HI all,
If you guys remember I was having a problem with my trainer for my new 5 year old horse, she is aggressive rough etc. had a talk w/her she stopped smacking him, pulling on lead, etc. yet I stuck with her. I now regret it bigtime!
The last two lessons I had w/her my horse wouldn't move forward into the trot, so she suggested I hit him with the crop and kick him basically fight him to go forward. He got even worse, shaking head up and down back and forth, turning to look at me. What should of been done is stopped him, corrected it had him make small circle or back him up and begin again. Yet i followed her advice, she's my trainer was in the moment.
Today, after two very bad lessons I decided to go work on him on my own. He completely shut down. Wouldn't move forward to walk nothing, ears straight back, and backed me up into a fence. I had to do an emergency dismount.
I'm beyond aggrivated to say the least, a week ago I had him on a 4 hour trail, he was listening, id' taught him some stuff. I had to grab another trainer to help me. She lunged him calmly, calmed him down, and than proceeded to try to ride him in the round pen. He'd stop walking, wouldnt' walk, wouldn't turn wouldnt' do anything. She said he shut down, he's so apprehensive and nervous. He's all screwed up, what happened. So I told her.
She suggested she ride him 3x this week while I do ground work and we go back to square one again. The owner of the barn wouldnt' admit it was her trainer that screwed him up. She said well it's your fault, you were doing all this stuff w/him trail rides etc. I said he loved it, did great. I had him transitioning into trot last week, than I had two very bad intense lessons with your trainer and here we are!
So, do we all agree w/letting trainer ride him to get him to even walk and help calm him before I try to mount him again?
It's such a shame, I knew in my gut she was the wrong person. Yet I didnt' listen to that little voice inside my head. Now i have a screwed up horse, hopefully it's just temporary.
If you guys remember I was having a problem with my trainer for my new 5 year old horse, she is aggressive rough etc. had a talk w/her she stopped smacking him, pulling on lead, etc. yet I stuck with her. I now regret it bigtime!
The last two lessons I had w/her my horse wouldn't move forward into the trot, so she suggested I hit him with the crop and kick him basically fight him to go forward. He got even worse, shaking head up and down back and forth, turning to look at me. What should of been done is stopped him, corrected it had him make small circle or back him up and begin again. Yet i followed her advice, she's my trainer was in the moment.
Today, after two very bad lessons I decided to go work on him on my own. He completely shut down. Wouldn't move forward to walk nothing, ears straight back, and backed me up into a fence. I had to do an emergency dismount.
I'm beyond aggrivated to say the least, a week ago I had him on a 4 hour trail, he was listening, id' taught him some stuff. I had to grab another trainer to help me. She lunged him calmly, calmed him down, and than proceeded to try to ride him in the round pen. He'd stop walking, wouldnt' walk, wouldn't turn wouldnt' do anything. She said he shut down, he's so apprehensive and nervous. He's all screwed up, what happened. So I told her.
She suggested she ride him 3x this week while I do ground work and we go back to square one again. The owner of the barn wouldnt' admit it was her trainer that screwed him up. She said well it's your fault, you were doing all this stuff w/him trail rides etc. I said he loved it, did great. I had him transitioning into trot last week, than I had two very bad intense lessons with your trainer and here we are!
So, do we all agree w/letting trainer ride him to get him to even walk and help calm him before I try to mount him again?
It's such a shame, I knew in my gut she was the wrong person. Yet I didnt' listen to that little voice inside my head. Now i have a screwed up horse, hopefully it's just temporary.