albertaeventer

Awww thank you!! We have a lot of fun together! :)

I've watched all of your videos on YouTube! Totally love the bond you have with Sunny. <3

Are you albertaeventer with all the helmet cam videos on YouTube? I'm also from YouTube, and I have a chesnut mare named Sunny too :) Welcome to the forum :)

It seems that the horse is taking advantage of any lack of discipline or experience you/her rider are unknowingly displaying when working with her. Any horse can change behaviorally to the worst, if...

First one looks about 1.10 (3'6), second one looks a similar height. 3rd is possibly 1.15m or 1.20 Those of you thinking they are over 5 foot, this is what 5 foot looks like! (not me obviously!)...

If removing the saddle makes a big & immediate improvement in the horse, then there was something wrong with the saddle. If using a neck rope gives a big & immediate improvement over using a bit,...

We are new to boarding and are saddened and shocked by this and are hopeful it is not the norm. At the facility where we board there is a barn worker who does all of the turn out, feeding,...

I don't really care if my horses know whether fly spray is beneficial to them .. they only need to know that it is something I said they are going to have to deal with. So they will deal with it. ...

You guys are funny! Well, I did it! I survived my first BN (that's Beginner Novice Waresbear). We conquered the 3 little extra inches of height. I must say I was more than a bit concerned after...

Thanks for the words. That does help. Luckily I went up to the barn to do my "feel him out" dressage test ride today to see where are sticky parts were. Little could be found. He felt absolutely...

I do not really understand any of this! Why, if you are handling a horse, do you have it 20 to 40 feet away from you? There is no way to correct or control with this. Hence the reason why she...

Eeeeeeeeek!!! No!!! Do not drop your hands! Keep them up and drive from your seat and leg into your correct hand. Seat and leg! Horse's body! Forget your hands and this awful notion of "head down."...

There are a million threads on "head set" - all of which come down to: if the horse is correct, its head will be correct. That means the horse must be using its body correctly. Head down =/=...

Do not for a minute believe that in one session you have ended his issues.

Black-I have a couple of thoughts. In reading your posts, I see a whole lot of making of excuses for the horse. I would caution you NOT to make excuses. You need to make him do as you ask. ...

That one statement is where all your problems lie. A good relationship with a horse does not come from love and hugs and rainbow farts. It comes from mutual respect and good leadership. And yep,...

Your issues with this horse go a lot deeper than just leading. He has exactly zero respect for you and your space. You need somebody to come and help you in person so you can learn how to get and...

In my experience this is because they're more likely to be owned by novices, allowed to get away with stuff more, handled by kids, treated 'softly' without discipline, not handled consistently. Any...