have you ever lost the 'connection' with your horse?

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I've had one of mine for 5 years and as he was unbroken when i got him have spent a lot of time working with him, really clicked with him and enjoyed him. But these last few weeks i just don't feel the same connection and i don't know why:( i feel quite guilty about it as i can't put my finger on anything in particular he has done, he has knobber moments but 5 years in, i'm quite used to those:rolleyes:
I am quite frankly at a loss as i have never felt this way with a horse before, i don't know whether the time is right for us to part or whether i'm having a knobber moment myself and to just ignore it and see if it passes:confused:
 
NO, I've had occasional times like that with various horses over many years. For me, it has always worked out OK in the end. My gut advice would be 'stick with him/her'. However I do know one person who doesn't get on with her horse and takes it out on him the whole time, when he has done nothing wrong. In that scenario, you and your horses should part!
 
Not with my horse, but loans/shares.
Some I've still loved playing with but the riding just wasn't right others just didn't gel with eachother.

I stopped them and focused on mine and the handling of the youngsters. I have an amazing bond with my young girl and happy to play with the others when needed.
I'd never take it out on the horse, but if you aren't the best match, then there may be someone who will click better with them. Try and work through it but there comes a point when it's worth seeing if there is a better partnership out there :)

Pan
 
Me and the yellow pony are not getting on at the moment :( he is being a knobber on the ground although is being better than normal to ride :confused:. I have a hole in my knee from his knobberish behaviour yesterday I dont know if its something to do with his beating in the field but he is physicaly fine and the spring grass is here and that normally makes him a little knobberish but not this bad. I'm not going to give up with him as we have come to far but I'm hoping an outing next weekend will keep his mind busy as that makes a big diffrence with him and if not I'm going to reduce his grass massivly to see if that helps.
 
We had 3 nightmares in the past few days with the grass coming up. One horse moved to less grass and companion rather than herd. All fields settled down a lot after that. Still fresh but handlable again!

Pan
 
thanks guys:) perhaps it's a combination of my age and (getting older and grumpier lol) and the time of year (grass = knobberness):rolleyes:
I swear the sod knows i've been talking about him, he's just followed me round the paddock like a lost child while i poo picked:rolleyes:
 
Oh definately have these moments with my mare! She has weeks where she will be her usual kind and very loving self, and we will be solid as a rock, but then all of a sudden she will get distant and not really want to be bothered by me, and generally I will feel then that the bond between us has gone. Can't describe it, it's strange!

Spring grass is really setting her off - worse than she was last couple of years. She is getting really pushy with me the last few days.
 
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