Rearing when eating whilst being ridden
I have a lovely cob mare who is 15hh and 13yrs old. She is great in everyway apart from one and this has got worse recently. Whilst we are out riding she will put her head done to eat and i don't let her, most of the time she will just accept that and move on but sometimes she won't. She will stop and start rearing! Sometimes i can push her on and it stops but last night it was the worst. She kept rearing so i got off as didn't want to fall off or be crushed. I then tried to pull her head up when i was on the ground but she reared up this continued for ages. Eventually i had to get someone from the yard to come help me as she wouldnt let me near her and if i did she would swing her bum at me and flick a leg out. I'm really want to know why she does this and is there anything i can do to stop it as it spoils our rides. The best way i can describe it is like she is having a tantrum she just plants her feet and throws a strop! Help me please!!
I have a lovely cob mare who is 15hh and 13yrs old. She is great in everyway apart from one and this has got worse recently. Whilst we are out riding she will put her head done to eat and i don't let her, most of the time she will just accept that and move on but sometimes she won't. She will stop and start rearing! Sometimes i can push her on and it stops but last night it was the worst. She kept rearing so i got off as didn't want to fall off or be crushed. I then tried to pull her head up when i was on the ground but she reared up this continued for ages. Eventually i had to get someone from the yard to come help me as she wouldnt let me near her and if i did she would swing her bum at me and flick a leg out. I'm really want to know why she does this and is there anything i can do to stop it as it spoils our rides. The best way i can describe it is like she is having a tantrum she just plants her feet and throws a strop! Help me please!!