Cantering problems

as sweet as hunni

as sweet as hunni

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Okay so we have had back checked-fine, saddle checked-fine, teeth arnt due till June, the vet said when she is in season she has a enlarged voluble on her ovary and gets a soft back(he told us this when she had marble fitted 2 weeks ago) but no she is out of season at she is still bucking/bunny hopping/speeding off in canter, how can I get her to stop? As i can't ride her out because she plays up to much...
 
Have you tried giving her a painkiller like danilon for a couple of days then seeing what she does? Sorry haven't had any similar problems so can't offer specific advice but I would be tempted to try this to decide whether the bucking is due to pain or behavioural issues...then at least you would know pretty soon how to respond?
 
Sacroiliac joint problems are often presented as problems with the canter (or not cantering at all in my experience!). Was only diagnosed after vets referral to have bone scans done. Initial thoughts from an experienced rider were that it could of been kissing spine (but it wasn't so no experience of that.)
 
I think that getting some pain killers for her may a good idea however it could also be a kind of phantom pain? When she was in season, cantering was obviously painful or uncomfortable for her and therefore now when you ask for canter she anticipates pain and over reacts I.e bucking. also if she is young or green? She may be slightly unbalanced and so finds it difficult causing her to play up. If you do decide that it's just a behavioural issue then there are methods you can try.

I had a 6 year welsh d cross that would do almighty bucks everytime I asked for canter without fail and would also tank round! Obviously we checked out other possible reasons but decided it was naughty, grumpy mare behaviour and she also had slight balance problems. Basically what we did is everytime we asked for canter and she bucked we made her stand instantly and then proceeded to ask for the canter again and we consistently did this is in any situation and after a while she stopped completely and we ended up with a very balanced horse with great transitions. However I would not rcommend doing this method unless the horse is very receptive to the seat as no horse wants to be yanked from canter to stand still in the mouth! So lots of transitions at slower paces, squeezing the thighs when asking for a downward transition, eventually all we had to do is a light squeeze and she would stop instantly. This may not work for your horse, but just throwing it out there!

Sorry for waffling on and good luck with your horsey!

Immy x
 
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