Knees down, bum up!

[cblover]

Morning all. Saw something odd this morning with Ted.

He went down to roll, got down on his knees but his bum seemed to be stuck in the air. I was waiting for his back end to flop down and him to have a good roll, but he just got up again. I've never seen him do that. Saying that he did seem to have his eyes and ears fixed on something at the top of the field....so I'm not sure if he just decided not to roll rather than actually being stuck.

I posted a thread in the vet section recently about Ted not being able to cross his hind legs underneath him to move his bum away....its more of a shuffle or pivot. Got some great advice and it does seem that he just needs time to grow (rising 4 clyde x trad cob 16hh) and take things slow so he understands what is asked for him. I also spoke to my vet. After seeing this today I'm all confused again.

Horses eh!!!!!

 

[lurcherlu]

Maybe he dunked his knees and decided it was too cold To roll....

 

[cblover]

Maybe and who could blame him! Lol I hope it's something as simple as that.

 

[kerrieberry2]

hahah yoga morning?

My friends horse used to do similar, didn't put his knees down though, but put his legs really far forward and done a stretch like a dog!

 

[kerrieberry2]

actually thinking about this, my boy done this when he was having a tantrum! We had this lady out to help to get him long lining, she was really aggressive and forceful, which doesn't work with him! he tried to rear up, realised he couldn't, didn't know what else to do so tried to chuck himself on the floor, he just stopped on his front knees and looked at me like he was saying, MUM HELP!

 

[cblover]

I'm just hoping its nothing to do with the fact he sometimes finds it hard to cross his hind legs over when moving his hind end over.

 

[Farcical1]

I've seen my mare do this in the summer when the ground is hard. I suspect he went down to roll, then decided it was too wet and muddy.
I wouldn't worry too much about the not crossing over behind. Same mare of mine when asked to do a turn on the forehand will sidestep rather than cross over. We decided that it was mostly because her huge grass belly meant that she couldn't actually tuck her leg under! She has had two foals so always seems to look as if she's ready to give birth over the summer months. In the winter, with a smaller tum, she can manage quite a good crossover. Horses will often do what's easiest, rather than what they should do! Hopefully, he'll improve as he gets older, stronger and more supple.