Jumping????????

what does op mean
and i have never had a riding lesson in my life i taught myself to ride with some help from my mum who has worked with racehorses eventers in breeders yards and has been around horses all her life
 
C.C.T said:
what does op mean
and i have never had a riding lesson in my life i taught myself to ride with some help from my mum who has worked with racehorses eventers in breeders yards and has been around horses all her life
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And I would seriously recommend getting a good instructor who can help you through this rough patch. They can see exactly what's happening and also see how to solve the problem and see the cause. It's incredibly hard to offer advice without seeing it firsthand, but start a new thread and explain in detail from start to finish the problem, when it happened etc. This thread is getting lengthy, and it's very confusing. xx
 
C.C.T said:
what does op mean
and i have never had a riding lesson in my life i taught myself to ride with some help from my mum who has worked with racehorses eventers in breeders yards and has been around horses all her life
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Its not a bad thing to have lessons you know?
No one knows everything and there is always something new to learn.

Did you read my post above? Could you be taking your leg off before the fence?
 
my mums done her first test in instructing so that is why she taught me and my brother and cousin to ride and she has taught a few other people when she was younger and i dont want to start another thread as everytime i have ever posted a thread there have been many negative comments so i made this new account and the same seems to be happening so to be honest i think im done with this forum i think horse and rider have a forum so i might go and see if that one is any better thanks anyway
 
well i had my mum and friend watch me ride and they were giving me tips and trying him out and in the end even keeping leg on and riding forward and all that didnt work because both my mum and friend tryed with him with leg on and everything and he still stopped in front of the jump but he did do it a few times
 
My horse used to be a cracking jumper then suddenly strted running out on slamming on - turns out he has severe djd in his pasterns and is being PTS tomorrow - listen to your horse!
 
C.C.T said:
well i had my mum and friend watch me ride and they were giving me tips and trying him out and in the end even keeping leg on and riding forward and all that didnt work because both my mum and friend tryed with him with leg on and everything and he still stopped in front of the jump but he did do it a few times
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Do you think he is naughty?
Or do you think he could be scared?

Has he been jumped a lot by other people? Could someone have over jumped / over faced him and scared him?
 
im pretty sure he is just naughty as the other things he does and he has been that way all his life but i love him anyway even though he can be super annoying at times
 
his owner says in the year i have been riding him i have worked wanders with him as she says he is better behaved and listens more even though he still bucks and everything but she says he used to be much worse then he is now
 
Serious advice.

Give the pon a month off, then start with a schooling session once a week including poles on the ground build u from walking, to trotting then canter n single poles then multiples then on corners then multiples round corners.

Then after a few weeks of this raise every second pole slightly and trot and canter over this then raise all the poles and I'm talking max six inches work away for a few weeks with this ONCE or TWICE per week. Then build up to small Xpoles and also lunge or free school over jumps but not high ones and you can observe him from the ground without pressure.

Having had to do this with a horse and havg went through the falls, and confidence loss with jumping I cant stress to you the value of taking your time over the next six to eight weeks, if your not willing t take the time to d this then I would give up trying to jump him.

Now this is all serious advice take it or leave it, at least if this is a wind up the advice bleating can stop.

Hope you get things sorted
 
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If you havnt already given him time off from jumping- do so.

Instead of jumping work on upwards and downwards transitions. Plenty of walk to canter, canter to walk, trot to halt - basically to get him listening to you.

This will make it easier when you re introduce poles to him.
Then concentrate on getting him going nicely over poles on the floor.
Set up just some poles on the floor at different distances round the arena and have a little play over them, first in walk, then trot then finally canter.

Make up your own way of going to the poles differently everytime so he doesnt expect the poles coming.
When your doing this excercise in canter, try placing 2 poles about 5 canter strides apart. Start by putting a nice 5 in between them, then try shortening him so you get 6 strides in, then the next time push on so you get 4 strides in the middle.

Once you have him listening to you over poles and during your flatwork re introduce very small jumps instead of the poles.
 
If his gear is okay he might have jumped before and hurt himself. I jumped mine and he suddenly started refusing the next day and it turned out he'd lost his nerve after jumping on the hard ground (entirely my fault really) so it could just be having to regain his trust and confidence again :)
 
Damn missed the sarcastic happy hour.
Seriously, time off jumping, lots of schooling it's the building blocks for every other aspect of riding, get a good instructor and have regulations lessons
 
Thank you for the actual advice I have given about a month off jumping and instead I have been doing flatwork so I will try tommorrow to do the pole work and see how it goes although this may be hard considering I only have two or three poles but aw well ill but bits of wood down or something to use as poles lol
 
C.C.T said:
Thank you for the actual advice I have given about a month off jumping and instead I have been doing flatwork so I will try tommorrow to do the pole work and see how it goes although this may be hard considering I only have two or three poles but aw well ill but bits of wood down or something to use as poles lol
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Drainpipe from B&Q is quite cheap and good for poles.

