horseless jorge!
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I have a terrible feeling this is going to be a long one...
Well, as you all might know I loan little Sam, a Welsh C. He's a lovely, kind animal but was cut late and can be known to be terrible naughty, though can't they all?!
Well I've been doing a lot of hacking out with him, with friends and other horses, and also a bit of in-hand walking as when he goes out ridden on his own he gets terribly scared and just reverses.
He has been improving, people up at the yard have been saying they've seen an improvement, which makes me feel grand! They've said he seems calmer, more relaxed, and I'm convinced it's because I've got him in a routine, and what I say goes, all the time.
Today we took him out, she hacked him and then I brought him back, or... that was the plan. She tacked him up, and told me that her and her friend had started taking a leadrope with them, clipped under his chin to his bit, incase 'anything went wrong'.
When I hack him out, he does spook, and he does sometimes reverse and have a paddy, but I just put it down to him being inexperienced and not used to it all. She's clearly worried. Well, we were going along and she kept asking me to hold him, because she thought he was going to spook. I knew he wasn't, he was just looking at something that had caught his eye.
We were going up a hill and he started to pull his usual trick, stopping and refusing to move, then slowly reversing. When I'm on him, I give him a tap, sit quiet and open my hands, not allowing him to turn. With me he goes backwards a bit, then gives in. But with her, he didn't even have a chance to be good. She just went 'S***!!!' and told me she was getting off. I asked if she wanted me to get on and she said yes, so I jumped on and did my usual, sit quiet, talk to him and ask him to move on. He went backwards, thought not as fast and as menacingly as usual!!
Anyway, she begun to pull on the leadrope, clearly tightening it under his chin, and started whacking his side (catching my leg) with the rope. I wanted to ask her to let go, but I felt rude.
She clicked and whacked and pulled and made me feel totally inadequate until he started trotting. Finally. Anyway, she held on to him all the way then, not trusting me, clearly.
What do I do?! I know what the pony can do, even though he's not mine, and I trust him to actually behave. She just gets scared and gives up on him!!
Gosh, cookies and milk for all who read it and can help!
Well, as you all might know I loan little Sam, a Welsh C. He's a lovely, kind animal but was cut late and can be known to be terrible naughty, though can't they all?!
Well I've been doing a lot of hacking out with him, with friends and other horses, and also a bit of in-hand walking as when he goes out ridden on his own he gets terribly scared and just reverses.
He has been improving, people up at the yard have been saying they've seen an improvement, which makes me feel grand! They've said he seems calmer, more relaxed, and I'm convinced it's because I've got him in a routine, and what I say goes, all the time.
Today we took him out, she hacked him and then I brought him back, or... that was the plan. She tacked him up, and told me that her and her friend had started taking a leadrope with them, clipped under his chin to his bit, incase 'anything went wrong'.
When I hack him out, he does spook, and he does sometimes reverse and have a paddy, but I just put it down to him being inexperienced and not used to it all. She's clearly worried. Well, we were going along and she kept asking me to hold him, because she thought he was going to spook. I knew he wasn't, he was just looking at something that had caught his eye.
We were going up a hill and he started to pull his usual trick, stopping and refusing to move, then slowly reversing. When I'm on him, I give him a tap, sit quiet and open my hands, not allowing him to turn. With me he goes backwards a bit, then gives in. But with her, he didn't even have a chance to be good. She just went 'S***!!!' and told me she was getting off.
I asked if she wanted me to get on and she said yes, so I jumped on and did my usual, sit quiet, talk to him and ask him to move on. He went backwards, thought not as fast and as menacingly as usual!!Anyway, she begun to pull on the leadrope, clearly tightening it under his chin, and started whacking his side (catching my leg) with the rope. I wanted to ask her to let go, but I felt rude.
She clicked and whacked and pulled and made me feel totally inadequate until he started trotting. Finally. Anyway, she held on to him all the way then, not trusting me, clearly.
What do I do?! I know what the pony can do, even though he's not mine, and I trust him to actually behave. She just gets scared and gives up on him!!
Gosh, cookies and milk for all who read it and can help!
