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| I read a great article about some "lazy" horses are just plain bored. I have one of those too. (the one in the picture!) Now i do weird stuff with him and he seems way happier and forward moving. I ride him in the pasture, breeze him, pony my other horse on him, lots of stuff to break up the bordom. He's 7 now but has been lazy since day 1! He's still not super fast but at least he likes his job better.
Good luck!
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Location: My own little world :) | That is interesting because I have heard that lazy horses are bored. I was watching a trainingbarrelhorses.com video with Jolene and Molli Montgomery and they mentioned pushing a horse to test them and challenge them. So like on the pattern instead of drilling slow perfection challenge them by pushing them faster occasionally and make them be accountable and figure it out. I think I need to think outside of the box with her and do different things. |
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Location: Texas | Leave her alone... lazy is nice! If she doesn't wake up and get a little snappy when you ask for it then pop her with the over and under and wake her up. Trust me on this one... It's way easier to wake one up then to mellow one out. My horse looks like he's in a western pleasure class in the warm up pen. He wakes up when we head towards the alley though. He just turned 6 in April and he's doing great. All my horses have been pretty lazy. I like lazy! :)
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Location: Texas | Keep her stalled. They waste all their energy out. Over and under her to liven her up. |
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Location: Texas | Oh and I hate lazy! I want my horses calm but super responsive! |
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Let me elaborate on my "lazy" since I may have used the wrong word... I want a quiet calm horse with a good work ethic... I want a horse that is a pleasure to ride. Responsive but not sensitive. When I stop and sit I want them to be well mannered and quiet. I would still rather have a horse that is lazy that one that is nervous or high strung always having the go-gos. That being said, I want to be able to do lots of stuff with my horse and not just barrels. I enjoy riding on the trails and letting my grandkids ride too. A quiet horse that leans to the lazy side just fits my long term program better. You will have to decide what fits yours.
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| hoofs_in_motion - 2015-07-15 11:49 AM
could be tying up.....maybe stick her on DMG? I had a mare that was like that, DMG gave her some UMPH
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| I have a LAZY colt that immediately livened up last night when I asked him to track my dog ( to get him out of the pen). He LOVE it, very cowy. So I'm gonna work him on the flag and track cattle a bit to give him something to do before I start on the pattern. |
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Location: In the land of peanuts and cotton | uno-dos-tres! - 2015-07-15 1:39 PM
Give her a blood builder once a week for three weeks. I have a friend that had a lazy horse 3 weeks ago. Boy, did he ever wake up...
I have one exactly like your. He's seen 2 vets and a chiro. Other than routine injections there nothing wrong with him. He's just seriously unmotivated.... To do anything except for eating. When I go to bring him his food everyday is the only time he peps up. The last vet which was one that specializes in preform acne horses suggested the blood builder. He said if that didn't work we would try Ventipulmin syrup. But I don't want to go that route so hoping the blood builder works. He suggested Red Cell. |
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Location: MD | I don't mind lazy. I like it actually. I will not however tolerate one being dull. If I get after one to move out and they don't, they learn what an Over N Under is real quick. I won't nag at a lazier one to be peppy all of the time, but they have to have a gas pedal and when I step on it, I expect to go somewhere. Some of the best horses have been super laid back though. We were actually talking earlier today about one of my favorite horses ever, Bunnys Trucker. You had to carry a hand quirt just to go lope circles on that sucker, but when you pointed him up the alley, there weren't many who could outrun him! |
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Location: Wearing a winter coat...... | grinandbareit - 2015-07-19 5:56 PM
Let me elaborate on my "lazy" since I may have used the wrong word... I want a quiet calm horse with a good work ethic... I want a horse that is a pleasure to ride. Responsive but not sensitive. When I stop and sit I want them to be well mannered and quiet. I would still rather have a horse that is lazy that one that is nervous or high strung always having the go-gos. That being said, I want to be able to do lots of stuff with my horse and not just barrels. I enjoy riding on the trails and letting my grandkids ride too. A quiet horse that leans to the lazy side just fits my long term program better. You will have to decide what fits yours.
Love my lazy horses....... I have been passed by baby strollers on my way to the arena BUT they know how to run. |
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| I had to add....my colt just didn't wanna pick up his feet. Stumbled every once in awhile. LAZY. Kinda dead to my leg on his left side. Ntohing major tho, I could pull on his tail and everything was good. I started him on EPM meds and started riding him again yesterday...he is a different horse. Light, soft, holds himself better, no stumbling! |
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Location: Somewhere else | Mine is the same way.....nothing wrong with him except he is lazy. But he has tyed up on me twice in all the 10 yrs I've had him. He by no means is EVER gonna a speed demon but he came from a cutting horse to a western pleasure horse, then I got him and turned him into a barrel horse and breakaway horse. You just have to really work at him getting him to open up and run. |
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