Horse showing me up - carted off in hand

[Tiddlypom]

I am a stickler for good in hand manners, I can’t be doing with ignorant horses on the ground, she says, confidently...

Today I had a routine visit from the chiro vet to see my 3 neds, who are all variously a bit wonky.

All is going well, but the rain is gradually getting heavier, and by the time for her to see the third horse it is properly lashing it down. The neds have to be nekked for this for obvious reasons, so no wearing of cosy walker rugs.

We managed the walk up and down in a straight line in the rain with a reasonable amount of decorum. The trot out was also steady, but on the trot back we carried straight on past the chiro vet when we should have stopped, and I was carted right back into the stable .

Fell into fit of giggles. Horse and me extract ourselves from the stable, and we then carry on out into the arena, where, bless her, she was very well behaved in all 3 paces and over poles. She was probably still feeling rather smug about having got one over on me .

Horses, the great levellers.

 

[SEL]

Glad its not just me. The vet asked if I could get M my Ardennes out of the stable so she could examine him more closely. I know his views on vets so should have been a bit more alert. He p'd off at walk back towards his field, probably wondering what the annoying pull on his headcollar was (me - skating along behind!!). Fortunately the gate was shut so I was able to breath, get the rope around his nose and return to the vet. Who was giggling behind her mask

 

[Fleece Navidad]

Glad its not just me. The vet asked if I could get M my Ardennes out of the stable so she could examine him more closely. I know his views on vets so should have been a bit more alert. He p'd off at walk back towards his field, probably wondering what the annoying pull on his headcollar was (me - skating along behind!!). Fortunately the gate was shut so I was able to breath, get the rope around his nose and return to the vet. Who was giggling behind her mask

Mine (sweet, innocent, little Connemara) did similar to a friend, asked her to hold him for a minute while I grabbed something from a tackroom. He had been standing, almost asleep, so she took him and continued her conversation with someone else. I came back to the two of them walking back, and her looking a bit shocked as she said "he's bloody strong, isn't he?" ??

 

[Auslander]

I'm the same re ground manners - but never managed to install them in Spike the Spensive Spare. He was very well mannered in hand MOST of the time, but periodically, for no apparent reason, he used to take off at high speed, and no-one could hold the git. He gave zero warning - just suddenly legged it, and then freestyled it with his tail in the air until he felt he'd celebrated enough - then he came back and took up where we'd left off. Infuriating, but funny!

 

[Xmasha]

Can’t blame her to be honest. It’s horrible today . Turned ours out and within an hour they are all huddled together looking very sorry for themselves. Given the chance they’d be running back in as well .

 

[Goldenstar]

One of Fatties favourite things is a trot up he’s so naughty .
He loves it when he gets his groom who looked after him here for years , at the vets it’s an unrivalled opportunity to show up a friend .

 

[AShetlandBitMeOnce]

Glad it isn't just me.. Due to having a busy week last week with exams, interviews and a huge project deadline I didn't get to the yard for a week and gave Jacob a short holiday.. well his manners have slipped, big time! I opened the door and he barged past, then I followed him down the turnout strip (not even to the fields he is turned out in) in the pitch black for about half a mile, until he had to stop at the end.

He then thought he could drag me all the way back up when he knows that when being led he must be either behind or have his head in line with my body. So a few end of leadrope bops on his chest to remind him, followed by some rears in protest from him, he was lead back up by me in disgrace.

 

[Annagain]

I take the boys down to my vet to save call out as he's only 1/2 a mile away. I took Arch down in the trailer as he was lame. I got him off the trailer and tied him up. The vet's place also has an arena they hire out and a gang of people I knew slightly were leaving at this point so the gate was open. Archie decided he wasn't staying there on his own, pulled back, broke the string on the trailer and legged it home with my acquaintances in hot pursuit up the road. The vet, who was watching all this just said "he looks pretty sound to me!" I leapt back into the car, finally caught up with him outside his stable, threw him back into the trailer and got back to the vet, both of us with a very sheepish expression on our faces. He doesn't get off the trailer there now unless he has a bridle and lunge line on and the vet is ready to see him that very second!

