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Post by lorddaxter on Oct 5, 2015 13:06:03 GMT
I just booked Ira in for some training starting April, the trainer has been recommended to me by a few people, hes about 45 minutes away from my place, he is going to get him used to very heavy traffic and difficult trails and put a lot of miles on him, I had a very scary ride on him last week, he got spooked bad by 3 big vehicles and unfortunately they did not stop, the second truck appeared to think I was racing him as Ira bolted with his head in the air, finally I got him back under some control and planted him in the middle of the road so they had to stop, Ira was petrified, I put him up the driveway as this happened just outside my place and made him stand while they passed, he seems worse when things come from behind him, I absolutely lost control of him, the only blessing was that he kept going forward and straight.
Anyway the place the guy is working out of is right next to a busy highway, should be interesting!
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mistersmom
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Post by mistersmom on Oct 5, 2015 13:43:07 GMT
Oh that does sound scary. Why are people such idiots about horses (and other animals) along the roadway??? I'm glad to hear he is going out for some training. Ask the guy to put him out in the field closest to the highway.
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Post by horselover4life on Oct 5, 2015 14:34:09 GMT
Glad you are OK.... Scary stuff. Better that you have a trainer you can get help for him from. Keep us posted..  ... |
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Post by Lipizzan on Oct 5, 2015 16:37:16 GMT
Jup, it happened a lot to me too.... With young horses is the worst. And loosing control is very scary, that is my number one thing I fear about horses, when you lose control there is not much you can do but pray your horse is smart enough to stop.
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Post by lorddaxter on Oct 5, 2015 19:05:56 GMT
Ive noticed a pattern, he gets better for me then I put someone else on him then something happens to scare him and Im back to square one, be interesting to see what trainer makes of him, hopefuly with some consistent work he will improve to the stage I can put hubby on him
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Post by horselady on Oct 5, 2015 23:54:55 GMT
That is scarey, old time trainers said the place to train a horse for traffic is to place them in a paddock next to a busy road. so they get used to the noise and someone should announce to the drivers that horses are living and breathing and do not know a truck is not going to hurt them. please be careful and hope it works out
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Post by lorddaxter on Oct 6, 2015 0:47:07 GMT
That is scarey, old time trainers said the place to train a horse for traffic is to place them in a paddock next to a busy road. so they get used to the noise and someone should announce to the drivers that horses are living and breathing and do not know a truck is not going to hurt them. please be careful and hope it works out You know what's ironic, they are working with huge exvavators and all sorts of stuff next to them, they stand and watch, also there's huge trucks, all sorts of vehicles up and down there all day and I'm not kidding yet if anything he's worse!....he is worse when they come from behind him, but its not always possible to let him see, if there's a driveway I can stand in yes but you know how things work, never in your favour! I should be able to start riding him up the back field again soon, they are fencing it today, they've been saying for weeks yes next week you can use it, its nice and hilly and as they've been working there very smooth, 3 years we have been off it, I seriously think they owe us more compensation, my neighbour does too, fat chance though lol!...way things are I doubt Enbridge will be doing much or giving much away in the near future! |
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Post by carshon on Oct 6, 2015 14:06:20 GMT
We used to ride our horses along the rode exclusively. In my rural area fields are off limits! Putting the horses in a pasture by the road does help but the rider tenses just a little the horse senses it and you are done.
Steve does not like to ride near the road - and we hardly ever do. And I know it is more me than him- when he was young I used to walk him up and down the ditches to get used to the traffic and he got to where he did not mind it. As soon as I try to ride him along the road we are a scary nervous mess. And I know its me.
Maybe practice walking with him along this area so you both learn to relax?
