3Beasties
Well-Known Member
(Slightly following on from this post - http://www.horseandhound.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=590900 )
After battling with my nappy/explosive mare Missi since last November I finally managed to hack her out alone without having to get off and lead her most of the way
Less then a week ago I couldn't even get on her and had to turn for home whilst I was leading her out as she was being so dangerous (leaping, broncing, spinning, kicking out, shooting forward etc - all on the road
).
Today she napped, a lot, but it was the stop-dead-or-reverse kind of nap rather then I'm-going-to-kill-you-if-you-ask-me-to-move-forward one
Armed with the 'ride it like you stole it' motto flying round my head and the realisation that I had to make her think that going forward was the easiest option (thanks to a friend - you know who you are
) I was able to ride her through it.
It was painfully slow and the ride took an hour and a half (instead of the 40 mins it should take) but we did it I rode like a complete wally and my legs and back where aching from all the effort but I can work on me at a later date. She was nice and relaxed, on a loose rein and met lots of 'scary' things that would previously have had her trying to catapult me into space!
Pointless post that will seem like a very insignificant thing to many but I just had to share
After battling with my nappy/explosive mare Missi since last November I finally managed to hack her out alone without having to get off and lead her most of the way
Less then a week ago I couldn't even get on her and had to turn for home whilst I was leading her out as she was being so dangerous (leaping, broncing, spinning, kicking out, shooting forward etc - all on the road
).Today she napped, a lot, but it was the stop-dead-or-reverse kind of nap rather then I'm-going-to-kill-you-if-you-ask-me-to-move-forward one
Armed with the 'ride it like you stole it' motto flying round my head and the realisation that I had to make her think that going forward was the easiest option (thanks to a friend - you know who you are
) I was able to ride her through it. It was painfully slow and the ride took an hour and a half (instead of the 40 mins it should take) but we did it
I rode like a complete wally and my legs and back where aching from all the effort but I can work on me at a later date. She was nice and relaxed, on a loose rein and met lots of 'scary' things that would previously have had her trying to catapult me into space!Pointless post that will seem like a very insignificant thing to many but I just had to share
My loan boy is the same, we can leave the yard OK but half way up the lane he just stops and reverses or turns around...any tips?
) until I got the smallest step forward, then lots of praise before asking again. It was painfully slow and I honestly wasn't sure if it would work, that first incident took 20 mins to get over, but gradually as the ride went on it took less and less time.
