mrsbloggett
Well-Known Member
Help! Can anyone offer advice on how to handle a rude, bad mannered pony who seems to have lost her respect for me.
Maisie suffered a bad bout of lami last autumn which resulted in three months box rest. She is now out in a dirt paddock during the day (on her own, but in sight of the other horses), but on the vets advice is brought in a night. At night she is on the yard alone as none of the other liveries want their horses in during the summer, but she doesn't seem too bothered about it.
Leading her out in the mornings and back to the yard at night is becoming a nightmare and potentially down right dangerous. She starts off being led ok but as we are nearing the end of the trip either way, she will start having a hissy fit bucking and lashing out with her back legs.
Leading in a headcollar is almost impossible and things a little improved in her bridle, though when she realises she can't get away from me the tantrums are worse. She's always had a feisty edge, though it would have taken alot to tip her over the edge before the lami.
I need to get this sorted and nipped in the bud before it gets worse as I know it won't just go away. She's not back in work yet as she had a dorsal resection of her front hooves - I have to wait until the hoof wall has grown down. This probably won't be until autumn by which time I'll have the pony from hell!
Advice gratefully recieved, but please, no recommendations to give her a good thrashing, I think I will come off worst!
Maisie suffered a bad bout of lami last autumn which resulted in three months box rest. She is now out in a dirt paddock during the day (on her own, but in sight of the other horses), but on the vets advice is brought in a night. At night she is on the yard alone as none of the other liveries want their horses in during the summer, but she doesn't seem too bothered about it.
Leading her out in the mornings and back to the yard at night is becoming a nightmare and potentially down right dangerous. She starts off being led ok but as we are nearing the end of the trip either way, she will start having a hissy fit bucking and lashing out with her back legs.
Leading in a headcollar is almost impossible and things a little improved in her bridle, though when she realises she can't get away from me the tantrums are worse. She's always had a feisty edge, though it would have taken alot to tip her over the edge before the lami.
I need to get this sorted and nipped in the bud before it gets worse as I know it won't just go away. She's not back in work yet as she had a dorsal resection of her front hooves - I have to wait until the hoof wall has grown down. This probably won't be until autumn by which time I'll have the pony from hell!
Advice gratefully recieved, but please, no recommendations to give her a good thrashing, I think I will come off worst!