disunited canter on lunge

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My 8 year old is disunited on the lunge - on both reins.

He occassionally disunites when ridden.

I have the back lady today and the saddler tomorrow.

I have made my lunge circles large and small with no effect - slowed him down and sent him forward - still disunited.

Any ideas?
 
No ideas but watching this post

As we have a loan pony-only lead rein- as told 'it bucks when it goes into to canter', he is 10 and from what they have said not investigated further than a back checks but as we're only walking and trot atm its not a problem.

I've been lunging him to help with the spring grass :roll eyes: and he manages 2 or 3 strides correctly then changes the front end only :confused:.

Have you tried popping a small fence as this does correct the pony for a while.....

Hope you get sorted
 
My mare did this when I first bought her , her pelvis was 'out' and now it's been put right and with lots of schooling she gets it right most times. The only time she does it is when i ask her to canter on the straight instead of a corner. I think it's more habit now because her old owner let her do it for so long!
 
My horse did it because he had had a sore back and couldn't balance himself in canter on a circle. He also put his head down in the transition to canter.

I did circle work in trot, and continued to lunge and a lot hacking (especially uphills) which built up his muscles. I cantered out on the flat and then introduced it when schooling but only for short times as his muscles developed. He is fine now - not dressage material but neither am I!
 
Thanks for the replies.
I canter him when out and he is fine - it just seems to be circles - particularly on the lunge.
Will see what back lady says.
Got saddler tomorrow too
 
I don't know if any of you watched that jumper mare Rackel Chavannaise at Olympia but she just goes like that.

I have a jumper mare that's getting better but when the back guy came to do her he told me she has hyperflexion of her back. A much wider range of motion yet it takes her muscles and ligaments longer to build up. And while no you shouldn't let them get away with it, constant drilling will only make them sore and annoyed. Was advised not to use draw reins or indeed over do small circles. Lots of build up and things like hill work. Lots of transitions but yet not overdoing it. I had to fire her trainer over this last year as he just lost patience with her and turned her into a nervous wreck when canter was asked for. Cantering out in the field on a straight line is what helped her the most. When I brought her back into work I did a little lunge work and found her much stronger and able to hold her leads.

For her when we canter we keep it happy and simple. When I feel her starting to get off balance and a bit nervous, downward transition, work on some other things and back to canter. She eventually builds up time and balance. It wouldn't be such a big deal if she wouldn't beat herself up so much, but damage was done and I wished I'd picked up on it earlier.

Terri
 
Should also say mare has been x-rayed all over and no problems. She's had 2 vet work ups and not even a little sore. Just big long gangly girl who needs to come into herself. And lastly, canter builds canter. Trot is good but not going to make the canter. My girl has a big huge gorgeous expressive trot. She can do that all day. Once a get the canter to that we're flying!

Terri
 
UPDATE
Well the back lady has been - his pelvis was out. She has alignied it again and is coming out again next week to check him.
Hopefully its sorted now.
 
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