This message is from: "ron&saskia" <[email protected]>
Thank you Mary,
I had her teeth checked and they were fine. I don't think it was saddle fit
problem neither. It was just the bit. She did not like the bit from the
first time the trainer put it in, as the trainer told me she started to run
right away and kept trotting around, something she had not seen with all the
other horses she had trained for the bit. The bit was also tied with reins
to the saddle so she would 'learn' to give to the bit. I think the steps
taken were too big for Freya and overwhelmed her, plus there was no trust
between Freya and the trainer. The trainer pushed Freya too much IMO.
I ride Freya now in a bitless bridle, and with a simple western saddle,
synthetic. And I don't push her, I just ask her little steps at the time. no
bolting anymore neither since I re trained her with clicker training. We
have now a very good way to communicate. Freya is able to tell me now, when
she understands a task, or when not, with a little nicker sound. (she
actually started to talk to me when I started clicker training) It really
helps with her training, as that still continues.
Saskia
Hello Saskia from Saskatchewan, I love the alliteration!
It appears as though you have come a long way with your Fjord.
As far as the bolting goes, I'm sure you have had her teeth looked at to
make sure there are no problems with her mouth. Another cause of her
bolting could have been bad saddle fit. I read an article about a mule
that suddenly started to bolt. He was a very calm animal, but started to
bolt for, what his owners thought, was no good reason. Upon further
investigation, they found he had 'kissing spines' or spondylosis. The mule
became so fearful of the saddle that he bolted to get away from pain, and,
after he ran away, he would just stand there and tremble. I don't know if
this happened to your mare at the trainers, but an ill fitting saddle could
have been a factor to cause her to bolt if it pinched her withers.
Good luck and keep up the good work,
Mary
Freya has a bolting problem, developed after I send her to a regular
trainer
that I thought was a good trainer. She started to bolt during the 5 weeks
in
training, probably caused by too much pressure and the pain of a bit, and
when she came back home, she was changed from a calm horse into this
nervous
horse that thought she had to run all the time.
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