 

[Pearlsacarolsinger]

That reminds me of the day the late, much lamented Draft horse (wide as she was tall - 16hh), decided that asking her to go out into the field for the day in the rain was just rude. She turned with me as I opened the gate and walked her round it, looking as if butter wouldn't melt. As I took off the halter she gave me a swift 'nudge' out of the way with her enormous a*rse, and spun on 1 toe(!) so that she got herself back to the other side of the gate and ran into the first open stable, which wasn't her own. I was laughing so much it took me a while to catch up with her. She was looking very smug when I arrived at the stable door but a bit less so when I put her back in the field.

I should make clear that the rain was nowhere near as bad on that day as it has been today, more of a steady drizzle. I wasn't being as cruel as she said I was.

 

[ester]

On Frank's first work up at the vets half way through he spied a tractor about 3 fields away and at that point decided he could only go through people- he isn't scared of tractors, he will follow a hedge cutter and wonder why we can't squeeze past it. Thankfully I think we'd got far enough that we could just sedate him for xrays at that point. My vet who I had known since a teen said 'is he always like that?' 'hell no I'd never take him anywhere if he was'.

He's good at showing others up too though, not just me.
inc an advanced event rider
and my very experienced YO who lunged him for me while I was away and promptly got dragged off in the direction of grass before they even got to the arena (he has never and is still never been allowed to do this, but sometimes you just have to try your luck).

 

[welshpony216]

My horse loves trotting up for the vet, as long as its also a canter up, and a rear up, and a go sideways up, and a spook up, and go bananas up.

 

[ycbm]

They pick their moments don't they?

I drove for over an hour today, really excited to show my trainer what Deza has been doing, and she went completely deaf. I just about had go, stop was either her choice or a pull on the reins and left and right bend from my leg had disappeared out of the window! It was like riding a different horse. What a flipping waste of time and money! ?

 

[scats]

I am a stickler for good in hand manners, I can’t be doing with ignorant horses on the ground, she says, confidently...

Today I had a routine visit from the chiro vet to see my 3 neds, who are all variously a bit wonky.

All is going well, but the rain is gradually getting heavier, and by the time for her to see the third horse it is properly lashing it down. The neds have to be nekked for this for obvious reasons, so no wearing of cosy walker rugs.

We managed the walk up and down in a straight line in the rain with a reasonable amount of decorum. The trot out was also steady, but on the trot back we carried straight on past the chiro vet when we should have stopped, and I was carted right back into the stable .

Fell into fit of giggles. Horse and me extract ourselves from the stable, and we then carry on out into the arena, where, bless her, she was very well behaved in all 3 paces and over poles. She was probably still feeling rather smug about having got one over on me .

Horses, the great levellers.

Same vet chiro witnessed Millie escape from her stable and come flying out the barn to join us on the yard (she came through the barge bar). She also witnessed Polly get away from me on the lunge about a year ago and go careering around the school with line flailing. I swear horses know when to be idiots!

 

[Tiddlypom]

Same vet chiro witnessed Millie escape from her stable and come flying out the barn to join us on the yard (she came through the barge bar). She also witnessed Polly get away from me on the lunge about a year ago and go careering around the school with line flailing. I swear horses know when to be idiots!

Haha, you too .

It was my smallest, most lightly built mare, too, but she had me properly wrong footed.

 

[DabDab]

Oh dear, given the rain today I think I might have been tempted to try something similar if I were a horse.

On the subject of great levellers...
Went to get horses in yesterday, OH took Dabs out first, and then I took Arty and latched but didn't tie up the gate. As I was walking away I heard Pebbles loose herself out (a recently acquired skill), but you can't lead another horse with Arty unless you want to end up in between a kicking match, so i just left Pebbles to eat grass outside the gate. As i got back to the stables I said to OH "good luck catching her, she's got out of the field". A few minutes later he came in with her, a lead rope round her neck. As he passed me he smiled smugly round at me and said "you were saying...", just as she took the opportunity break free from him and dive into the feed room to tuck into the ready made feeds ?‍.

