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A lovely Sheepskin rug (small size) to put under a saddle????

My goodness I bought this lovely rug for my pony to go under his new Western Saddle (which we're both enjoying very much :D) went to put it on his back and he had a MASSIVE mental breakdown! Eyes bulging, nervous poos, jumping around etc, so forgot about the sheep and lunged him for his normal hour long work out (minus saddle) and he was just having one long continuous breakdown just because the sheep was hanging on the school fence, he actually EXTENDED trotted past the sheep (was quite impressed), anyway hid the sheep in the hedge, he wasn't having any of that, so after the workout I put the riding to one side, got some food and put it in a bucket on the rug thinking oh yes Coblet likes food, so this will sort him out, nope, he wouldn't even come for food. I've honestly never seen him so terrified in my life, and we've had some dramas!!

Silly cob, anyone else's neurotic about stupid things?

PS Did get a video :P
 
VioletStripe said:
This :D

Does he have an aversion to anything else white? xx
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The sheep pelt is actually a dark greyish coloured one, all the white ones were really large rugs, but he's got a furry girth cover (albeit fake fur) and is well used to having various rugs, numnahs, saddlepads and stuff thrown over his back, I think he's just being a drama!

I think he just has an aversion to life to be honest lol
 
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My daughters horse loves playing with her sheepskin numnah if its left on the stable door or anywhere she can get to it but if it had 4 legs and said baa she would run in the opposite direction!!!
 
All of mine have a complete aversion to my wearing my hair wrapped up in a towel! I always wear hats of varying styles but when it comes to the turban style towel head I get prancing and snorting, flashy daisy cutting trotting across the field - and that's just from the shetlands! The TB's turn themselves inside out and use it as an excuse to have a good gallop and a good buckeroo show! I take the towel off and hang it over a stable door then the world is right again!

Bunch of weirdos lol
 
My horse as an aversion to pretty much anything:

Me in sunglasses
Me with a hood up
Leaves
Long grass
Water
Shiny fly rugs
His reflection

No wonder he's been nicknamed the 'special' pony.
 
Leaves on the ground, especially large or odd shaped ones, or peculiar colours (autumn is fun)
Trees
Fallen bits of trees, especially leaves
Tree stumps
Large stones
Drain covers
Writing on the road

Silly sausage!
 
i always wear a cap when around the yard and my last TB was very affectionate and was fine with me approaching her from all angles etc.
one day i went down the yard straight from an appointment so didn't have my cap on and she was really strange towards me, wouldn't come to me and when i did handle her she was snorting and on edge.
i didn't think anything of it until about a week later when the same thing happened (no cap). as it turned out she didn't recognise me without it and couldn't accept this person sounding like me and doing things like me but without the cap. strange mare! lol
 
My TB has a dislike of red Tarmac. Cue snorting, walking sideways etc. When I finally get her to walk over it, she does a lovely passage.

My filly once had a meltdown over her lead rope. Silly me dropped it, so she shot off sideways, then was trotting around spooking at the rope trailing on the ground next to her.

Daft mares :rolleyes:
 
horseless jorge! said:
I'd love to see the video!! :D

And when you say a rug to put under your saddle, do you mean saddle cloth?
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Literally a rug, you know sheepskins, that you put on your floor? A small size one of those, because although the Western saddle has the same seat size as my GP, it has a flat bit behind the seat which extends further down his back, so needed something a bit bigger to prevent rubbing (though the saddle is fluff lined anyway but I'm just finicky :P)
 
Mine is fine with most sheepskin things but I bought him a noseband...never even got as far as putting it near his face, he hated it, sounds pretty similar to what yours did and all I did was put it near his shoulder!
Definitely think it's plausible they're haunted! :p
 
After over an hour of Reiki and Monty Robert's-esque techniques we finally now have a happy Coblet who's quite happy for the rug to be thrown around him and put on his back. My riding instructor and Reiki guru said she has never come across such a drama queen! :D
 
Managed to work and ride in it today, though had a extreme trauma to begin with when it blew off :D He has now demonstrated he can tap dance :D But then I just worked him in it and after an hour of hyperventilation he finally chilled, then took him for a hack down the road where he proceeded to try and veer sideways in to a car, so I gave him a slap on the neck (for genuine naughtiness - normally he's fantastic in traffic 1000%) and after that he finally got a grip and was fine. Sometimes I really wonder about his sanity lol, he's such a melon!
 
Yup we do 20 mins of just walk and trot, then 20 mins of trot and canter (10 mins either rein just to add) then 10 minute cool off at the end :) well, 40 mins cool off if you include the half hour hack :P I don't often have the time to excercise every day, so find 4 or 5 times a week giving him a good session keeps him cool as a cucumber :)

Better add I don't lunge every time of those 4-5 sessions, I;d say I lunge about 3 times, then hack afterwards, then the after 2 I do hacks, also have a lesson once a week. I'm a bit of a lazy rider really, as is the Coblet, specially when it comes to lessons, he puts on his angel innocent face for my instructor :P
 
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