Grrrr!

[harrihjc]

Flash and I had our first big argument since this time last year last night! Not sure whether it's spring grass, a change of shape and uncomfortable saddle due to spring grass and more work due to light warm evenings, or an amazing coincidence that the week he turned 5 and now the week he turned 6 result in the transition to demon horse! On sunday and monday he was an absolute star, then yesterday the fight started, which makes me think it's more a pushing the boundaries thing than a discomfort thing (we're doing the whole saddle and back check anyway tho, and he had his teeth done a few weeks ago)

He tried the 'lean on hands and tank round' trick, then the napping towards other horses game (only half hearted tho, he's too lazy), and then he decided to flatly refuse to move no matter what I did! We randomly come across this little 'game' of his, for example we will hack out, and every house will have bin bags outside, he will walk past a hundred of them then slam on the breaks and refuse to go past another, for no apparent reason

But now for the newest trick....edge towards the fence, and lean all his weight against it, squashing my leg! And refusing to move! Little sod! Does anyone elses horse have such a resourceful mind when it comes to being a pain?! Last year it was bucking, half rears and spinning round that he thought was fun

 

[KatB]

Yep, mine is also a complete goat on occasions. Is definitely a 6yr old thing

 

[Grumbledor]

Ha ha, naughty monkey - yep Norm can do these random things occasionally, though I thought it was more general Normyness than the age! He'll be 6 in July!

 

[harrihjc]

It's funny, as 2 other gelding at our yard are also just 6 and both have been complete sods too, varying between excessive laziness and real strops and naughtiness!