rearing and rearing !!

[kimky]

i am breaking a horse at my yard and it a little g*t lmao she rears and rears and guess wot ...rears. i dnt pussy foot around her and am not affiad to give her a good telling if she has been bad, she has not been backed yet and every thing medicaly ok (back,teeth,vet check, feet) any one got any ideas on how i could stop this mad mare ...?
p.s there not little rears they a pretty big once she went of on her self :S :S
help!! thnk u

 

[Santa_Claus]

hmmm hard. If there is nothing medical then its mental. She either one doesn't want to do it as stubborn or two is scared to and up is her only way out. What are you doing with her at the moment in terms of exercises? are you lunging, long reining etc. With either of those I would have a second person at her head if you don't already to give reassurance/confidence and to be able to give a quicker 'down' aid if she goes to rear.

Most of the time a young horse is rearing bcause it is unsure or in pain, if you can rule out pain (as it seems you have) then you need to work on the unsure. It is very rare for a horse to just be that much of a g*t that its going up to amuse itself so you must give it the benefit of the doubt.

 

[kimky]

At the minute we just lead her around the lunge pen, shes is not really a nervy pony she is very bold. the rearing tends to happen when shee is been lead away from her field, it could be seperation ansiety (cant spell) . At my yard no1 will help because they are a bit whimpy lmao it either me sort her out a my frwend parents will sell her and i have a awful feeling she will end up .....? an i refuse to have tht!!

 

[Thistle]

Please be careful. A good friend paid an awful lot of money for a schoolmaster eventer for her daughter last week. It got a bit stressy on the 3rd day it it's new home so they put it on the lunge before riding.
It went up and over hit it's head and is now dead!

 

[vicijp]

Take her out of the lunge pen, and dont let anyone with any fear help. Take her into a wide open space and put her out on the lunge. I recommend gloves - always keep her head turned to you and you wont let go.
Ignore the rearing, a lot of babies will do. Some out of bolshiness, some out of lack of confidence. Just keep sending her forwards.
Within a few days she will snap out of it. She may go over, but believe me she wont do it twice.
Dont panic, ignore it, keep sending her on. One day she will click, and you wont even remember what you were worried about.
I would advise asking someone to help, it is just one of many problems you can encounter and sorry, but you dont sound tuned into youngsters at all.
ETS - I mean help as in advise you what to do. Breaking is a one person job.