have to be in outline (she is only 4 after all), but she does have to be concentrating, so lots of transitions, circles etc.

I say this because I presume you have bought her to event, yes? In which case what the hell will you do the day you get to a comp and the dressage arenas and warm up are right next to the XC, and, you've guessed it, horses are galloping past?!!!

Work through it now and think how smug you will be when you get to next season's events, everything else is lit up because they have to do dressage by the XC and your pony does not turn a hair!
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I think you def have a legitimate case to ask that horse to be moved, if necessary off the yard if its owners are difficult - after all you are paying for three horses to be on that yard, plus have invested in it doing things like the LG clinic. I would be very anxious to have that distraction removed as one of my 14.2s got that habit as a 4yo and NEVER grew out of it - she would yell her way round entire dressage tests as an 8 yo if she'd gone to the competition with one of her friends.
 
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I'm afraid I disagree with the few replies I've read - I'd be ignoring said galloping horse and expecting her to knuckle down and work. Doesn't have to be in outline (she is only 4 after all), but she does have to be concentrating, so lots of transitions, circles etc.

I say this because I presume you have bought her to event, yes? In which case what the hell will you do the day you get to a comp and the dressage arenas and warm up are right next to the XC, and, you've guessed it, horses are galloping past?!!!

Work through it now and think how smug you will be when you get to next season's events, everything else is lit up because they have to do dressage by the XC and your pony does not turn a hair!
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I agree and as a rule she is fine - it is because it is her friend and it NEVER gets worked so has bags of energy and just gallops up and down calling! And they are completely adjacent - you can see in my pic at the end of my siggie. She has worked her whole time there with horses in that field but this one just sends her wild!
 
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I think you def have a legitimate case to ask that horse to be moved, if necessary off the yard if its owners are difficult - after all you are paying for three horses to be on that yard, plus have invested in it doing things like the LG clinic. I would be very anxious to have that distraction removed as one of my 14.2s got that habit as a 4yo and NEVER grew out of it - she would yell her way round entire dressage tests as an 8 yo if she'd gone to the competition with one of her friends.

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You know what Cruz is like pretty unflappable!! But this has made her truly awful! And I feel like im fighting with her every night/morning which I dont want to be doing really. Have spoken to owner and it is ok for horse to come in whilst im having my lesson Sat so at least I can have a lesson on her sat with her concentrating!!
 
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