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appyfan1

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I have a 9ish y/o QH whose been abused, by I'm guessing a guy wearing a hat, and i'm having a couple of issues with him. I've managed to fix a lot of them, but I'm not experienced enough to even know where to begin. Everytime I go to take Wyatt on a trail ride alone he's okay for the first 15 mins, and then we get to the creek and he starts rearing and I can't get him to stop. The last time we left he reared up and landed on top of me and its getting really dangerous. I don't have a problem going on a trail ride with my sister, but sometimes I like to go out and just ride around watching the scenery with out her yapping a mile a minute if you have any advice let me know thanks. Geri
 
Is it the creek or the 15 min. ride that sets the horse off? OR is the horse barn soured or needs a companion?
 
One of the things you can do is take a water baloon with you and when he starts to rear you smash it , right between his ears. This causes him to think that he's hit his head on something when he reared up. Some people like to use a crop which has the same effect . But I would not ride out by yourself until you have this problem rectified in case you get into trouble with him coming over on you again. Becareful and good luck .
 
I would try and find out what is causing it before I use the other. Never know when it will happen again when you don't have a ballon.
 
Rearing horses are never fun and you can really get hurt. My 2 cents, your horse isn't scared he's been trained that when he does that he gets what he wants. No offence intended. When a horse rears with me I go down on one rein, say left, and use my left leg to disengage his hind end. Now if you are on acreek bank when this happens I wouldn't suggest this as the footing is unstable. Have you tryed working the dog out of him at the barn and letting him rest say at your creek?? Make the right thing easy and the wrong thing hard. I think the ballon thing may work, but I would go to the root of the problem and fix it. I wouldn't just apply a bandaid
 
My horse rears if you trail ride he does'nt like following other horses and gets antsy.I just keep spinning him switching leeds basically keeping his mind busy.He's a great ranch horse with cows he's all business and is great.At rodeo arena's he's nervous to say the least.I had him come over on top of me in the ropeing box that broke my pelvis in 4 places so be VERY careful.I can feel when my horse tences up now and I switch what we are doing just to get his mind back on task.He can really buck if you let him.If I were you and had any doubts about training him spend $500 or a $1000 on having him trained.My Dr's bills were over $30,000 be careful.
 
Thanks for the advice, I think he does it more when he's alone because when I took him to a 4-H show a year ago he did the same thing b/c he was the only one in the ring and the other horses were leaving. I've put him in a tie stall so he can't see the other horses and have his tempertantrum when they leave, which has helped at the barn but he's having the issues on trail rides when he's alone. My neighbor told me to take him for walks a lot and gradually walk further and further until he's okay, but he's very thick headed.
 
I don't know if hes worth the trouble,Greg had a beautiful,well bred quarter horse that kept doing the same as yours,he'd take her down to pasture by himself and she'd pull that...I finally made him get rid of her,was afraid she was going to kill him.
 
I was considering getting rid of him, but he's been shipped around a lot, and is starting to come around a bit, and besides that my boyfriend won't ride any other horse but him. My b/f is kinda a city slicker and Wyatt is bomb proof if he's with another horse.
 
appyfan1 said:
I have a 9ish y/o QH whose been abused, by I'm guessing a guy wearing a hat, and i'm having a couple of issues with him. I've managed to fix a lot of them, but I'm not experienced enough to even know where to begin. Everytime I go to take Wyatt on a trail ride alone he's okay for the first 15 mins, and then we get to the creek and he starts rearing and I can't get him to stop. The last time we left he reared up and landed on top of me and its getting really dangerous. I don't have a problem going on a trail ride with my sister, but sometimes I like to go out and just ride around watching the scenery with out her yapping a mile a minute if you have any advice let me know thanks. Geri
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How is the horse in other ways?
How is his ground manners on line?
Do you know what I mean by being braced?
How much control do you have of his hind quarters?
How are his leads? Do you have any trouble picking up either lead? Does the horse drop his shoulder loping circles in either lead?
 
I'm guesing you have a spoiled 9 year old tat has found a way to cheat you. Problem is he's found the best way -dangerous and hard to cure. I'm pretty hard on counterfits, and rearing is way counterfit. On an aged horse - one that knows better - I'd set him up and try to pull him over (step over to 1 stirrup) then I'd sit on his head til he was wondering if he was ever getting up. When he did get up I'd try to set him up again.

He might need a good trading off, as evidenced by his brands.
 

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