caroline23
Well-Known Member
my cob has recently started to nap back to the yard when trying to go for a hack, we have to go down quite a long drive to get out onto the bit we hack on and its about half way/three quarters down and he turns and heads for home! never in the same place though so he isnt just spooking at the same thing, it isnt a true bolt as such as it is just his normal steady canter so i dont feel scared as it isnt full pelt, last time i managed to pull him up to a trot but couldnt get walk. he is in a full cheek french link snaffle and is nearly 5, he has done this alone and with company but only since we moved yards. ive had him since september.
i think he is just testing me out as when he did it in company the other person then got on him and made him go out, (but she had a whip and spurs on) and i have hacked him in company at my other yard a few times
any tips on how i should proceed to stop this? last time he did this i made him go a bit up the drive to show that it wouldnt get him out of work, then turned him round when i said so not when he did
i think he is just testing me out as when he did it in company the other person then got on him and made him go out, (but she had a whip and spurs on) and i have hacked him in company at my other yard a few times
any tips on how i should proceed to stop this? last time he did this i made him go a bit up the drive to show that it wouldnt get him out of work, then turned him round when i said so not when he did