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"At any given time, my horse will decide to buck."
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Dear Keith...
Saturday, September 8, 2007
At any given time, my horse will decide to buck. Sometimes he'll go two months without bucking and then he is at it again. He also does not like to go through water - he'd rather lung over it. Sometimes, I can make him walk through it and other times I can't. I've ridden all my life and I never came across a horse with these issues. I guess I've just been lucky.
If I let my horses head stay low and level, he would buck. I need to have it up. What do you think? |
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Don’t think in terms of mechanics so much. Think about “emotional training” and look for exercises that “give him a job to do.” You get your horse’s attention by improving his performance (for instance, get him consistently making a particular movement). Work on speed control exercises, read up on being proactive, learn to disengage your horse’s hip and learn the calm down cue... See, bucking is a difficult thing to answer in a paragraph.
The quickest ways to find articles/books/etc. dealing with the subjects I list above is to visit this page: http://www.horsemanship101.com/Horse-Training-Tools/index1001.html.
For Christmas, you should start dropping hints to loved-ones that you’d like to get John’s Riding Manual. It’s a ginormous manual that comes with several DVDs. It covers quite a few of the exercises we cover in our clinics, exercises that you could use to control the bucking horse. Though I must be clear that it never deals specifically with that issue. (http://www.horsemanship101.com/Catalog/Riding-Manual-includes-4-DVDs.html) At $200, it’s cheaper than paying a trainer or a broken hip.
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People are upset with me because I want to sell my horse. I've ridden since I was 10 and I have never come across a horse that bucks.
My horse follows me around like a dog and if I'm out of his sight, he comes looking for me. He is an 11 yr. old Appaloosa. He comes when he is called and starts nickering with excitement when he sees me. I know the horse is very attached and loves me very much. My husband said it would break Kid's heart if I sold him.
He didn't like the new saddle pad. When, I put his old one on he didn't buck. The snaffle bit I bought didn't control him so I went back to the other one.
His head has to be up with his face forward not to buck.
I have Kid up for sale - what do you think? JoAnne
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I think the bottom line is that riding is supposed to be fun. Luckily, my idea of a fun horse is a calm soul who gives 110% on a bad day while other riders get a charge out of horses that constantly test the rider’s mettle.
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