Challenge accepted, horse..

[Cluelessblonde]

So today we went for a long hack walk only as he had never been there before so I didn't want to overwhelm him as he was very excitable. Had a few spooky moments but not bad. He had to have his hand held past spooky things by other horses but he was fine then.

Got back took him into the arena and he was good as gold. Went round the whole arena even to the scary corner in walk trot and canter. No issues at all and even did a little jump. He was very sweaty by the end but happy. I am happy too so much for my dangerous horse.

Sounds like he just needs work and desensitisation

 

[rachk89]

Sounds like he just needs work and desensitisation

Yeah that's all really. Think I over reacted a bit after being told by someone who is a professional that my horse is dangerous and needs sold or more work. But he doesn't do anything I would class as dangerous. He has done everything any other horse does on rare occasions but he doesn't bronc or bolt or anything like that everything is half hearted and easily stopped.

 

[Cluelessblonde]

Yeah that's all really. Think I over reacted a bit after being told by someone who is a professional that my horse is dangerous and needs sold or more work. But he doesn't do anything I would class as dangerous. He has done everything any other horse does on rare occasions but he doesn't bronc or bolt or anything like that everything is half hearted and easily stopped.

I've had the exact same experience and to be honest I said f it... my hubbie said let's just take the risk n try work him through it and he is really getting there still not in the saddle yet but he's comes on Leaps on the ground so I wouldnt give up I would just take a breath and work with what you get and finish on a good note don't forget to update us

 

[rachk89]

I've had the exact same experience and to be honest I said f it... my hubbie said let's just take the risk n try work him through it and he is really getting there still not in the saddle yet but he's comes on Leaps on the ground so I wouldnt give up I would just take a breath and work with what you get and finish on a good note don't forget to update us

Exactly just need to persist with it not give up. I know when i am over horsed and i aint with him plus he makes me laugh a lot even when he spooks at times. If i had bought the other mare i tried now i would agree i am over horsed but i think she would have put me into hospital hence why i didn't even trot her haha. We have bad days just like anyone else. Just having more of them lately but the good days outweigh them. Good luck with your horse

 

[Cowgirls]

So I know I complain about my horse a lot, and a lot of people on here I imagine think he is the wrong one for me and that I should give up.

Well tonight my instructor basically said the same thing, again. He got on because the horse was taking the P again and decided that the bottom end of the school was terrifying and he absolutely could not go near it. So the instructor hopped on and he still couldnt get through to the horse. No improvement was made to be honest and my instructor has deemed him dangerous.

Now I would fully agree with this, based on what I saw tonight he was an arrogant, dramatic, dominating git. He uses his fear against you and then tries to dominate you to win. Unfortunately when you put a dominant rider on him, all he does is fight the rider. He refuses point blank to give in and no amount of stubbornness from the rider seems to be changing him. He has tried throwing one professional off because he hated being made to do something and not being asked too politely by me.

BUT, he is a darling to ride in the field, AND just recently I have got him working lovely in the arena. I mean the entire time in the arena we cant go in a straight line, because if he is allowed to think, thats when the dramatics start. But when you switch that brain off from fight mode and you ask for sensible mode, you get it if you distract him. And in the field, he is lovely. I can ride round on a long rein, you can ask for speed and he doesnt take off, he doesnt do anything remotely stupid like other horses do in the field. He just gets so tense about the arena and refuses to listen to reason. I would trust everyone at the yard on him in the field, but I would only allow 3/4 to get on him in the arena, if they were willing. Thats the big difference in personalities you get.

So while one option is the easy one: sell him, I can hardly pass off this dominant dramatic fool off to someone can I? Plus I wouldnt get anywhere near what he is actually worth, because his movement is phenomenal, he looks fantastic and he has one hell of a character. It is just this one section of the arena he hates and has only hated it since the trailers got moved to that end.

Second option: Boot camp. Instructor rides him 3/4 days a week and rides him pretty much into the ground to get it through to the stubborn git that he cannot be dominant and he must listen, at all times. I will then start riding again when the instructor sees fit.

So I'm accepting the challenge and we're going to break the dominance. I KNOW he can be a great horse, this is the horse who last year helped me to gain confidence to just get onto horses. I loved riding him, he never once acted dominant towards me (other riders yes, but never me). Even this year he has been fine with me and he only started pulling the dominant crap on me when the trailers moved. Thats how much of a freak he is, the trailers get moved from one side of the arena to the other and he flipped out.

I am also going to get him tested for being a rig. I'm not sure how likely it is, but he does display a lot of stallion traits and this dominance one is getting worse so I am wondering if maybe his hormones are going bonkers for some reason. Maybe its the new horses that have been added to the field thats made the hormones go bonkers (all gelding field and I found him on the 2nd day the new horses were introduced grooming one of them, so he can hardly be that bothered). But you never know, he is a weird creature.

So yes challenge accepted horse. Lets see where this takes us now (hello casualty, havent been here in a while). Maybe I am stupid or beyond stubborn, but I've put a lot of money into this horse and I refuse point blank on giving up on him yet. I shall update you with progress, good or bad, as necessary.

My horse had the same attitute problem,what i did was everytime my horse disrespected me,ill give her 50 lashes with the bullwhip

She was punished on average 2-4 times daily but i NEVER punish her for my pleasure

This method was effective and after 2 months my horse fully submitted to me and i stopped whipping her

However it was just another few days before her rudeness came back

I did the same method and in addition,i gave her 100 lashes with the bullwhip weekly if she behaved well,if not,i add on 50 lashes each time she disrespected/rude to me

Up to now,she is whipped 100 times weekly but she submits to me