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| Herbie - 2015-11-16 4:21 PM
cheryl makofka - 2015-11-15 8:43 PM teamthompson - 2015-11-15 7:39 PM She rides great away from home, i haul her 2-3x a week to arenas to ride and get exposure..... But here at home, its like she had ADD... And yes, maybe u are right about the asking, bc spurs totally t her off, and when i bump her w my legs i get the tail swish that say get lost lady.... I have never rode or owned an all cow bred horse before... My arena here at home is out n middles of my 20acre hay field, and yes we do lots of pasture riding, we have huge drainage ditches and we work them, i also work her backing up and backing down the smaller ditches..... She is real gun/playgun on top and doc o lena on bottom I would honestly quit picking at her, no more backing up, no more circles, no more mindless drills. I would treat for ulcers, and just trail ride for a month, she is telling you she needs a break from whatever you are doing.
I think it is still a pretty green horse? I could see that working for a finished horse, but not one that still in kindergarten... | |
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Location: NE Texas | veintiocho - 2015-11-16 4:35 PM Herbie - 2015-11-16 4:21 PM cheryl makofka - 2015-11-15 8:43 PM teamthompson - 2015-11-15 7:39 PM She rides great away from home, i haul her 2-3x a week to arenas to ride and get exposure..... But here at home, its like she had ADD... And yes, maybe u are right about the asking, bc spurs totally t her off, and when i bump her w my legs i get the tail swish that say get lost lady.... I have never rode or owned an all cow bred horse before... My arena here at home is out n middles of my 20acre hay field, and yes we do lots of pasture riding, we have huge drainage ditches and we work them, i also work her backing up and backing down the smaller ditches..... She is real gun/playgun on top and doc o lena on bottom I would honestly quit picking at her, no more backing up, no more circles, no more mindless drills. I would treat for ulcers, and just trail ride for a month, she is telling you she needs a break from whatever you are doing. I think it is still a pretty green horse? I could see that working for a finished horse, but not one that still in kindergarten...
Oops sorry, I read 2x - 3x a week as being running in the 2D - 3D. My fault. It was Monday and it's raining....double whammy for me.  | |
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Location: texas | She rides good at the arenas..... And yes i am hauling her twice a week to ride
At home, she too worried about the other horse up at the barn, therefore i dont have her attention at home.... Its just annoying but do-able
Anywho, thanks for the info..... | |
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Location: Texas | Maybe leave her tied by herself for several hours a day at home where she gets used to being by herself.. maybe she won't care so much what everyone else is doing. | |
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Location: North Dakota | I wouldn't just tie her, I would stall her away from everyone else-make her dependent on just you-no other friends. We have a gelding that gets the solitary confinement treatment about once a year when he gets to being a pain at the trailer or just too over anxious about his buddies. A couple weeks of being stalled alone takes the attitude right out of him. | |
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| teamthompson - 2015-11-17 10:16 AM
She rides good at the arenas..... And yes i am hauling her twice a week to ride
At home, she too worried about the other horse up at the barn, therefore i dont have her attention at home.... Its just annoying but do-able
Anywho, thanks for the info.....
You are in control - get her attention! Get her feet moving fast and do not give her any other option but TO listen to you! Working circles on the side of a hill is really good for this! They may start off gawking around but pretty quick realize they need to be watching their feet.
You don't have to do any fancy moves either - trot circles and switch directions A LOT, serpentine work, cork screw circles - all moves to get her moving and take her mind off the other horses AND the start of a good foundation and good foot work Some horses are really sour and want to just get back to the herd - so go work around those horses and don't let her stop to get a breath until you're walking away from them. Pretty soon they'll learn it's not so much fun being around them.... | |
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| Short serpentines and tie her up away from your horses, I've tied mine to trees and left them on the back fourty all day they learn to deal with being alone. I hobble some to. | |
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| casualdust07 - 2015-11-16 10:42 AM
depends on if she had a job before, but she didnt. I wouldn't be shocked at a 4YO needing hocks done if they were on the track or being trained on pretty hard for futurities. Not that I think any of it is ideal, it's just not shocking to me. But since she was only broke as a 3YO, makes me wonder why she's already sore in her hocks. Would be worth radiographing to see if there's a reason why she's sore already.
We injected at 3 ... various reasons why and with extensive radiographs and flex tests. Filly is fine a year and half later, still riding smooth and clean. So, I agree, injecting early is not always a bad thing. And, for the record, our vet said we may never have to inject her again.
I'd go back to boot camp - tie out, ride, tie out, etc. She may just need a dang job - like cattle. You say she's cow bred and by your tone, you seem to be blaming that for her ****y attitude. So, giver her a different job other than barrels and arena riding. She may just plain HATE the regular work you're giving her ... she may just perk right up and be a different horse with cows to track and move. | |
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Location: Carpenter, WY | teamthompson - 2015-11-14 5:18 PM Never been in this situation before... How do u handle or what do u do with a spoiled brat of a horse? She came that way to me, now i am dealing with it... When u ask her to do something, i get the tail swish, like get lost lady, and then she does what i asked.... What is gritty? When i bought little filly, girl said the guy who broke her said she was gritty, so what does that mean exactly????? Does the sour puss attitude go along with that???? Sheesh she is only 4yo I am starting to dislike her more n more She rides horrible at home, like wrestling w a 1000lb ADD kid But when i haul her to the arenas she rides good, which is 2/3x a week
I would equate gritty with bullheaded and smart. Most of the time if you can get by that you've got a good one. Keep the feet moving when she starts swishing and let her know you are in charge and things will be done your way. You'll have to be smarter than the horse and figure out what she responds too. Eventually you'll reach a point where she will respect you as well as you will respect her grit. As a 4 yr old you're setting the tone for the rest of her life and if you let her get away with stuff she'll try and buffalo you more and more. JMO | |
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