tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post7884602469365947622..comments2023-05-20T06:38:26.746-05:00Comments on The Feral Red Horse: No longer the favorite childTheFoxRiderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01291735157875155200noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post-29271672985867719772017-08-07T13:57:44.669-05:002017-08-07T13:57:44.669-05:00LOVE Elisa! I'll have to check out the Stacvy ...LOVE Elisa! I'll have to check out the Stacvy Westfall videos as well. I thought a lot of this stuff was phooey but it really worked for Bailey, so hopefully it can tame Arya, too. TheFoxRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291735157875155200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post-26873187985053550952017-08-07T13:50:34.639-05:002017-08-07T13:50:34.639-05:00yea you might be right about that - like that one ...yea you might be right about that - like that one time she got freaked out and now she's all suspicious and squicked out. hopefully by avoiding too many repeats of the "badness" (for lack of a better term LOL) you'll be able to get her back to normal. <br /><br />hopefully you find some interesting nuggets in my ground work posts too! i'm not very experienced in that field but have tried to document everything i've learned. if you're really interested in following that route tho, there are a couple youtube series that have been really helpful for me. particularly, the first 15 or so videos (they're all like 7-12min long) from Stacy Westfall's Jac series (i've legit watched basically this whole series at least 3-4 times now), and Elisa Wallace's mustang makeover videos with both Fledge and Hwin. emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post-17413050234490350762017-08-07T12:35:18.852-05:002017-08-07T12:35:18.852-05:00I was just reading your ground work posts!! I thin...I was just reading your ground work posts!! I think that is where we are going to start fixing the problem. I am hoping it was a one-time series of stressors and bad judgement but if not, she will definitely be going to see one of our local cowboys for some training. Luckily I know a couple of good, fair horsemen who are better equipped than I am for this type of issue!TheFoxRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291735157875155200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post-90398075552613939992017-08-07T11:34:04.339-05:002017-08-07T11:34:04.339-05:00Yikes that sounds scary! I have like... No experie...Yikes that sounds scary! I have like... No experience with that specific breed of naughtiness. I had a horse that reared during mounting but no other time and through careful, slow deliberate work we were able to resolve it. My gut instinct would be to go in the opposite direction of hard work - like laying down some rides that are very easy for her mentally, where she can get the answer right then be done. So that she doesn't have this welling sense of anxiety. Or like. Rides where you get on, then get right back off again and be done. I imagine work like that (as low key as it is) could be repeated multiple times throughout the day so that no one session lasts particularly long, but that she gets a lot of low key repetition. Honestly tho idk. Is there a trusted trainer you can ask? Anyway good luck!! And awesome that Bailey is doing so well!emmahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05686949099663199382noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post-31487603695501043712017-08-07T10:04:11.537-05:002017-08-07T10:04:11.537-05:00I'm totally stumped and a little scared, mysel...I'm totally stumped and a little scared, myself - though I should clarify that she didn't actually flip, but she definitely got close. I've dealt with rearing before with Bailey, but her rears seem slow and predictable and I could easily identify and fix the issue, where I'm just totally at a loss with Arya. I might have to see if I can find a local cowboy if it wasn't just a one time stress/construction/etc related incident... It definitely isn't within my skillset to fix it otherwise. TheFoxRiderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01291735157875155200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6003531360669449165.post-36263437247842973972017-08-07T09:57:09.226-05:002017-08-07T09:57:09.226-05:00The OTTB we picked up from the track last fall had...The OTTB we picked up from the track last fall had sky-high rearing as his go to evasion. BM sent him to a trusted cowboy to be completely rebroken after trying ground work and easy riding (and body work and diet changes and yada yada) for months. A horse that want to go up and doesn't care if it goes over is not on my list of things I'll personally deal with.Carlyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17308477892024999793noreply@blogger.com