FanyDuChamp
Well-Known Member
I was reading some other threads about hacking out and problems people have.
It got me thinking, I have 2 horses. Captain (17yrs old) was bought to school and do dressage with, he is an ex-CDE comp. horse. He refuses to hack out alone and gets extremely stressed hacking out in company, so stressed that he'll make himself ill. So after repeated tries, using different techniques, we have given up trying to hack him out, he hates it and is good in every other way. Loves schooling and enjoys his work, he has an excellent work ethic. If he had been younger we may have persisted but in my eyes it was not worth the hassle.
So is there anything you have given up on? Do you think that you can compromise or does it have to be your way?
FDC
It got me thinking, I have 2 horses. Captain (17yrs old) was bought to school and do dressage with, he is an ex-CDE comp. horse. He refuses to hack out alone and gets extremely stressed hacking out in company, so stressed that he'll make himself ill. So after repeated tries, using different techniques, we have given up trying to hack him out, he hates it and is good in every other way. Loves schooling and enjoys his work, he has an excellent work ethic. If he had been younger we may have persisted but in my eyes it was not worth the hassle.
So is there anything you have given up on? Do you think that you can compromise or does it have to be your way?
FDC