MrsJ
Well-Known Member
Hi,
I have a little pony on loan for my daughter and she has ridden him in her weekly lesson without any problems (bar on week when he tried to buck her!!)
In the last week he seems to have become extremely grumpy in the school. We put him in there on Sunday and he refused to go into trot. No amount of kicks or whips on the bottom would get him to budge. If I stood in the centre of the school and picked up the lunge whip he would set off into trot but not without throwing his head down first.
I spoke to the YO about him and she had asked if we had noticed him having 'toilet' issues...i.e. standing for a long time needing a wee but not going. And yes we have!!
He did it again tonight, as soon as we put him in the outdoor paddock he grumpily stomped around, then stood for a wee, hardly anything came out...several good old pony club kicks later from my daughter he plodded off again, wouldn't trot, head down, bottom up! then stands for a wee again for a minute or so....
So my question is as the title suggests...is he being naughty or does he have a problem?
I have a little pony on loan for my daughter and she has ridden him in her weekly lesson without any problems (bar on week when he tried to buck her!!)
In the last week he seems to have become extremely grumpy in the school. We put him in there on Sunday and he refused to go into trot. No amount of kicks or whips on the bottom would get him to budge. If I stood in the centre of the school and picked up the lunge whip he would set off into trot but not without throwing his head down first.
I spoke to the YO about him and she had asked if we had noticed him having 'toilet' issues...i.e. standing for a long time needing a wee but not going. And yes we have!!
He did it again tonight, as soon as we put him in the outdoor paddock he grumpily stomped around, then stood for a wee, hardly anything came out...several good old pony club kicks later from my daughter he plodded off again, wouldn't trot, head down, bottom up! then stands for a wee again for a minute or so....
So my question is as the title suggests...is he being naughty or does he have a problem?