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<blockquote data-quote="Mike Franklin" data-source="post: 330574" data-attributes="member: 5275"><p>I can tell ya what worked for me on a horse who wouldn't except a rider. We got together a half dozen real good horsemen and rode the pony in like a tag team deal. He didn't go without someone on him until he was wore out and his tongue hangin' out. No abuse just ridden all day. It didn't 'break' him but it made him understand what his job was.</p><p>As for being barn sour, as soon as you get him to where he can be ridden there's a couple of things you ought to try. First ride her awhile then go back home. Tie her somewhere, wait a bit then go ride her again. When ya come home on her make her ride past your place for a short distance then come back home and do it again. Also when you first get her home make her stand tied for awhile before you remove the tack and feed and water her. She has learned that going home is the end of her work day and she has to unlearn that. I have ridden a pony passed my entrance 5 or 6 times before we'd go home. He learned hat going toward home didn't mean we were going home. Also don't take her home, ride her to a friends place, leave her awhile, maybe over night if need be then go back and ride her home. She shouldn't think that her day has to end at home either. The nice thing about fixin' a barn sour horse is that it envolves a lot of riding.</p><p>The first thing you have to do is teach that mare that she has a job and a Boss. You set the job and you have to be the Boss.</p><p>As for the part about aproaching her from the right, I've never had that problem and might have to handle her to know where to go. I'm believing that she might have had someone come up on her right and do something to her(?)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Mike Franklin, post: 330574, member: 5275"] I can tell ya what worked for me on a horse who wouldn't except a rider. We got together a half dozen real good horsemen and rode the pony in like a tag team deal. He didn't go without someone on him until he was wore out and his tongue hangin' out. No abuse just ridden all day. It didn't 'break' him but it made him understand what his job was. As for being barn sour, as soon as you get him to where he can be ridden there's a couple of things you ought to try. First ride her awhile then go back home. Tie her somewhere, wait a bit then go ride her again. When ya come home on her make her ride past your place for a short distance then come back home and do it again. Also when you first get her home make her stand tied for awhile before you remove the tack and feed and water her. She has learned that going home is the end of her work day and she has to unlearn that. I have ridden a pony passed my entrance 5 or 6 times before we'd go home. He learned hat going toward home didn't mean we were going home. Also don't take her home, ride her to a friends place, leave her awhile, maybe over night if need be then go back and ride her home. She shouldn't think that her day has to end at home either. The nice thing about fixin' a barn sour horse is that it envolves a lot of riding. The first thing you have to do is teach that mare that she has a job and a Boss. You set the job and you have to be the Boss. As for the part about aproaching her from the right, I've never had that problem and might have to handle her to know where to go. I'm believing that she might have had someone come up on her right and do something to her(?) [/QUOTE]
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