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Post by lorddaxter on Oct 6, 2015 19:28:38 GMT
We used to ride our horses along the rode exclusively. In my rural area fields are off limits! Putting the horses in a pasture by the road does help but the rider tenses just a little the horse senses it and you are done. Steve does not like to ride near the road - and we hardly ever do. And I know it is more me than him- when he was young I used to walk him up and down the ditches to get used to the traffic and he got to where he did not mind it. As soon as I try to ride him along the road we are a scary nervous mess. And I know its me. Maybe practice walking with him along this area so you both learn to relax? This is true but I'm not saying I'm super rider lol!....but I'm very relaxed, I never tense hence the reason I got thrown off Isis so easy as I had no stirrups or reins lol!......I was not expecting him to react that bad I knew he would dance a little but I didn't shorten the reins or anything as I too believe trust and relax gives just that, obviously he was on a different page! I just love riding Dax so much as he's lively, full of character, small so easy to get off and on, so I'd rather be riding him, I struggle to get on ira and getting off hurts my knees he's so tall, I find him lazy too, he's just not my type of horse, with work he maybe could be but its not there right now so if I have time to ride I usually ride Dax, so ira gets not enough miles, I'm hoping a few months with a trainer will get him good enough for hubby to ride and if he's then road safe I'll just take him out once a week to keep ontop of him, hubby will ride him every weekend so that should then be more than enough:) |
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Post by nhg on Oct 7, 2015 2:18:12 GMT
I always smile that Carshon has a horse named Steve. Anyway, that's a scary situation, I'm glad you're okay. It'll be interesting to see how that goes. Ira is a big, solid boy. If he sets his mind on something it would be tough to change it.
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Post by lorddaxter on Oct 7, 2015 12:14:48 GMT
I always smile that Carshon has a horse named Steve. Anyway, that's a scary situation, I'm glad you're okay. It'll be interesting to see how that goes. Ira is a big, solid boy. If he sets his mind on something it would be tough to change it. I know, he was blind bolting, I just yelled at him hey hey hey very loud while pulling each rein independently to get his attention, not sure what worked, maybe he just came to his senses! I giggle at animals with human names, they say it means something about you, not sure what though?! |
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Post by carshon on Oct 7, 2015 13:05:27 GMT
Well we have a steers now named Mark and Melvin - so maybe it shows I may be a little anti-social.
As for Steve - the name seems to fit him.
I think training for Ira would be wonderful- especially if your husband will be able to ride with you when he comes back. Riding with someone else is more fun!
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Terry
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Post by Terry on Oct 9, 2015 15:16:47 GMT
Sorry you had such a scary ride! I'm so glad you both came out of it ok. That is definitely some scary stuff!!
You mentioned Enbridge - are they putting the pipeline in by you now? They were running the pipeline beside and behind my pasture for one entire summer 2 years ago (of course it was the summer that I had the trainer coming out to get Zena rideable again  ). In the beginning my girls were both absolutely terrified of all that big equipment outside their pasture every day, but fortunately they eventually got used to it. It sure made things noisy and ugly to look at for quite a while out here, though.
Good luck with the trainer. I hope it works out well for you, and especially for Ira.
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Post by lorddaxter on Oct 9, 2015 19:16:39 GMT
Sorry you had such a scary ride! I'm so glad you both came out of it ok. That is definitely some scary stuff!!
You mentioned Enbridge - are they putting the pipeline in by you now? They were running the pipeline beside and behind my pasture for one entire summer 2 years ago (of course it was the summer that I had the trainer coming out to get Zena rideable again ). In the beginning my girls were both absolutely terrified of all that big equipment outside their pasture every day, but fortunately they eventually got used to it. It sure made things noisy and ugly to look at for quite a while out here, though.
Good luck with the trainer. I hope it works out well for you, and especially for Ira.
Yes Terry, 2 or 3 years, Ive lost track!.....its been noisy all that time so you think he would be used to it, I have a nice hay field now as they took so many trees down! |
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Post by redzip on Oct 13, 2015 12:48:04 GMT
I can relate to horses behaving one way in the pasture and quite another under saddle.
I don't ride out on the trails much with Zippy for the same reasons.
Altho I am hoping to ride on trails some this fall on my neighbors farm.
Hope the trainer works out smart horse
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). In the beginning my girls were both absolutely terrified of all that big equipment outside their pasture every day, but fortunately they eventually got used to it. It sure made things noisy and ugly to look at for quite a while out here, though.