Horseymumma
Well-Known Member
Hi all,
I posted a little while ago about my horse rearing when napping out on hacks - this is still occurring occasionally despite me sitting quietly until we move forward which I found was the best way, fighting with him in any way only makes it worse, even gently using a whip to tap his bum sends both back legs up in the air in protest!
He has now decided to start doing it occasionally when schooling and being asked to take up the contact. We aren't talking vertically here, more of a 45 degree angle but it's worrying me that he is going to become a proper "rearer" which for obvious reasons no one wants to own!
He is being professionally schooled with someone other than me but he has also done it to them.
So does anyone have any good advice on ways that I can nip this in the bud finally and can it be a nasty habit that's completely eradicated? or am I going to be stuck with a rearing horse from now on?
Tack, teeth, back checks are all good and have been carried out recently.
I posted a little while ago about my horse rearing when napping out on hacks - this is still occurring occasionally despite me sitting quietly until we move forward which I found was the best way, fighting with him in any way only makes it worse, even gently using a whip to tap his bum sends both back legs up in the air in protest!
He has now decided to start doing it occasionally when schooling and being asked to take up the contact. We aren't talking vertically here, more of a 45 degree angle but it's worrying me that he is going to become a proper "rearer" which for obvious reasons no one wants to own!
He is being professionally schooled with someone other than me but he has also done it to them.
So does anyone have any good advice on ways that I can nip this in the bud finally and can it be a nasty habit that's completely eradicated? or am I going to be stuck with a rearing horse from now on?
Tack, teeth, back checks are all good and have been carried out recently.