Comments on: Question of the Week: Rambunctious Trail Horse

By: devoucoux.co.uk

devoucoux.co.uk — Fri, 08 Mar 2013 03:27:48 +0000

Great piece of advice. Thank you!

By: PKL

PKL — Sun, 22 Jul 2012 06:33:08 +0000

That is alway so scary when a horse just bolts, across an open field. I will have to re=read this a few times and practice it.

By: Gee and Haw

Gee and Haw — Mon, 02 Jan 2012 06:45:39 +0000

Great advise and well written.

By: Alaina

Alaina — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 21:28:56 +0000

WoW! This is sooooo helpful! The horse I used to ride bolted all the time, and I never thought of this. Now I know what to do in the future!

By: trail rider

trail rider — Mon, 21 Nov 2011 10:39:35 +0000

what if you dont have an arena to work in? (like me) then how are you suppose to get his attention back? all i have is a round pen, which is a mud hole right now, and the trail. i dont have a horse trailer at the moment to go to an arena, and i have no neighbors who even have horses, let alone an arena.
ive been having issues with my horse here lately, (my friend has driven out of her way to pick me up for a few trail rides) when other horses pass my horse, cause he wants to be in the front, he starts dancing and sidepassing and throwing his head up and down. and when i try to circle him on the not very wide trails to try and gain his attention and focus on me, he fights the reins terribly and has started rearing. he is completely ignoring me and my ques when other horses are around and he’s only started this in the last month or so. he is not alone at home either, so its not like he is just over excited to finally be around horses. im at a loss on what to do. i dont want to ride alone forever. any suggestions?

By: Horse Lover

Horse Lover — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:13:59 +0000

Great info

By: PKL

PKL — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 06:12:51 +0000

A lot of young horses have this problem, special if all the other horses start going faster.

By: Galadriel

Galadriel — Tue, 15 Nov 2011 23:26:47 +0000

Wish I had this advice last week.