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Location: SE KS | Recently purchased a horse around 2 weeks ago - due to this that and the other... I'm just now really getting to ride him. The hole that I have found
in him is he is barn sour and doesn't like to ride out in the pasture by himself.... leaving and heading back at a certain point he gets on the muscle. So last
night we did small circles all the way back to the house.... left, right, he woul sull up and then we would do more circles... getting back to the house, we went to the round pen and we did some more circles... how have you all fixed this or what have you done. Thanks. he is also 9 .
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| OH I feel for you. That's no fun.
But, you did what I would do. Just keep riding. When he gets prancy, more circles or take him in opposite direction. I feel like you have to wear them out before they'll respond.
I'd be interested to hear what works for others? |
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Location: Broxton, Ga | Dinero10 - 2017-07-31 9:32 AM
Recently purchased a horse around 2 weeks ago - due to this that and the other... I'm just now really getting to ride him. The hole that I have found
in him is he is barn sour and doesn't like to ride out in the pasture by himself.... leaving and heading back at a certain point he gets on the muscle. So last
night we did small circles all the way back to the house.... left, right, he woul sull up and then we would do more circles... getting back to the house, we went to the round pen and we did some more circles... how have you all fixed this or what have you done. Thanks. he is also 9 .
Work him right at the house......before you leave.....like literally.....mine want the house then they get to work at the house........ |
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Location: MN | CJE - 2017-08-01 9:39 AM Dinero10 - 2017-07-31 9:32 AM Recently purchased a horse around 2 weeks ago - due to this that and the other... I'm just now really getting to ride him. The hole that I have found
in him is he is barn sour and doesn't like to ride out in the pasture by himself.... leaving and heading back at a certain point he gets on the muscle. So last
night we did small circles all the way back to the house.... left, right, he woul sull up and then we would do more circles... getting back to the house, we went to the round pen and we did some more circles... how have you all fixed this or what have you done. Thanks. he is also 9 .
Work him right at the house......before you leave.....like literally.....mine want the house then they get to work at the house........
^^^THIS! Totally agree. Work him hard up by the house then go cool down in the pasture. If he gets worked up again, work him again but only by the house then back out to the pasture. Eventually he will associate the pasture as his place to relax. |
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Go Your Own Way
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Location: SE KS | thanks girls, my thoughts exactly - work him at the house - o"h wow I get to relax in the pasture"..... is exactly what I want him to think.
I did that last week, worked him in the round pen - he started out a pill - so we went to the roundpen and he was a gentleman in the pasture after the round pen exercise.
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Location: Bandera, TX | Also, get off him away from the barn. You might have to walk a little bit and lead him, but I found it helped my mare to get off at a different point every time. Usually when we are done riding in the arena, I walk out, walk back in the arena, get off there rather than the trailer. Or I get off in the pasture facing away from the barn/trailer, etc. |
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Location: "...way down south in the Everglades..." | Very solid advice on here. Another thing that I've found helps is that I typically do not ride back to the barn. I dismount out in the arena or pasture and then lead them in. I also dismount with them facing away from the barn (or gate if you are in an arena). If I ride one that's a bit sour back towards the barn, if I feel his feet or motion wanting to stop when we get there then I just push him past the barn and away and stop else where. |
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| Walk all the way to the corral, turn around and walk back to the arena or pasture. If he is lazy walking away but hot coming back. Get after him when you walk away. Make him walk the same pace no matter where he is at. Do that over and over and over until he gets bored with it. It took me a week and about an hour each day but my horse doesnt care to go home anymore. KEEP IT at a walk (or maybe a prance in his case). Your patience will be tested. |
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Location: At the race track with Ah Dee Ohs | Work him where he wants to be. Relax away from there. No relax, more work. |
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| This has been my experience over and over. Everyone has offered great advice that has worked for me. Another thing that I have done is ride out with someone several times to let him get used to the new area. Get some miles on him and then try riding out alone. |
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| I found the getting off away from home worked the best on mine. For an entire winter I walked home over half a mile. Now she is awesome, she knows the last quarter of mile before home is a walk.
I was also told never work your horse walking away from home, but always work them coming back to home. |
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Location: SE KS | Thanks everyone for sharing your wisdom and I agree. It is always nice to see if one is thinking on the right path - I worked him in the round pen last night - me off and then me on him - he has a very green handle - I feel he wants to do good. He justs has not been taught. (they only trail rode on him, then he has been rode at the sale barn. so he isn't scared of cattle) Battle won last night. In the round pen we worked on handle, whoa, typical handle things.... I then went and rode him out in the pasture - he tried once - but I kept his feet moving and we went to doing circles... after that he relaxed and when headed home he was relaxed and he was a gentleman... battle won - not the war yet :) - me 2 - Petey -0 :) |
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Location: Willows, CA | I had a big OT gelding years ago that was like this. I would walk him out from the barn in the pasture and when he would get to weaving and want to turn back to the barn I let him turn and ran him back. At first he thought this was great. As soon as we got back to the closed gate we would turn, I would drop my hand and ask him to walk out straight again on a loose rein. It really only took a few times for him to understand that it was easier to walk than run and he lined right out. I have done the circles, backed them, held them up, but all that was between me and him. When I let him run back at his speed and walk out at his speed he was putting the pressure on himself and eventually chose the easier route, which was to line out and walk away from the barn straight. This is not for every horse, and you need to have safe room to do this if you are going to let them run out at their speed in an open pasture. The first few times back to the gate were pretty exciting. Pretty soon I had to encourage him to keep running all the way as his brain started working. Each trip out he would walk straight farther. After half a dozen round trips we walked out without issue. I only had to do this exercise once with him. |
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Location: Middle Tennessee | You've got some good advice here. Lots of miles, wet blankets and consistency will make a difference as well. I also like to tie horses like this for a minimum of 30 minutes when we get back home. The worst thing you can do is get them home and immediately untack, feed, let go etc. |
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Location: Missouri | I agree with work at home, relax away from the house. I start my young ones like that. Work is in the arena with a relaxing trail ride afterwards to cool down. Both young horses are great about riding alone away from the house and are in no hurry coming home. Start with short trips and make the longer each week. |
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