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Location: Kansas | I have a gelding who is extremely caucious of people, won't let you catch him in the pasture.....very timid of you once he finally is caught. When riding....he is broke, but very sensitive on his left side. He was abused in the feedlot so I think alot of this stems from that. So any kind of leg pressure against him...he tucks his butt and will bolt forward. Now, I want to ride him, but I'm a big chicken LOL. I'm going to try to get on him this weekend. He will allow me to come up and love on him while he is eating grain...but nothing more than that. If you ask for a lope, he grabs the bit and runs off and it is very very hard to get him to stop.
What would be the best approach to handling a horse like this? |
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Location: Cap'n Joan Rotgut.....alberta | round pen and iwould pony him, especially on his bad side..i also like to hose them off weather permitting of course....................
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Location: Southeastern Idaho | I don't have a lot of advice other than to be very cautious here. Horses that want to run away can be very dangerous. I learned from first hand experience on this one, ended up in the hospital for a week and went through a long healing period. 8 year old gelding, super handle (broke), and was roping on him but snorty and spooky on the ground. Loping him through the barrels one day and my saddle slipped. As I shifted my balance to correct the saddle it spooked him, he ran away with me. I pulled the bit through his mouth trying to get him to turn in a circle. Figured the only way out of this deal was to bail off. I did right into a rail road tie. 8 broken ribs and a punctured lung later.... Anyway, just be cautious and don't make the same dumb move I did and "fall asleep" forgetting his issues. |
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Undercover Amish Mafia Member
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Location: Kansas | luvropin - 2015-02-23 1:01 PM I don't have a lot of advice other than to be very cautious here. Horses that want to run away can be very dangerous. I learned from first hand experience on this one, ended up in the hospital for a week and went through a long healing period. 8 year old gelding, super handle (broke), and was roping on him but snorty and spooky on the ground. Loping him through the barrels one day and my saddle slipped. As I shifted my balance to correct the saddle it spooked him, he ran away with me. I pulled the bit through his mouth trying to get him to turn in a circle. Figured the only way out of this deal was to bail off. I did right into a rail road tie. 8 broken ribs and a punctured lung later.... Anyway, just be cautious and don't make the same dumb move I did and "fall asleep" forgetting his issues.
oh no trust me......I'm very alert around this horse lol |
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | I wouldn't attempt to ride him right off - even if you stay on you could do a lot more damage to his training.
I would check to make sure his sight is ok.
Then I would put him in the pen and start him over like a colt and work on the gaps in his training and getting him to relax and trust you first. I would do a lot of sacking out on his side from the ground first and then from the fence or another horse. Ponting helps a lot too since it gives you a chance to bump their sides a little. |
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| Start by gaining his trust, I would put him in the round pen, and work him there.
John Lyons has some amazing videos on working horses in the round pen, when to apply more pressure, and when to let off |
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| Check out womenandhorses.com. Inbalance oil has DVD show how to use
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