Second, you also state that he has 'always' had a stubborn/lazy attitude... perhaps seeking the 'good life'... It's been my experience that my gelding (BTW I adore him!!) can show some reluctance to work when restarted after considerable time off. It can take about a week of the routine (catch, groom, tack up, ride, always finishing with something easy for him to do so he feels good about himself) before he 'settles' into the routine and seems to actually look forward to our time together.
That's my goal: we BOTH enjoy our time together (THAT is the 'good life') and if one isn't enjoying it, then I look to myself to correct that (since I am supposed to be the brains, LOL).
Your gelding may well have physical issues, but barring that, I suspect you may benefit from looking at your own interactions with him. Sadly, this aspect of horsemanship can be hard for some riders to consider... Please realize it is my intention to help make the time your gelding spends with humans as enjoyable as possible (ie, that he feels treated fairly and is turned back out feeling good about himself and about his ability to do/learn what is asked of him because ironically, when he's in that place, then you will enjoy him). Best Wishes, Judy in NE TN
-- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "Ashley" <ashleyabateberry@...> wrote:
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> Well the vet is coming out again tomorrow to check on a horse so im gonna have him looked at again, but its just simple tasks that I ask of him, that he will blow up over. Its transferred over into ground manners and such. He just literally doesnt want to work and his stubborn/lazy attitude doesnt help out with it either lol. He has always had a stubborn/lazy attitude in him but now its just he doesnt want to do anything other than go from his pasture to the stall and stall to the pasture. Its like hes a completely different horse. Im just wondering if maybe he had too much of the "good life" and wants to go back to it. Most of the other horses at the current facility I am at, are either broodmares or their owners no longer ride him. The only horses I work with, sometimes are tied to the wall in the indoor so while im working one, i can have another cool out and the rest are simply there to gain more patience at standing while tied. He rarely has another horse worked with him and when he is done with his work out, he goes to the stallion aisle to cool out as he "thinks hes a stud" and I mainly work with mares (with a few geldings).
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