Neptune
Well-Known Member
So how do you all go about hacking your spooky horses?
I find with mine when ridden I need to keep his attention on me all the time, otherwise he finds his own entertainment.
In the school this is fine. Lots of circles / loops any type of bending and flexing seems to keep him listening and not gawping
at the ghosts and horse eating sparrows round the edge of the school.
But when hacking a lot of the tracks are straight and narrow, so no room to be circling and bending. He has all the time in the
world to find other things to take his attention.
What can I do to help him settle and concentrate on me? He can be the same in company as well, sometimes he is happy for the
company other times he marches on in front away from them anyway. He does like it when someone comes on foot with us though,
he will follow them quite happily. But can't expected someone to walk miles with us while we go out hacking!
He does hack by himself. I just want to make it less spooky and more enjoyable for the both of us.
Ideas? Thanks
I find with mine when ridden I need to keep his attention on me all the time, otherwise he finds his own entertainment.
In the school this is fine. Lots of circles / loops any type of bending and flexing seems to keep him listening and not gawping
at the ghosts and horse eating sparrows round the edge of the school.
But when hacking a lot of the tracks are straight and narrow, so no room to be circling and bending. He has all the time in the
world to find other things to take his attention.
What can I do to help him settle and concentrate on me? He can be the same in company as well, sometimes he is happy for the
company other times he marches on in front away from them anyway. He does like it when someone comes on foot with us though,
he will follow them quite happily. But can't expected someone to walk miles with us while we go out hacking!
He does hack by himself. I just want to make it less spooky and more enjoyable for the both of us.
Ideas? Thanks