advice please. on pig of a pony from ground

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i have a 4 year old cob his manners were dreadfull when i 1st swapped him with our lil pony, he would drag u about yank his lead rope from you and just run off to where ever on the yard he wanted, if u opened the stables door he would shuv u out the way and run head collor and lead rope or not (but ridden wise was extremly prefect in everyway) with time i had him the perfect little pony to handle he didnt do a single thing wrong, then i had a old lady on the yard turn my boys out of a morning and he took the p out of her and started with his dragging as she is old(er) 60+ ish she couldnt stop him and let him get away with it, i didnt know till not long ago this had happened for at least 4 months, now hes started to be a pig again with me pulling away from me and my loan girl when tied up just yanks the lead rope from the string and the **** is gone and hes only 14.3 but hes big and bolshy but again the second u get on him and ride he is so perfect and an amazing ride for child or adult and dosnt put a foot wrong, can anyone give me some advice on what to do to stop him... his loan and the turn out lady ended up using a chiffney :mad: but i just see tht as being lazy and not wanting to disaplin and i dont like the idea of one of them in his mouth it looked awfull
 
We wrap a rope round my sister's horses nose to lead him around as he can be bolshy, that stops him. You can buy eskadron control headcollars which have a chain that runs next to the nose piece on the halter which the lead rope clips onto, he pulls = nose hurt.

Honestly, my sisters horse in an ordinary halter is a pig, with either of the above he's fine. He doesn't rear, or kick etc, just head down and runs off. And he's 19 :mad:
 
this a pic of him

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I would suggest spending some time on leading him and working from the ground, consider a control halter or dually halter that puts on pressure making it uncomfortable for him to pull away. Get a trainer to help if you are unsure what to do.

I wouldn''t hold it against the lady on your yard that she wasn't able to hold him - it is pretty much impossible to hold a horse in just an ordinary halter if they decide to pull away from you. If other people are going to handle him then you need to make sure that there is no risk to them, otherwise you may be asked to leave the yard.

if your horse is only 4 he is still growing, and may be having a teenager moment. I would suggest going back to his groundwork until his manners improve - plenty of practice leading, moving him sideways, backwards at a gentle touch, respecting your personal space. That may help both the leading & barging issues.
 
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I would suggest spending some time on leading him and working from the ground, consider a control halter or dually halter that puts on pressure making it uncomfortable for him to pull away. Get a trainer to help if you are unsure what to do.

I wouldn''t hold it against the lady on your yard that she wasn't able to hold him - it is pretty much impossible to hold a horse in just an ordinary halter if they decide to pull away from you. If other people are going to handle him then you need to make sure that there is no risk to them, otherwise you may be asked to leave the yard.

if your horse is only 4 he is still growing, and may be having a teenager moment. I would suggest going back to his groundwork until his manners improve - plenty of practice leading, moving him sideways, backwards at a gentle touch, respecting your personal space. That may help both the leading & barging issues.
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oh no i dont hold it against her its not her fault, when i do this with him pratcing walking backwards ect hes perfect and does it all well. its just on his off days alltho he is a horse u ask him to stop and he will budge u then be like oh sorry did u want me to stop lol
 
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