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Things have got worse with Archie and his rearing whilst being led. He reared last night going out to the field and i implemented some of the ideas given to me on here which was keep calm, ignore the rear, then once all four feet were on the ground back him up, then walk on. After i did this he just exploded! Reared up and at me, hitting my head with his front feet and dragging his feet down my body nearly crushing me. Luckily i was wearing my hat and just feeling a bit sore and bruised.

I am now completely and utterly petrified of him and have decided that he is not the right horse for me : ( I just dont think i'll ever be able to trust him again. So i need to sell him or something but i dont know how to go about advertising him. He will make someone a super horse and he has the wow factor but i feel that as soon as i talk about his problems it will put people off.

What do i do?

xxx
 
Really sorry to hear this :(

Are you 100% sure there is not a physical problem? Reason I ask is that my boy started rearing (and eventually bopped me on the head but I wasnt wearing a hat!) and it turned out he had navicular... talking to my vet quite often horses with feet problems will start rearing so something to bear in mind if its something hes started recently.
 
I'd recommend getting some professional help with him, and would suggest looking on Kelly Marks' website, they have recommended associates that will come and help you out and they don't cost the earth.
Otherwise he is going to be difficult to sell and you risk him going through the sales etc.
With the right support you might find you can work with him anyway, it's worth a try!
 
This may be controversial but as you say you can no longer trust him and he has put you in significant danger. I think you need to move on. Try and find through recomendation a selling livery who could sell him for you and who could possibly work on any problems in the meantime. Possibly get an experienced trainer to work with him prior to selling but if the problems cant be solved you also have to consider PTS as selling on a problem is not always the most responsible thing to do. I dont know all the detail so this is a broad brush opionion.

It would be nice if we all had the time and money to work through problems such as these but we dont and sometimes you have to put yourself first and move forward.

Hope it all works out for you.
 
Would it be worth sending hin to a pro schooling/selling yard for a couple of weeks for them to assess him/sell him for you? It may only be a couple of hundred, and worth it in this situation. They may be able to help you find out the problem. It may be something solveable, but at this point you really do need help. Hope you're not too shaken up. Big hugs to you...xx
 
Honey08 said:
Would it be worth sending hin to a pro schooling/selling yard for a couple of weeks for them to assess him/sell him for you? It may only be a couple of hundred, and worth it in this situation. They may be able to help you find out the problem. It may be something solveable, but at this point you really do need help. Hope you're not too shaken up. Big hugs to you...xx
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exactly this. please get someone else to handle him in the meantime (or, leave him out in the field), and enlist some experienced help.
hope you're okay. don't dwell on it, and go and handle someone else's nice easy horse asap to restore your confidence. most horses lead around like dogs, remember that, most horses are gentle and careful and sweet. for some reason he isn't, so you need professional help to get to the bottom of it.
 
Its such a brave decision to make but often is in both the horse and owners best interest to the move the horse on :hugs:

If money is not object you could pop him on Project Horses for a minimal amount and hopefully someone who is experienced and well equip for such horses will take him on x

xx
 
You poor thing - most people on here will have had experience with a 'horse that goes wrong', myself included, and it is a horrible situation to be in.

Many years ago we bought a horse from a dealer that was a confirmed rearer and had actually come over and killed his previous owner (obviously we did not know any of this at the time of purchase!). Fortunately we had bloods taken at the vetting and found it had been doped when we went to try it, so got our money back, though god knows what happened to the horse after.

I can't offer any different advice other than what's already been given - ie get some porfessional help, or if the sitaution can't be resolved pts. I know that sounds brutal but you would only be selling the problem on, and do you want him injuring someone else or worse and having that on your conscience?

As a matter of interest have you spoken to his previous owner about his behaviour?

Good luck with whatever decision you make.
 
I had my back lady/equine massage lady out on Sunday to check him over and she cant find anything. I have explored so many avenues with him that i can do myself and i was going to get a professional out to help me work through things with him until last night. My confidence is shattered with him. I left him turned out today with his field buddy and was petrified just going to check him this morning.

I need to get something resolved soon because its not fair to just leave him out in the field but i have no-one at the yard who is prepared to help or do anything with him for me.

Does anyone know of a professional schooling livery in Surrey/hampshire that could possibly sell him for me?

I haven't contacted the previous owners because they lied about a lot of things about him so really dont think they would tell me anything.
 
To be brutally honest, I'd have him checked out for any medical issues first, but you have to be 100% honest with a buyer if you are moving him on. If that means you are taking a big hit financially, then so be it. If he seriously injured or killed someone would you be able to live with that. I have a horse dealer friend who has sent horses to Potters before now as their nature is such they could not be trusted and she could not live with herself if one which she sold deliberately harmed a rider.
 
Rachel at Tawneys Farm in South Oxfordshire has a good track record of schooling/selling horses with problems like yours- she did a friends problem horse and found him a super home :)
 
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