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| I am riding a four-year-old for work that was broke last fall maybe had 45 days on... She understands all of the basics I can walk trot lope circle stop back up she's fairly well broke to all of the commands and Aids... However she is terrified of the rider on her back if you get 1 ounce out of balance or off the side a little or she sees even just your hand held to the side of her she really Panics...grabs her butt and wants to bolt and then sometimes will buck. So I'm not sure how to desensitize her so that she is more rideable. It's very wierd because u can ride her and she try hard. Want to make her settle. With out scaring her.
SUGESTIONS PLEASE
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Cold hands and Warm Heart
  
Location: oklahoma | Miles. Some take longer to mature. Have you done any desensitization on the ground too? |
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Location: Texas | Put her in a round pen(a good one she can't jump out or hurt herself) and sack her out. Tie sacks all over the saddle and let her figure it out it will scare her but she'll settle down. I would also look into a chiro visit I had a stud was the same way he had a couple ribs out and his back was out bad after that he settled right down.
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| Yes she has had Chiro. And has been totally desist tied in the ground. Flags tarps. All of it she handles. It the riders movement. Even just moving your leg a little forward and bck on her side. I have been workin even with putting tarp on her and and blanket etc. she ok with it. But now shakes everytime I take her to the round pen |
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 A Barrel Of Monkeys
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Location: Texas | Tire her out in the round pen before you ride her.
And I'll zip my flame suit up now - Ace. I'll give a cc in the mouth before heading out to trail ride a youngster. By the time it wears off, horse is tired.
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 Hog Tie My Mojo
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Location: Opelousas, LA | Pony her off of a been there, done that type horse in the round pen. In the round pen because she will probably bolt and get away from you a time or two and you don't want this to become a game for her. When she gets confident with being ponied you can slap the saddle, flap your arms, grab the horn and wiggle it, etc. all while you are safely mounted on another horse. Pet on her and praise her like she just set an arena record at the NFR whenever she walks quietly during all this.
Sounds like she has some holes in her training somewhere and lacks confidence because of it. Scaring the crap out of her by tieing bags and tarps to her saddle will only reinforce her thinking she has a reason to be scared. I do believe in sacking a colt out, but I want to be able to take away the scary object immediately as a reward for stopping to think instead of reacting by bolting, bucking etc. |
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| Ok thank you. Ponying is a great idea. And yes I don't think the traditional tiring things to her will work. I think she's so sensitive it will reinforce her bein scared. |
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Location: The Great Northwest | Go back to the ground work. It does carry-over to when you ride. Clinton Anderson has DVD's that would help. They are super easy steps for people and horse to learn. There the best help a person and horse could have to understand what is being asked. |
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Location: Big Blue Skies | tie plastic grocery bags to her stirrups, hang stuff off her saddle and let her stand then work her in the round pen. You need to get her used to all kinds of weird stuff and it won't matter to her what you do. |
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  Twin Sister to Queen Boobie
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Location: East Tennessee but who knows?! | Barnmom - 2014-03-08 4:06 PM Pony her off of a been there, done that type horse in the round pen. In the round pen because she will probably bolt and get away from you a time or two and you don't want this to become a game for her. When she gets confident with being ponied you can slap the saddle, flap your arms, grab the horn and wiggle it, etc. all while you are safely mounted on another horse. Pet on her and praise her like she just set an arena record at the NFR whenever she walks quietly during all this.
Sounds like she has some holes in her training somewhere and lacks confidence because of it. Scaring the crap out of her by tieing bags and tarps to her saddle will only reinforce her thinking she has a reason to be scared. I do believe in sacking a colt out, but I want to be able to take away the scary object immediately as a reward for stopping to think instead of reacting by bolting, bucking etc.
I agree with this. The problem is that she needs to get used to movement above her. Ponying is good way to accomplish that. You can also "bump" into her with your leg and move her around from the pony horse. |
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 Ditch the Stirrups
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Location: Sorrow Not! Defending against workplace bullies | Please do not tie anything scary to the horse or its saddle especially plastic grocery bags. You want to be able to take the object away immediately when the horse accepts it. I am embarrassed to admit I once tied a plastic grocery bag to a horses saddle and he was wildly afraid and ran into a fence post. Could have killed him (or me). That is not the right way to desensitize. |
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Sock Snob
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| I know ypu flame suit is on and to continue with training and warm weather will of course help, a magineesium (sp) suppuliment will quit one down and imhave respine on one like that to keep riding and them not get behind. They remember while they are on this stuff.
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 Horsey Gene Carrier
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Location: LaBelle, Florida | First thing I would do is take about 10 empty milk jugs and tie them all over her stall from the roof at different heights. You can even put rocks in some so they rattle when she bumps them.
After about 2 weeks, you will see a big difference in her.
I had an Arab stallion that was blind in one eye that I had to do this too. He was blind on the left side from an injury and even if you spoke and warned him you were there, he would jump sideways when you touched him.
Putting him the 'spook' stall, made a big difference for him. |
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