cowgirl08":2xq1paoo said:My 3yo appy is lazy in every sense! any suggestions?
cowgirl08":3d4ysi55 said:and i tell ya that horse couldn't have been more surprisedhe didn't like it but i at least got more steps outta him then i usually do.
cowgirl08":333yh1dc said:my first post on the other thread stated that he was an appie. and yes, at first i did try the make friends gentle approach but then i realized that he's an a$$ and quite frankly, i aint that friendly. trust me i'm trying to take charge. but like i said he's lazy and when i make him work he gets aggrivated and starts bucking or biting as soon as i show the crop. we had a little bit of a break through yesterday. at first when he would start to buck i would stop with the crop and figured that i just shouldn't use it. now i realize that its my choice what i use not his and yesterday i rode him out of the buck and made him move. and i tell ya that horse couldn't have been more surprisedhe didn't like it but i at least got more steps outta him then i usually do.
the trainer has an indoor arena, and i usually have to kick a whole in his side to get him to move. so when i say he took more steps than usual, i meant he made a circle or two before he bulked up again. now he's doing good. he came home saturday and he's only stopping when i tell him to. which a huge improvement.flaboy?":3bky835y said:When you say you got more steps out of him, how many steps are we talking about? Can you get him to move and continue to move when requested or do you get him started and then he stops and is refusing to move on?
cowgirl08":171t9ld7 said:the trainer has an indoor arena, and i usually have to kick a whole in his side to get him to move. so when i say he took more steps than usual, i meant he made a circle or two before he bulked up again. now he's doing good. he came home saturday and he's only stopping when i tell him to. which a huge improvement.flaboy?":171t9ld7 said:When you say you got more steps out of him, how many steps are we talking about? Can you get him to move and continue to move when requested or do you get him started and then he stops and is refusing to move on?
cowgirl08":3erphqp5 said:...i want having him to be pleasurable, not a pain. i'm not going to be able to go to college and come home on weekends to throw a saddle on and ride him. this was suppose to be something enjoyable and it's not it's work, and i dont have time for this much work.
msscamp":2q4p8yqi said:cowgirl08":2q4p8yqi said:...i want having him to be pleasurable, not a pain. i'm not going to be able to go to college and come home on weekends to throw a saddle on and ride him. this was suppose to be something enjoyable and it's not it's work, and i dont have time for this much work.
I hate to be the one to break this to you, but the vast majority of horses are work. The pleasure factor of most horses is directly proportional to the amount of riding the receive. A horse that is left in a stall/run/pen/pasture for any length of time - even a week, with some horses - is a frisky/unexcercised/potentially problem horse, especially if they are a younger horse. Mares also tend to be a little more of a handful at certain times of the month due to cycling. Based on what you've posted, I would suggest you look for a dead-broke, older gelding - they tend to not be affected as much by being left in a pen for a few weeks with no riding, nor are they affected by the monthly hormonal thing.
It could possibly be the feed. What are you feeding her exactly, and how much?cowgirl08":3crch9ox said:My 3yo appy is lazy in every sense! any suggestions?
cowgirl08":1rf7sfw0 said:no i dont have spurs. but i've decided i'm going to sell him and get a mare. perferably a paint. anybody want him? lol! he's really not too gosh awful bad. it's just, i dont want to have to fight him. he's the only horse i have and i want having him to be pleasurable, not a pain. i'm not going to be able to go to college and come home on weekends to throw a saddle on and ride him. this was suppose to be something enjoyable and it's not it's work, and i dont have time for this much work. i just dont have enough experience. someone whose grown up with horses will have no problem handling him. He's a solid full-blooded appaloosa. 3 years old. chesnut. bout 16 hands, great legs, good build, SUPER smooth. If anyone's interested pm me. we're in ohio.