more energy in your seat | Jane Crandal & JB |
2013-03-08 18:21:55 | |
If you're allowed, lunge him and see if he does the same thing. If not, it could mean that he is thrown off-balanced when carrying a rider. | Lizzy1 & Cool Mr Robin |
2013-03-08 23:32:14 | |
Also, if you know he is just being lazy, squeeze once, and if he doesn't respond, do the same squeeze followed by a smack behind your leg or on the rump. | lighting1 & Patchwork Prince |
2013-03-09 02:07:58 | |
Hmm, If she/he isn't too sensatve, give her/him a sharp kick. It's pretty hadr too hurt a horse unless you are trying too, Don't be afraid to be a little rough. When I first started riding Sioux, she tested me and tried every trick in the books and some that aren't, but I was firm, even a little rough and now she knows I'm the leader and loves me and will start on the tiniest cluck of my tongue, exactly how I want her to. She's good. | Galloping Bareback & Dakota Sioux |
2013-03-09 05:16:14 | |
Use a crop. I rode a lazy horse this morning, but at the end, i made her trot and canter and jump with help from a crop. | Moody Dolphin & Annie |
2013-03-09 06:30:34 | |
thanks guys. i'm novice, though, and i've also read to put pressure on the bit so the horse will be more attentive to your commands. | Horsesforever12 & Jedi |
2013-03-09 20:19:31 | |
yikes this advice without seeing you ride makes me woozy.
In English, you support the horse with the bit. In Western, the horse goes on a loose bit until you make a correction.
| Jane Crandal & JB |
2013-03-09 21:05:43 | |
Don't use a crop all the time though. Make sure they are just being lazy before you do. Many times horses have good reasons for not doing things, like being afraid, and then a crop will NOT help! :) | Galloping Bareback & Dakota Sioux |
2013-03-09 21:33:02 | |
I know not to use a crop to much, but if you horse is truly lazy, you want to use a crop to re-enforce your leg rather than kicking so that you can teach the horse to respond to squeezes rather than kicks | lighting1 & Patchwork Prince |
2013-03-10 01:49:59 | |
at horse camp we never used a crop. i wonder why? | Horsesforever12 & Jedi |
2013-03-10 23:56:54 | |