What would put you off a horse however much you loved it???

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Just reading lucillebob's last post got me thinking. I would never touch a horse which rears - it would make me sell my best friend if it was a constant bad habit, which I couldn't get through (after having back, teeth, health generally checked!) A horse I used to ride reared and went over backwards with/ on top of me (It bl**dy hurt!) and now it is the one element of riding which scares me!
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Are there any other habits/behaviours which would make you decide you would not have a horse even if it was perfect in every other way? Just randomly interested really!
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yeah would have to be the rearing for me too and bolting. We had a bolter and if he decided he wanted to go nothing would stop him..he just freaked. He used to get his head so you had absolutely no control!!!
 
Yep I agree with you both - bolting and rearing - have never had to deal with either before and don't much fancy it either!!

I have dealt with biting and kicking and, although we solved the issues eventually, I'd rather not have to bother in a brand new horse
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bronking. bucking i don't mind tho i don't like it and rearing i feel the same. but i've ridden some nasty bronkers and i've fallen off most of them. usually with injury to myself.
also being really bad to catch, pet hate of mine.
 
i've never been bolted with. used to ride racehorses so i know some good techniques. even went for a gallop on the beach on a bolter (nobody else would ride her cause she'd take off with them) and my rein broke so i was galloping with just 1 rein, and i still got her to stop
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was slightly crapping myself at the time and once she came to a slow jog i dived off, gave myself a shake, tied up my rein and got back on.
that was what i got for showing off
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Lol you crazy lady
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I don't mind the type of bolting that is in a field or x country etc and you just can't stop as soon as you might like.
A horse I know does it out on hacks and will just bolt home out of the blue through traffic etc
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For some unknown reason bucking and bolting don't bother me as much as rearing! I also don't like horses which aren't good in traffic! I work so hard with my youngster to try and make sure she is not scared of anything on the road! I have even walked her miles to the nearest farm just to stand there on the yard whilst the tractors come in and out! People think I'm mad most of the time! ;-)
 
I don't mind most things in moderation. I think if the horse was horrible to handle with a mean temperement that would put me off most of all. I wouldn't want to own a horse that was horrible to be around.

Kicking puts me off as well - I wouldn't want something which kicked - either people or other horses. Most of the ridden stuff I can cope with so long as it's not extreme.
 
If I was looking at a horse and it reared but was perfect in every other way I would turn around and leave without thinking twice but if my own for some reason started rearing I wouldn't sell him. I don't think there is much else that would stop me getting a horse if it was perfect in every other way.
 
A boring horse devoid of personality ( although I guess you wouldn't have bought him in the first place)

A horse that would be difficult to have on livery ie you were the only one who could handle him.

A nasty horse ie. bites , kicks etc
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Rearing, being REALLY bad in traffic.....
Sold a pony that kicked me twice - made me black and blue, did it with no warning, the little b****** - turned around and double barrelled me right at the top of the thigh in the field, hadn't even gone to catch her...thing that made me feel sick was that where she kicked me was right at the height of my daughters head at the time - if she had been with me, may have been her head that got the boot......so i would sell a horse that was dangerous around my kids
 
yeah, i couldn't have a horse that was dangerous around my kids. used to have a nasty bitey kicky horse 16.1 coloured hunter type who reared with me by traffic (stopped all the traffic! he seemed to stay up in the air for ages) but the final straw was when he bit my face at feed time (still have a scar to remember him by) - needless to say he was sold.
ps. i did warn new owners what he was like... they had their own grooms and didn't need to work horse on road.
 
I think the following would put me off

- bronking
- rearing
- bucking
- dangerous to hack
- bad temperament
- wind sucking

Think thats it! I have had various horses and all of them have done at least one of the above - never again!

Not that i'm fussy or anything...
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Just have had too many bad experiences!
 
I wouldn't buy a horse that bronked, bucked, reared, bolted, bit, kicked, or anything and don't understand why anyone would! I can handle most things fine but I don't understand why you'd want to put yourself through that on a regular basis?

However my pet hate is horses that don't move - I don't mean just lazy, I mean the ones that have never properly learnt what leg aids mean, or just have no desire to budge whatever you sit there doing! I can do a lot with a forward going horse but a nappy git that just stands there, I can't stand them and somehow not moving really freaks me out too!!
 
i think nasty rearing and bucking would put me off these days, either of those in moderation i can cope with but when it gets nasty and is a real ' get off my back or die' kind of thing then i'd rather not be there!
 
If it was my own and it had any problems I couldn't deal with (rearing, "nasty" bucking/broncing, throwing on ground, serious and dangerous bolting) if I couldn't get through it but horse was otherwise healthy and happy I would retire it.

If it wasn't mine I wouldn't normally get on a horse with known serious behavioural problems like the above. Having said that I did get on a rearer but knowing that it had only ever reared with a nervous person onboard and when by itself, and I was confident and took company, so didn't have any problems.
 
if the horse was dangerously uncontrolled in any way most of the time (either ridden or handling or with other horses)and for no obvious reason i wouldnt buy it.
if it looks like the saddle doesnt fit or something i would consider it if it was at the right price.
my mare will rear and she can bronc and she is hot to ride but she was like that as her tack was wrong for her and she is sensitive.
shes not been dangerous for ages now,she does occasionally have a cheeky buck and lilttle rearing hops but they make me smile.i think the last time she did some serious broncing was when i last jumped her-she gets excited and if my lower leg slips onto her 'mareish parts' of her flanks she stops dead and broncs
there are plenty of nice well mannered horses out there.
 
My horse does little tiny mini rears I can cope with that but big full on rears are quite scary. I wouldnt buy one i knew would buck to get you off dont mind the excitable ones say into canteretc. My horse is a mard arse and will turn on a sixpence wether the is room or not. Daft as it sounds its doesnt scare me but would def put me off a horse in future.
 
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If it was my own and it had any problems I couldn't deal with (rearing, "nasty" bucking/broncing, throwing on ground, serious and dangerous bolting) if I couldn't get through it but horse was otherwise healthy and happy I would retire it.


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Even if you had just spent £5K + buying it, put your heart into fixing it, spent a fortune in vets exams and bootcamp for it, you knew it was talented, you want to ride and compete, and it was under eight years old?

I doubt it.
 
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If it was my own and it had any problems I couldn't deal with (rearing, "nasty" bucking/broncing, throwing on ground, serious and dangerous bolting) if I couldn't get through it but horse was otherwise healthy and happy I would retire it.


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Even if you had just spent £5K + buying it, put your heart into fixing it, spent a fortune in vets exams and bootcamp for it, you knew it was talented, you want to ride and compete, and it was under eight years old?

I doubt it.

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What's the next step from there then KVS? If you'd done all that? Genuine question btw!
 
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