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LIV
Gold Member
England
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 Posted - 25 Jul 2010 : 7:13:58 PM
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Hi
I think most people go through this at some point with horses and it does get better but certainly isn't any fun!
I would definately agree with Caryn (Kharidian) about not turning round and heading back home. It's not always easy to find a circular route but if you have just one it would be worth just sticking to it until she gets more confident with it. I've found that if you turn around they eventually start doing it closer and closer to home.
Another thing that has always helped me is to warm up at home and then trot out of the yard. One of my mares used to nap really badly so my instructress advised me to do this and it really helped. They have too much time to look at things in walk and start thinking about being backward.
Hope you start to enjoy hacking more. Liv |
     
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Callisto
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Posted - 25 Jul 2010 : 7:16:38 PM
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Just a small thing, but I have found that when riding out on horses I am not sure about on my own (my last 2 have been four year olds), singing (tunelessly I'm afraid) has been useful for relaxing me and therefore them - it makes you breath. They don't seem to mind if you can only remember one song - Lily hacks out to "She'll be coming round the mountains when she comes" - lots of verses, and years ago poor Harley had lots of hymns  . It really does help - they are looking to you for confidence (if this is what her issue is). Good luck - she sounds a real sweetie. |
  Zahkira (GR Amaretto x Taffetta)
Linda
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Bonnie
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England
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Posted - 07 Aug 2010 : 9:13:25 PM
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| My mare started naping just over 2 weeks ago ,I ride/walk her almost every day.today got her to ride up the lane from my yard (which was the problem).This was great after 2 weeks!Then it sounded like 2 motorbikes started very loudly out of sight at top of lane,I have come to the conclusion its a scary lane and a bit dark and now this has happened will she go up in morning?Led her along canal and got on on a bridleway,rode for about 20 mins then the napping started again.I always ride out from yard,refuse to turn back try to do a loop,I do have an issue getting on ,I insist she stands still as I had a fall two years ago ad have a bad leg.Any further advice would be welcome. |
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LesleyH
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Posted - 07 Aug 2010 : 11:59:14 PM
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| I am so glad I read these messages. I have the same problem with my 14 year old boy. He does exactly the same on the road, stops dead (Arab alert, danger ahead), reverses at speed in the middle of the road, or stops and just plants himself. I am sure the locals are fed up with us. I can hear them saying, Oh No, it's the barmy red head out again! He's very spooky and will also rear when stressed or even excited, i.e. if he sees another horse in the country park. Unfortunately I have to do roadwork to get to bridlepaths and the park. And why is it that when someone comes out of their front door and slams it, or closes a car door, or starts their lawnmower up, it's always just as you are going past! I do all the in hand work, long reining, schooling, even spook busting in our paddock yet everything is still SO very scarey out there in the real world. Every now and then though, he gives me a treat and we do make it to the bridlepath without too much hesitation, but only sometimes, he doesn't want to spoil me, ha ha. |
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Bonnie
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England
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Posted - 08 Aug 2010 : 7:58:09 PM
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| I did have two weeks of fantastic riding ,when I got her about six weeks ago ,when we passed everything no bother.Its not because she's spooky ,she just won't go out from the yard ,or if i lead her anywhere its minimal effort,a quick nap then when my time runs out its back home.Actually she's got a great sense of humour!All the years I've had horses/arabs I've never not been able to ride them forward eventually,Set myself a 'plan ' for the next month.Will let you know outcome. |
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bigmac
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England
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Posted - 16 Aug 2010 : 09:47:30 AM
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Gone from bad to worse, she will hack out lovely with somebody on foot/bike, with another horse AND somebody on foot was going fine too, but now having lost the person on foot have discovered she is terrible in company, so long as they're just walking she is fine and seems fine if she is in front but if the other horse is in front and starts to trot she totally loses the plot...roots to the spot, leaps in the air, bucks, spins etc, soon as the other horse stops and waits for her she walks off fine again. Due to health issues i'm supposed to only be "quietly hacking"  sent her to a friends yard and they had exactly the same problems with her, fine in the school etc but when hacked out with another completely lost it again.  |
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