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He is too smart for his own good.
Image rides great for me although as with any young horse he gets a wild hair or feels his oats every now and then.
But when he does....
All I can say is Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!
He has the same personality as Molly, he doesn't want to be treated like a horse and be told what to do - rather treated as a partner or friend and asked, then he will do it to the best of his ability (Just like mom) This is fine, I'm used to that & love that about Molly so I love it in him.
However when we disagree, we disagree hard and he is smart (God bless her... but un-like Molly)
Image is so different from any horse I've trained before. We have only "disagreed" twice while riding, ever. He is now what I'd call fully broke as he can walk, jog, trot, canter, stop, turn and back at the drop of a hat - He just needs miles now.
But here we go - Yesterday, we had our second argument while riding only this time he was wise beyond his years.
He wanted to bounce and hop, I wanted to walk. I asked for walk, he bucked, I yelled "NO", he stopped and stood there. I asked for walk, he tucked his head under and bounced in circles with a smirk on his face. I pulled him into a circle, after twice around a small circle he thought "Screw this..." and tried to bite my leg so I did what my riding instructor always said to do and booted his nose. He stopped and stood there quietly. I asked for walk. He sarcastically grabbed onto a rein and started turning himself in circles. I pulled the other rein and he literally pretended he was going to fall down and sat for a minute. I said "Okay enough... Walk" He walked half way around the arena, got a little smarter and grabbed a rein then tucked his head and hopped sideways. I said "Whatever, go for it Image" He stopped hopping when he realized I didn't care. He stood confused and slightly saddened for a minute because I wouldn't argue anymore. Then he had another idea... He backed himself up. I turned him and asked for walk. He pretended to fall or half sat down again (His new favorite thing to do) I sat there laughing at him along with several other people. He stood still again. I asked for walk and he took a reign and bounced again while turning himself in a circle. I decided enough was enough and gave him a good couple jerks in the mouth with the reigns. He walked then decided for no reason he would try a rear, see what that did. I was getting sick of it (Although it was hilarious) jumped off mid rear and made him circle his pants off. Got back on he pulled the same things.
Mind you he had no good reason to do anything and his ears were up in happy mode the whole time. He never tried anything to get me off and never tried to go back to the barn, just being Image.
So at this point I decided to lounge him because he was being completely obnoxious, not listening, being non responsive, and getting himself out of every form of discipline you can do while riding a horse.
He has always lounged great. He went half way around the circle lounging and bounced, grabbed the line in his mouth and took off! He made a pass by the road, a few circle around the house, once around the barn and came back. As usual, anything normal doesn't work with him. I grabbed his lead and took him in a pasture, set him loose and made him run. Run run run. He got the message 30 minutes later, finally he put his head down and licked his lips, I made him run one more time around the pasture the let him stop. I walked up to the gate, he followed. He put his nose on my back and waited. I turned to walk, he followed, nose on my back. I stopped, he stopped. I turned, he turned. I trotted, he trotted. I opened up the gate and we walked up and down the drive way, him completely free with his nose on my back. I finally turned and said "Good boy" we went back up to the barn. After 20 minutes of cool down for him I got back on, we walked out to the arena, rode for 5 minutes PERFECT. And called it a day.
All that! For 5 minutes of his time. I hated to ruin his happy bounce/buck day but its just not what I was going for at that time
So I rode today and he was just as nice and quiet as can be. Wonder when our next bounce day will be? Maybe I should by him a trampoline....
I've never had a horse mock me quite like him though. Brat.
Anyone want a buckskin??
Image rides great for me although as with any young horse he gets a wild hair or feels his oats every now and then.
But when he does....
He has the same personality as Molly, he doesn't want to be treated like a horse and be told what to do - rather treated as a partner or friend and asked, then he will do it to the best of his ability (Just like mom) This is fine, I'm used to that & love that about Molly so I love it in him.
However when we disagree, we disagree hard and he is smart (God bless her... but un-like Molly)
Image is so different from any horse I've trained before. We have only "disagreed" twice while riding, ever. He is now what I'd call fully broke as he can walk, jog, trot, canter, stop, turn and back at the drop of a hat - He just needs miles now.
But here we go - Yesterday, we had our second argument while riding only this time he was wise beyond his years.
He wanted to bounce and hop, I wanted to walk. I asked for walk, he bucked, I yelled "NO", he stopped and stood there. I asked for walk, he tucked his head under and bounced in circles with a smirk on his face. I pulled him into a circle, after twice around a small circle he thought "Screw this..." and tried to bite my leg so I did what my riding instructor always said to do and booted his nose. He stopped and stood there quietly. I asked for walk. He sarcastically grabbed onto a rein and started turning himself in circles. I pulled the other rein and he literally pretended he was going to fall down and sat for a minute. I said "Okay enough... Walk" He walked half way around the arena, got a little smarter and grabbed a rein then tucked his head and hopped sideways. I said "Whatever, go for it Image" He stopped hopping when he realized I didn't care. He stood confused and slightly saddened for a minute because I wouldn't argue anymore. Then he had another idea... He backed himself up. I turned him and asked for walk. He pretended to fall or half sat down again (His new favorite thing to do) I sat there laughing at him along with several other people. He stood still again. I asked for walk and he took a reign and bounced again while turning himself in a circle. I decided enough was enough and gave him a good couple jerks in the mouth with the reigns. He walked then decided for no reason he would try a rear, see what that did. I was getting sick of it (Although it was hilarious) jumped off mid rear and made him circle his pants off. Got back on he pulled the same things.
Mind you he had no good reason to do anything and his ears were up in happy mode the whole time. He never tried anything to get me off and never tried to go back to the barn, just being Image.
So at this point I decided to lounge him because he was being completely obnoxious, not listening, being non responsive, and getting himself out of every form of discipline you can do while riding a horse.
He has always lounged great. He went half way around the circle lounging and bounced, grabbed the line in his mouth and took off! He made a pass by the road, a few circle around the house, once around the barn and came back. As usual, anything normal doesn't work with him. I grabbed his lead and took him in a pasture, set him loose and made him run. Run run run. He got the message 30 minutes later, finally he put his head down and licked his lips, I made him run one more time around the pasture the let him stop. I walked up to the gate, he followed. He put his nose on my back and waited. I turned to walk, he followed, nose on my back. I stopped, he stopped. I turned, he turned. I trotted, he trotted. I opened up the gate and we walked up and down the drive way, him completely free with his nose on my back. I finally turned and said "Good boy" we went back up to the barn. After 20 minutes of cool down for him I got back on, we walked out to the arena, rode for 5 minutes PERFECT. And called it a day.
All that! For 5 minutes of his time. I hated to ruin his happy bounce/buck day but its just not what I was going for at that time
So I rode today and he was just as nice and quiet as can be. Wonder when our next bounce day will be? Maybe I should by him a trampoline....
I've never had a horse mock me quite like him though. Brat.
Anyone want a buckskin??
OH!
