Solo1
Well-Known Member
How do you persuade a 4 y.o that getting on is very important BEFORE we set off?!
I can get off in the middle of a session and scramble on with reins like washing lines and pony stands stock still, watching amusedly so it's not a pain thing.
It's more a 'I have tack on let's go!' sort of thing. I get halfway over and she rushes off, usually leaving me hopping alongside or scrambling out of control, at which point she trots! I currently have to have a handler standing holding her head and feeding her a slice of carrot or something which is not ideal at all...
Any magic ideas? It's such a peculiar habit, surely it would happen all the time and not just when I first get on?!
I can get off in the middle of a session and scramble on with reins like washing lines and pony stands stock still, watching amusedly so it's not a pain thing.
It's more a 'I have tack on let's go!' sort of thing. I get halfway over and she rushes off, usually leaving me hopping alongside or scrambling out of control, at which point she trots! I currently have to have a handler standing holding her head and feeding her a slice of carrot or something which is not ideal at all...
Any magic ideas? It's such a peculiar habit, surely it would happen all the time and not just when I first get on?!