mickygem
Active Member
As the title says, we have a just turned four year old pony, bought as not started but we quickly realised pony had been started, he's fine with tack, fab lunging, been leaned over, sat on walked under saddle etc., all reasonably uneventful, however, we did all of this after having to skip the longlines as the first time we tried him he was petrified, turned himself inside out, spun round and in a matter seconds tied himself up in a knot.
I spoke with previous owner who then vaguely mentioned that she'd had a problem longlining, so I'm guessing he did the same and she was perhaps not equipped to get him through it, so sold him on (lesson learnt :/ ).
We have considered skipping longlining but the lady who is breaking him for me (she's had lots previous experience but never encountered a longlining problem so severe) is keen to try again as she said he's got no mouth when she sat on him.
Our plan is to start from scratch with a breaking bit with keys, side reins and roller in the stable and go from there. I'm just concerned that he will repeat the old behaviour when the long lines are re introduced.
So my reason for posting is to see if anyone has had a similar experience and if so did you manage to get the pony going without longlining? or did you manage a longlining work around.
Thanks so much in advance
I spoke with previous owner who then vaguely mentioned that she'd had a problem longlining, so I'm guessing he did the same and she was perhaps not equipped to get him through it, so sold him on (lesson learnt :/ ).
We have considered skipping longlining but the lady who is breaking him for me (she's had lots previous experience but never encountered a longlining problem so severe) is keen to try again as she said he's got no mouth when she sat on him.
Our plan is to start from scratch with a breaking bit with keys, side reins and roller in the stable and go from there. I'm just concerned that he will repeat the old behaviour when the long lines are re introduced.
So my reason for posting is to see if anyone has had a similar experience and if so did you manage to get the pony going without longlining? or did you manage a longlining work around.
Thanks so much in advance