> > Tivar would wring his tail and walk backwards and stamp his feet and > turn to bite at my stirrup when he had a girth pinching him etc. I > bet if he had saddle pain he woulda tried to buck.
When I got my first Sensation and Skito dryback, I was at Robyn's in Canada. I put it on Tivar and went for a trailride. He was great going on the flat and up the hills but when we started down, he squealed, wrung his tail and kicked up his back legs ( I would not call it a buck). I checked the saddle and the pad was jabbed into his shoulder pads. I got off and walked him down and mounted again on the flat where he was fine. We tried nearly all the saddles Robyn had on him after that as he was grumpy. He let us know that he hated them all until I went back to my old Tuend ( like a Torsion) and he relaxed and became the old Tivar. Peggy Cummings called him "the princess and the pea" Later in the year he must have gotten pretty sore from the ulcers because he did buck with a friend riding ( I did not see it and never saw him buck) I did have a friend jump on him with a halter though and he squealed and kicked up his heels. My vet tried and tried to figure what was wrong, but never came up with ulcers. I not longer have her. He tried to buck > before but not with me. So he had a history of bucking, but I can > tell you he is not or was never a renegade bronco bucking horse like > this one sounds. Nope, don't think he ever even strung two bucks together. it is funny the things that Janice finds not to be a problem with Tivar (nipping when the cinch was too tight, shaking his head or whatever) frustrated me horrible, I kept thinking he was very unhappy with me and did not like me. Guess he has found the right home, though we all miss the guy. Ann Ann
