ameeyal
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My horse is nearly 8 years old, i started backing him at 3 1/2 only hacking him once a week as he was very imature, nothing bothered him he was such a sweetheart, when he reached 5 years old i took him out for his usual sunday hack, and he was really forward going {so unlike him} on the way home he just lept in the air and took off up the road with me. So i thought right addolecence is kicking in, he can start doing more work. So i tacked him up the next day got on him out on the lane, and he pannicked, i was in the process of getting off him, when he bolted up the road, i fell face down on the concrete.
The next 2 months i couldnt ride him, he went through different phases, i couldnt catch him/touching his body would make him leap in the air/tense/nervous/panicing over nothing. But i worked though it, He then hated any vehicals/cyclests/joggers coming towards him, and would panic, i couldnt hack him on his own { and i still carnt 2 1/2 years later} He then got over his "Meltdown" and i had a lovely sweet horse back we went farm rides/pleasure rides/ hacked everywhere with another horse as he would not do traffic on his own. One day i thought i would take him a farm ride that hes done a lot, on his own, there was no traffic on the ride, after an hour of being really good and jumping jumps, he bolted with me, no reason for it. He was then back to square one, being tence/nervous for about 3 months, but i worked through it with him { with another horse babysitting him} Then he just snapped out of it and became normal again { but i still couldnt hack him out on his own, he was scared to death of traffic coming towards him} everything was back to normal for a good 4 months, i was hacking out with my friend on him, and was heading home after being out for 2 hours when he just jumped in the air and took off down the road with me, i am now back to square one with him, i havent ridden him for 5 weeks, he is so tence/nervous ive been lunging him, and for no reason he will just take off on the lunge. Im at my witts end, and just so gutted, i know there is the sweetest horse in there somewhere, i can not sell him, Ive had the vet/physio/saddler/thermol imaging/ teeth/even an animal communicator and nothing, i dont feel its pain related, Thanks for reading {ive never writen such a long post lol} Just to add he is fed a barefoot diet { no sugers} lives out on a track system
The next 2 months i couldnt ride him, he went through different phases, i couldnt catch him/touching his body would make him leap in the air/tense/nervous/panicing over nothing. But i worked though it, He then hated any vehicals/cyclests/joggers coming towards him, and would panic, i couldnt hack him on his own { and i still carnt 2 1/2 years later} He then got over his "Meltdown" and i had a lovely sweet horse back we went farm rides/pleasure rides/ hacked everywhere with another horse as he would not do traffic on his own. One day i thought i would take him a farm ride that hes done a lot, on his own, there was no traffic on the ride, after an hour of being really good and jumping jumps, he bolted with me, no reason for it. He was then back to square one, being tence/nervous for about 3 months, but i worked through it with him { with another horse babysitting him} Then he just snapped out of it and became normal again { but i still couldnt hack him out on his own, he was scared to death of traffic coming towards him} everything was back to normal for a good 4 months, i was hacking out with my friend on him, and was heading home after being out for 2 hours when he just jumped in the air and took off down the road with me, i am now back to square one with him, i havent ridden him for 5 weeks, he is so tence/nervous ive been lunging him, and for no reason he will just take off on the lunge. Im at my witts end, and just so gutted, i know there is the sweetest horse in there somewhere, i can not sell him, Ive had the vet/physio/saddler/thermol imaging/ teeth/even an animal communicator and nothing, i dont feel its pain related, Thanks for reading {ive never writen such a long post lol} Just to add he is fed a barefoot diet { no sugers} lives out on a track system
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