 

[Pippity]

While the vet was doing a routine visit, I asked her to just check on Blue's arthritis. Popped her on the lunge, sent her out - and Blue promptly exploded into an audition for the Spanish Riding School. I've never seen a fat little cob attempt levade and capriole, and it certainly isn't anything she's ever contemplated under saddle! This was followed up with a gallop around, with me desperately clinging on to the lunge line and trying to slow her down.

Vet's opinion: "She certainly thinks she's sound."

I've worked on her lunge manners since then but, if she hasn't been lunged for a while, she still has a habit of getting bouncy. And obviously, with arthritis, she doesn't get lunged very often.

 

[Shysmum]

Shy once pooped on the farriers head ?

 

[SEL]

Oh yes the "lame" fire breathing dragon on the lunge routine ?

 

[Cob Life]

I'm the same re ground manners - but never managed to install them in Spike the Spensive Spare. He was very well mannered in hand MOST of the time, but periodically, for no apparent reason, he used to take off at high speed, and no-one could hold the git. He gave zero warning - just suddenly legged it, and then freestyled it with his tail in the air until he felt he'd celebrated enough - then he came back and took up where we'd left off. Infuriating, but funny!

This is blue to a T! Occasionally he just has days where no matter how strong you are you can not hold him. Sometimes I can stop it with an elbow in his shoulder but I’m barely 5’0 so no match for a 15.2 hw cob. Then he decides he’s had enough and walks like an angel (like he does the majority of the time). If I pull out the treats he may make a quick pit stop at me, do a little jig on the spot before going for a run again

 

[HashRouge]

I have been feeling quite smug recently as my 'uncatchable' Welsh has been doing a good impression of a well behaved horse recently. Until yesterday when the vet came to do his jabs, of course! It started badly as my YO was late to help me bring in but the vet was early, so I felt under pressure to bring in as quickly as possible but had 3 horses and only 2 hands! Normally I lead my two together and YO grabs the third horse who doesn't belong to me. So I thought I'd try leading my Welsh and the third horse, and leave my Arab to bring herself in. BUT I couldn't catch the Welsh so had to lead my Arab with the third horse (which she hated, and kept threatening to kick him) and leave the Welsh to follow. Got everybody up to the field with the stables but then still couldn't catch the Welsh! The vet tried to check his heart beat while he was loose in the field (could have told her that wouldn't work but I was still putting the other 2 away!) and wound him up even more and I then had to politely ask her to move as she'd parked herself in front of his stable door which was rather ruining my attempts to bribe him in with a bucket! Once I'd stashed the vet out of the way it was much easier!

 

[Splash2310]

I think it’s the weather! We had three loose on the yard earlier... caught one and then found my boy had been rather exhuberant and had bogged off out the gate instead of waiting whilst his field mates were taken out.

Luckily the oaf stopped as soon as he saw me looking cross and walking toward him, and I managed to catch him!

 

[Mule]

Shy once pooped on the farriers head ?

??

 

[Ownedby4horses]

One of our 28in minis, who has lovely manners (as we have had him since a foal I’ll add and worked hard with him!) was always a doddle to vaccinate, I caught him in the paddock (as he was generally a few seconds to do, so no point bringing him in). I handed the vet the lead rope while I zipped up my jacket as raining, said angel of a mini (he really is I promise!!) weirdly took exception to the new vet and legged it, taking the approx 18 stone vet for a muddy ski around the paddock! ?.

 

[PapaverFollis]

I'm sure I've told this story before but MrPF's old ISH gelding was an absolute sweetie to have his teeth done by the vet. No sedation because he was hugely needle-phobic but would stand like a dope for his teeth. Until the day MrPF couldn't get the time off work to be there and myself and the vet were on our own with the horse... vet was just bringing stuff into the stable, Jester took one look at me, the vet, the equipment and legged it. Well dragged me into the door frame to make me let go of the lead rope first iirc. Barged out the door and scarpered up the yard. Leaving me and the vet standing in his stable looking at each other like "WTF?" And me feeling quite foolish!

Jester was something of a handful generally to be fair so we decided vet should come back when MrPF was available... at which point the big idiot was a perfect angel again. He was just a one person type of horse and didn't trust anyone apart from his very own human really.