putting a dummy on my

[Brambridge04]

Stupid me, where abouts is your yard again??

I've enrolled the help of my tall fella, he can run like an olympic runner when the needs be, so he can be front end!

 

[galaxy]

I'm in Fair Oak

If your guys fast, you may consider switching him to the back! Good luck.

 

[Brambridge04]

Ohh where in fair oak x

 

[Munchkin]

OP,

I read back through your posts to try to get some background on this situation and realised immediately who you are.

This is the 'wild' mare that you were sat on within a week, isn't it?

I believe a few people told you at the time that you'd done things far too quickly and you disagreed.

If you want this to work out without going any further in the wrong direction I would leave the mare alone for a few weeks to get her head together, then get some professional help and start from absolute scratch.

 

[Natch]

If you want this to work out without going any further in the wrong direction I would leave the mare alone for a few weeks to get her head together, then get some professional help and start from absolute scratch.

I couldn't agree more. No matter how experienced you are, (and I haven't followed previous threads so I really am not qualified to say that) getting in somebody you trust who has eons of experience backing day in day out is surely a prudent measure. And far, far better for the horse and easier for you to do this NOW, rather than down the line when you might easily have an established problem and a horse labelled dangerous.

 

[fleabittengrey]

I cannot get her to long rein even with someone at her head and me behind or vice versa, she just spins and runs off x

It would sound to me like she is no where near self confident or established enough to be backed yet - you can't build a house on shaky foundations. Keep persevering with the basics, once you can long rein her for hours and lunge her (not just have her run around you but control the speed, move circles in and out, ask for baby leg yield, ask her to work in side reins, with stirrups down flapping, anything) then start the mounted work again. The long reining will also give you useful coping mechanisms once you do start to break, horses have already been used to stop and steer aids, sounds from a "rider" that they can't see, and also unusual movements and noises and having to develop a level head to deal with them.
Sounds like she just needs more time to establish the basics, don't be tempted to patch over the problems otherwise they will only resurface once she is older and stronger!!