What Ridden Vices Would You/Wouldn't You Deal With?

I would deal with bucking, provided it was occasional, small, bucks horses sometimes do when excited.
I would deal with rearing if the rearing was only associated with napping, not at any other time.
Both cases would have to have the appropriate checks done for the horse by vet/dentist/saddle fitter to make sure it was nothing physical.
 
I would put up with most things except a rearer. Have had a napper and a bucker and managed to stop bot bad habits with a LOT of patience.
 
I would take a napper, bucking it would depend. If it was doing a hand stand you're-coming-off-now type of buck then no, but as the previous poster said, horses do get excited. Rearing, no way!
 
I'd prefer a rearer - probably since mine used to in moments of temper tantrums, and has now managed to stop that particular 'toys out of pram' drama.

My instructor says the same, but having said that, I can cope with a bucker, just it hurts my back more.
 
I wouldn't touch a rearer, I don't mind little bucks, but not big or persistent bucking.
I could probably cope with napping, as long as there was no rearing or bolting involved
 
I took on a bolter. Never again! Although mine worked out great (just don't read my recent posts ha ha
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Wouldn't mind a occasional bucker, would rather not buy a napper (very annoying more than anything else!).

Had a rearer for a while earlier this year. Emphasis on the had! Wouldn't go there again, no way. Dangerous and not worth it.
 
I wouldn't choose to deal with any, there are plenty of horses out there without any vices. I've already decided my next horse will be a straightforward one that doesn't come with issues.
 
done many buckers- dont mind them had a bronking sjing pony was very anoying & never stoped - tried everything
bucking in small ponies usually required discapline, the horses which ive had who bucked usually were green and excited never had one i cant stop. rearers it completly depends dont mind them as a whole & mine turned out ok in the end
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but it took three years of her trying to kill me - never had a rearer into school as bad as her!, napping dosnt bother me at all- straight in long reins! never had a head shaker & dont think i could cope with it,
I HATE bolters sat on 2 and never even again - 1 bolted down the road at 100 miles an hour for about 2 miles & the other bolted straight thru a hedge - no longer take on bolters for reschooling!
 
Couldn't deal with super lazy horses,

something i could deal with but really annoys me is when horses do things to attempt to get out of work. Once knew a girl who's horse shook his head really violently just to take the mick, and girl would do nothing, and just get off because she thought he was in pain. turns out, he really was taking the mick...and he doesn't do it anymore!
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I think the only ridden vice I won't bother with is bolting.
A rearer: patient , positive riding but not pushy/bullying. Never violence. Always ride forwards, never turn back on yourself if possible. Lots of reassurance. Legs and constant contact. Keep attention.
Bucker: ride forwards, ride out the bucks, praise when finished, keep riding forwards. Legs and contact constant. Keep attention.
Excessive shying: legs and contact constant. Keep attention.
Praise good behaviour - ignore bad
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i won't try to deal with a horse that rears absolutely vertical, as it has no self-preservation (and i had a pony go over backwards with me when i was a child, wasn't nice, i was a v passive little rider and did nothing to set it off.)
a horse that broncs nastily even when teeth, saddle, back etc have all been done is a no-no for me too.
other than that, i'll try to work out why a horse is doing what it's doing, and then put it right if at all possible. there is almost invariably a physical reason for bad behaviour imho, it's a symptom, there are very very few evil horses in the world.
 
I would never ride a rearer. My first pony reared and went over backwards, sitting on my mothers neck.

She never rode after, despite living and breathing horses til then.

So I'd simply never entertain a rearer. Bucking once or twice I could handle but not regularly.

I prefer mine with ground vices
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When I was working in the RS, I had to escort a 2 hour hack on a 13.2 pony, we hit the lane below the RS, she suddenly stopped, started shooting backwards, I cracked her with my whip, (she's well known for booting other horses) And as I had a man and his 2 novice children behind me, I didn;t want them getting kicked
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When I smacked her she'd kick out, if I kicked her on she'd rear up!

I rang up to the office, and boss answered, I told her what pony was doing, she said 'just give her a beating'!

On that 2 hour hack I had to cut it off by an hour as it took us that long to get round, I think I got off about 15 times! She reared vertically, nearly fell over backwards several times, she reared in front of several cars.
The poor kids were screaming!
I was trying to sit quiet but it was too stressful!
Needless to say when I got them home, I went a bit nuts!
She was being bloody dangerous
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Wouldn't get on a serious rearer (like vertical could go over rearing).... or a serious twisting violent bucker. As long as the horse is not a total psychopath I'd probably have a go, but it would ultimately depend on the temperament and why it was doing it.
 
A stupid horse with no sense of self preservation. Rear Buck ,Bolt, Bite, Kick Ok . Stupid, not ok .(oh and a horse that rears and falls over is definately stupid).
 
Rearing never bothered me until I owned one that used to flip over. He'd do it suddenly if something scared him - no warning whatsoever. Now, when one goes up, I always think it's going to go over backwards. Still ride them, but hate it.

Currently have a headtosser and that is a serious pain in the backside. He literally nearly takes you out with his head, which must take some effort. His previous owner used to get off whenever he did it, so he now does it whenever he feels like he doesn't want to work. Anything that would physically stop him (e.g. martingale) and he'll rear instead. I agree with Mr Meldrew, sit and ignore. Often fighting with them just makes them worse. He's improving hugely and now only does it every few rides as opposed to every five minutes!
 
i've had a bucker, am quite used to huge bucks,but having said that it was my pony who bucked -may be quite different if Milly started doing it as she is 16.1hh! Rearing is a no no, i'm not afraid to admit i am scared if rearing!!!
napping would irritate me but would depend on the severity and whether we could work through it.
 
Def. no rearers. I bought one earlier this year which went mental out cubbing and kept rearing and spinning round reducing me to tears and getting off the stupid sodding thing!! Took it back.

Small bucks are fine but broncing is def. not. Bolting def. not either although I've only been bolted with 3 times. Enough to not want it to happen again.
 
My current horse used to buck frequently - but always excited bucks or else sparked off by a big spook - and usually quite sittable, never 'I'm going to get you off' bucks. He does it much less often now. He very occasionally does little half-rears when very excited but always gets growled at and chased forward so never more than one attempt!

I can't be doing with bolters, vertical rearers, serious nappers or violent buckers. When I was younger and less breakable I'd find them an exciting challenge but not now.
 
nothing haha! due to the fact that i did have a dangerous horse, and now have one with perfect manners (other than a little buck here and there) i would settle for less now
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I've ridden a lot of ponies that buck or rear out of excitement or nap and spook or kick out. In fact the small ginger one does all of the above on occassion.

I've only ever been bolted with twice and would never ride a known bolter or something that broncs.

My current horse does buck sometimes and can be a bit spooky but is easy to cope with.

As I've gotten older I've found I'm much less brave and if I ever buy another horse, it's going to be the bombproof, saintly variety
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