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My old sod has started napping again since my sharer has let him walk all over her, fair enough as she is quite novicey but not very helpful at all. he is a clever little donk and so the different methods we use to brake the habit have become redundant because he knows what we are doing, so i'm hoping someone will have some wonderful new ideas to stop him doing it, many thanks
 
get your sharer to have some lessons on him. nappy horses will always revert if given the chance. they are not stupid. i think you and sharer and a good instructor need to work together, and communicate on this one! good luck
 
I have a funny feeling she wont be sharing much longer if the message i just got from her is anything to go buy, especially as today she asked me to get on him to get him up the drive as she couldn't and after he realized it was me growling at him he went willingly. myself and the AI on the yard have tried to help her but she doesn't pay much attention, she genuinely believes he does it because he is scared of stuff, i did point out that when i ride he walks past things without batting an eye lid but acts the fool with her when passing the same things. Sorry i should have said that he only really tries it on with her in my first post.
flashmans ferdinand He stops dead, spins round and threatens to rear, if pushed he will rear but only small bunny hop type rears, thats about it.
 
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i didnt suggest you had lessons (you obviously have worked him out) i suggested that your sharer had some lessons on him. if you get a new sharer/loan/financial contributor i would stipulate some lessons to iron out any problems. sorry just my thoughts.
 
I was asking for ideas for my sharer to help her handle him, because she was not brave enough or capable of basically pushing him through the nap ans sitting tight whilst he threw a strop which is what i do and it works, but now my sharer has quit since posting this earlier, which i did think was on the cards, so now i am on the look out for a more experienced and confident sharer (if those exist)
 
sadly there will never be someone as good as you! on your horse. but you might like to stipulate a few lessons with a good instructor as part of your loan arrangement!
 
ofcourseyoucan said:
again i would suggest a few lessons with a good instructor.
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Agree with above.

I don't think people are suggesting that you need the lessons as such (well I'm not) but I can see where ofcourseyoucan is coming from, perhaps if both of you had a lesson you can work on the problem together, this way you can see exactly what your sharer is doing and what your instructor is telling her to do, plus your instructor can see how you ride him and then maybe the penny will drop and your sharer will learn from you and the instructor, hopefully problem solved.

If it was my horse that someone else was sharing and they were having problems, I'd want to be involved in their lesson so I can be assured that a) I agree with what the instructor is telling them and b) can see how they progress with the problem.

So it's not a bad idea alround really. :)
 
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