pony kicking at fallen rider - how would you handle it?

I too have seen a horse do this the horse certainly was not abused and certainly did not hate it's owner it was soley a dominance issue.

I am not adverse to kicking a horse in extreme circumstances it's a language a horse recognises but it has to be timed well and in extreme circumstances where safety is compromised!
 
Well I assume that was the case. The horse was usually good natured had never kicked before and had certainly never been mistreated, my friend if anything was soft with it. She fell of when the mare bucked her off when she tried to stop it galloping off with her across a field she was
In front, the horse as described by poster stoped galloping reversed back and gave her both barrels would have done more if I hadn't charged at it with my horse ( I was still on board ) shouting.
The horse was sold not long after.
 
Aggressive, seemingly unprovoked kicking is something horses do when they want to become leader? Sorry, I don't find that convincing at all. :confused:
 
Impossible to say without actually seeing the incident and getting a bit more history on the horse. I agree it is harder to explain if it was a one-off incident, but my first thought wouldn't be anything to do with dominance (and certainly not leadership which is a totally separate thing from dominance). How did she try to stop the horse galloping off? Could the kicking not have simply been an attempt by the horse to shake off the person that it now perceived as a predator having gone into flight mode? That would be my first thought - but as I said, it would be foolish to make a definite diagnosis without more info.
 
Hmm maybe thanks for that. It was a total one off well we do not know now as said before the horse was sold but she had had it for several years. I think if memory served correct she just tried to sit back and bridge the reins. Almost what I woul do ( I would stand up ).
I think the point I was making was it certainly was not because the horse hated her as has been suggested to op,and does not necessarily mean the horse has been mistreated in any way.
That's why horses are so interesting though your always learning :)
 
To be honest this sounds like an idiot leading the blind

Punishing a horse for being caught is a plain stupid idea - pony now learnt next time this happens don't let them catch you (if nothing else will be embarrassing when it happens at a show..)

If it were me I would have done lots of ground work with pony so not excitable about jumping (lane work, as I don't approve of jumping on the lunge)

Then should this have occurred my next thing would be to long rein the pony dragging a feed back stuffed with straw. So the pony learns not to kick out at strange objects on the ground
 
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