this is sad. I think sometimes it is a mean trainer, but then sometimes I think also its just that these horses are so sensitive and intelligent, that when life changes for them it gives them something similar to post traumatic stress, they just cant cope and become nervous wrecks, or dangerous horses who no longer think when ridden, everything they do just becomes a right brain fear based reaction and it then becomes a tough job to get them back... to get them to engage the thinking brain and not the reactive one.
I am so sorry you have a broken pelvis! These goey horses can really hurt you. Seems the more laid back ones, though still with issues and hangups, are more hesitant to expend the energy to dump you! Riding Tivar last weekend a mountain bike was following us and I didnt know. Tivar started acting weirder and weirder and finally came to a dead halt and made a hairpin U out of his body staring back and thats when I heard the leaves crackling and the bicyclist came from the woods. She just smiled and said HELLO all happy and Teev just stared at her wild eyed while she passed not three feet from his shoulder while the arabian in front of me went nuts and almost tossed the rider. If I had been on my stonewall he would have spun front to back in an instant and thats very hard to sit! You sound like such a caring person. I am so glad you are here, and that you have this horse and that he will be able to heal now! Janice -- yipie tie yie yo
