It was finally decent enough for E to ride Wrangler this weekend.
But first we had to hike up the "Stair Master" to catch him. I've told J that if I ever asked for a Stair Master to just send me out the front door. Anyway, things started off ok just the usual up and down with his head.
He was trotting out a little faster than normal but no big deal, we were outside in a bigger ring with the wind blowing, so I expected a little different than in the barn. Then things went down hill.
E was having trouble making him go and he would keep jerking his head around like he wanted to bite her leg. This was behavior I hadn't seen from him before. I decided to try him and he just got worse. No forward and constant biting. It was a total melt down. I would get off and lunge him and he would go fine. Then when I got back on, same thing. I finally switched saddles (I had brought Pep to ride in my normal training saddle and E had her show saddle on Wrangler). After the saddle switch I was finally able to walk, trot and canter both directions with no stopping or biting. However, when we got back to the barn, I rode him around in there a little and he just stopped and backed into the wall and wouldn't go. I finally got him going around again and stopped on a positive note. I usually only ride 30-45 minutes, but all of this took over 2 hours. I haven't had a chance to ride him again yet, but I sure hope this isn't something that I'm going to have to deal with every ride. What a pain.
Kid Count - 21
1 comment:
From what I've read on your Posts about him, this doesn't sound like him. Interested to see how the next ride goes.
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