Good luck, let us know how it goes.
 
hi everyone on friday i decided to jump the pony because he had about a month off and he jumped the small jump so im so happy i only jumped it a few times but he went over it which is the main thing and im so happy so when its not so hot ill jump him angain but not to much so ill overjump him ill just do a wee bit once a week xx
 
I think some of the early people were completely out of order. I read it from the start and was pretty appalled at how people were to the OP. How on earth do they not know CCT isnt a 13 year girl... Sounds like it to me and shes come on here to ask for help which is what forums are MEANT for! Either all the ignorant posters wouldnt know how to solve this problem and this is why theyre posting stupid/sarcastic replies, or theyre genuinely not very nice people. People have to learn. Im sure as 13year olds we werent all amazing riders and our ponies did naughty things!!!

CCT- Ignore the sarcastic replies. You do need an instructor but there have been some good replies. Placing poles either side of the jump is a good idea. Make it a tiny jump and really ride into it and concentrate, believe the pony will jump. If he stops make him go over it. Do not circle away as he'l think hes one. You can even try lunging over some jumps if he makes you scared whilst riding. Before this though get him checked over like others have said and dont give up. And make sure the pony has variety in his work.
Also, on ponies whips and spurs sometimes have the opposite effect and the pony thinks screw that and jumps less and becomes more resistant but they can be a great aid
 
Heaven forbid any kid or person with severe dyslexia comes on here to ask for advice, do you only get advice if your grammar and language skills are up to par ?
If you think its a dodgy post ignore it.
 
To be honest.... when CCT first posted, marydoll & sarahricoh, there was a spate of trolling on HHO. You can't have read the whole thread or you would not be all high and mighty about people's comments. So, please do get off your high horses and don't patronise unless you know the context. Many people have apologised. So, why don't you both look when it was posted - this was ages ago and some people have actually tried to help since then.
 
I have read the whole post and im not being being high and mighty, just treating folks with a bit of respect, unlike you with your snide comments to the op, treating them like crap or an idiot ........ as said if you think its dodgy dont reply.or at least give the benifit of the doubt
 
alrite thanks for the advice people and to all the people who have stuck up for me and to be honest i dont no how i can sound trolly or whatever because whats the point in wasting your time making something up
 
Marydoll, I happen to give many people lots of respect and help wherever I can. My comments were not SNIDE, I can do snide believe me. Infact, I think you are being quite snide towards me.

I didn't take this post as GENUINE like lots of others and so I made a big joke of it. So what? I gave CCT some good advice in the end when I felt it was more appropriate. You are right though, this is a forum... you do not KNOW who people are.

Yet, you feel it is apt to judge me. Very funny.
 
so it wasnt very nice to go straight in saying nasty things because for all you no i could have been a sensitive deslectsic young girl or even disabled or whatever what im saying is you should say nasty things when you dont know who could be sitting at the other end not having a go or anything but you should really think about what your going to say and read it over before you post it because some things can be taken the wrong way even if you werent meaning to be offensive
 
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so it wasnt very nice to go straight in saying nasty things because for all you no i could have been a sensitive deslectsic young girl or even disabled or whatever what im saying is you should say nasty things when you dont know who could be sitting at the other end not having a go or anything but you should really think about what your going to say and read it over before you post it because some things can be taken the wrong way even if you werent meaning to be offensive
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I agree with you CCT, don't get me wrong. You must remember that evening, there was a lot of wind-ups. Lots of "trolls" making fools of people.

Your post was very much like one that had been pulled off. Everyone thought you were a wind-up - it was very similar to what was being posted. Most of HHO were troll hunting.

I'm sorry but you got caught in the middle. Most HHOers are up for giving good advice. We have told you this. I was abit mean, but from my point of view: I saw you as just another troll. I don't apologise for that. I don't know you from Adam. You could be anyone. And it was your first post. Classic troll.

Obviously now we know you who you are, maybe some have warmed to you. You can't blame people for first impressions on a forum though - that makes you just as bad as I was.
 
that wasnt my first post but i just think people shouldnt be so quick to judge as they really dont no who could be at the other end and some people can be really conscience about there riding and posts like that could really knock there confidence
 
C.C.T said:
that wasnt my first post but i just think people shouldnt be so quick to judge as they really dont no who could be at the other end and some people can be really conscience about there riding and posts like that could really knock there confidence
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Welcome to HHO :D:D:D!!!
 
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