Auslander
Well-Known Member
I am 3 weeks into a 12 week walking in straight lines programme (yawn) and have had to move Alf to a new yard. He has gone a bit doo-lally, and our 20 minute walk this morning was a little interesting, to say the least. We had piaffe/passage/cantering on the spot (with accompanying stalliony noises), a few airs above the ground, much waving of front feet and snaking of neck - and came back in a muck sweat. He doesn't go anywhere -it's all posturing, carried out in self imposed rollkur, and I secretly rather enjoy it, but as he is in rehab from pretty serious suspensory issues, I could do with keeping his feet on the ground. Usually, I would kick on and trot/canter until he settled down and shut up, but that isn't an option at this point. He HAS to walk, and he has to walk sensibly! He's on virtually no hard feed, and lives out 24/7 on adequate grazing at the moment, so can't cut his feed back, or increase his workload.
Only thing I can think of is to try a calmer for a few weeks until he shuts up - but I've not come across one that really works before. Any thoughts?
Only thing I can think of is to try a calmer for a few weeks until he shuts up - but I've not come across one that really works before. Any thoughts?