Bad instructor???

[star_tb]

I have an instructor who is known to be very very good with *problem horses* my boy isnt a problem, but at 5 and a TB can be sharp at times. So took friend and said instructor to xc schooling, horse refused to jump, rearing up being sharp, instructor got on- razzed around the huge field with a battle and jumped everything, i got on he did jump. However when i got him back i noticed HUGE welts all over his side where he must have been whipped he was really sore over the area too. This made me mad and upset. My friend said well instructor was dealing with the problem and he was playing up so thats why he was whipped.
I was always taught to use a whip as a back up aid for legs - not something to punish a horse with.
In the past this instructor has gotton on my boy in the school as i was finding it hard to get him to bend, apart from that he went nicely in a lovely outline and hes the type of horse who likes to please. Well this is the first time i saw someone else ride him other than me. Oh dear - he reared, bucked did everything to get instructor off, basically he resisted everything and after 25 mins instructor got off, i got on and he imeidietly softened up and relaxed.
Said instructor is no more am afraid, too harsh for my liking and my boy hates instructor to.

 

[Meowy Catkin]

I hope you find a new instructor soon.

I once had a lesson with a new instructor and it was so awful that I never had a lesson with them again. Even now I'm cross with myself that I didn't stop the lesson after 5 mins and go without paying.

I then found a great instructor, but I've moved house and I need to find a new one that's just as good.

 

[Kokopelli]

I think there are unsuitable instructors and I don't think this person suits you and definatly not your horse! I would reccomend finding a new one, and I know this sounds a but harsh to your current one bu a good instructor should be a able to teach you how to do it not get on and ride it.

Where are you based as someone here could recommend you a good one in your area?

 

[Seahorse]

I had a lesson with someone once that chased me round the school with a lunge whip when I was on a 3 yr old!
I should have known then what she was like, she made me ride my horse in draw reins and when I went on holiday and she rode my horse for me when I came back his mouth was ripped to shreds she said as soon as she got on him he reared!

I got on him for the first time after that and he was so good, bless him I think he was scared I'd sold him to her or something!

Anyway after that I found a brilliant instructor that has got me and my horse working really nicely

 

[livetoride]

It depends on how you had briefed the instructor before the schooling session. Over the years I've sent several problem horses to specialist trainers and we would normally discuss first what the training programme might entail and on a few occasions I've agreed that an aggressive ride or two and are required in which case I would expect the stick to be used liberally. If as you say your instructor has a good reputation with problem horses I would try to understand and learn from their methods rather than dismiss them out of hand. It may seem harsh, but a well-timed hiding from an experienced rider has helped sort out many a problem horse.