When do you quit trying??

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Took 40 mins to load Fly today at 9.30am, already in the 20 degrees, soo hot. What is it with this horse, so many "issues". Got to indoor school with 10 mins to spare (jumping lesson) and he went so well, jumped several rounds, finishing with 3ft 3" correcting himself when I f****d up. Loaded first time going home. Jumped with such style, bascule and clean and yet at local show last week could not even jump first jump at 2ft 3". Have attached piccy of us schooling yesterday at lunchtime, so hot again and yet he tried. Very confused yet pleased with him for showing me how "easy" it could be??!!!!!
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i have a show hunter.. stunning... until you get on his back, or do anything with him! he has moments of sense but that is rare... pretty horse = complete idiot!
 
Have been using one with excellent results (until today) for over a week. Thing is, Fly is soooo clever, but we won in the end. Just have to allow exxxxxxtra time to load. So boring, bad loaders are a liability on my nerves!!xx
 
some horses just have bad days, like humans i suppose, just allow more time beforehand.
He is very handsome
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Love the horse and your pigtails!

Loading issues can be resolved with practice and if they don't you know he will go in eventually, so just accept his foibles and allow extra time.

Horses can be awkward, but looks like you have a lovely horse that can clearly do well, so just perservere. It does pay off eventually.

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I have the same issues with Spring! Some days she is a diamond that I would trust with my granny, other days she is a stroppy self-opinionated madam! She will load but it takes lots of perserverence but once on travels easily and calmly, I think lots of practice is needed for us! Riding wise somedays she will be fantastic and other times she pretends that she can't canter or jump, she doesn't listen and I end up gettting really frustrated! So you are not the only one, but it has to be said the more talented ones are often the least straight-forward. Well that's what I tell myself!
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I have days where I want to sell my horse and give up and then days where I have a ray of light showing me how talented he is. I keep telling myself that if I can gain his trust and get him confident that the bad days will get less and that in the process of this I will learn an awful lot and become very patient.
 
I too have a pretty horse who has had many issues and is still very quirky. I had the loading problem too but just persevered with bags of patience and gave myself plenty of time for 'problems'. We got there in the end and he loads great now, even if he has not been out in it for a while.
 
I don't think you can blame yourself about the way he behaves and the fact he is difficult. The last people gave up on him which is why you managed to get him so cheap. But it is soul destroying having a horse like Fly, they make you lose all confidence in yourself and can take the fun out of riding, but then they do something right and you forgive them. So like men... Personally I've decided that life is too short to be upset by my horse constantly and if I was at the point you are at I would seriously consider selling, but thats me, which is why Fly is lucky to have found you, someone willing to give him another chance.
 
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