Allyne
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "lauraafana" <quiltedpony@...> wrote:
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> Those are the questions that crossed my mind also. He's trying to tell you there is a problems.
> Laura of Cal.
> who just got her computer working after 2 days down.
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> --- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "INGRID" <OAROGER@> wrote:
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> > What did he do to his eye? How long ago was that? Befroe the fall? You mention he lost some sight - maybe it's alot more than you think or has declined since it happened. He possibly hasn't adjusted to this loss and he's frightened? Have his eyes been checked recently?
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> > Ingrid
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: Ashley
> > To: haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com
> > Sent: Wednesday, January 13, 2010 3:47 PM
> > Subject: [haflingerfriends] Training
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> > Hey Yall I thought Id stop in and say hello and see if yall have any tips/tricks for me. I am just down to my personal horses now - 1 haflinger, 1 arappaloosa, 1 appaloosa and 4 arabians. I am riding a few of my friend's horses for them over the winter and their all quarters and paints - just to help keep them in shape (im the only one with an indoor around here). Anyways, my haflinger (12 - gelding), arappaloosa (3 - gelding) and one of my arabians (6 - mare) - well I use them all for reining and cutting. My haflinger is the one with the most training as the arappaloosa and the arab just started work a few months ago. The arappaloosa has over 110 hours on him and hes moving right on up to the turnarounds, stops, rollbacks and changes - hes very talented. Anywho, I gave my Haflinger a month off after he slipped and few on some ice out in the pasture (we moved to a new facility as the one I am at is incompetitant, knows nothing about horses or their care and employs t he neighbor kids aged 3-17 to work there). Anyways I was wondering if you have any tips/tricks for me that i might be overlooking.
> > He is completely broke and finished out. He knows lead changes, collection and extension (from when we showed dressage), neck reining, roll backs, turns, stops, the whole nine yards. Well last fall we were supposed to do a bridleless/bareback reining demo and the day before he got his eye pretty bad. He lost some sight in it and ever since then he goes into fits when he is bridleless or even in the bit. He fights ya ever step of the way, he doesnt go faster than a steady trot or he stops and backs up. He sticks his head up in the air and speeds up if you ask him to put it back down. He doesnt do his lead changes and he runs out of the spin and his stops. Before he had the month off, we were planning on going to Congress (and a few other shows) once i got my card for this year but now, im waiting on that as his behaviour has been like this ever since i brought him back from his month off.
> > Im looking from anything between old school techniques to modern-day techniques. Ill put it in a list so its easier to read then all in this paragraph.
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> > 1. He leaves his head-set. Mainly when in the lope and in circles (obviously on the rundown, too).
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> > 2. He runs out of the turnaround and if i reprimand him and then put him back into a spin, he refuses to cross his front legs and reach out. (I have tried to counter-arc him and then spin him but then he just "trots" in he spin.
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> > 3.Runs out of stops or bounces to a stop. I have raised my reins high and bumped him in the face and asked him to back up A LOT if he does this, but still seems to do it. He also is starting to slide to a stop sideways! He literally will turn 90-degrees in the stop and slide sideways - in either direction.
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> > 4.Lead Changes - ugh lol - he knows them and will do flying changes every other stride, but now he gets into the point where he changes whenever, wherever he wants, and if i change him to go in a different direction,he will change right back and so forth.
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> > I mean, he neck reins pretty good but its as if he purposefully doing it just to tick me off. I am not one to strike a horse in anger - so i get off the horse and tie them up until i cool off and can handle them - but i am getting to the point where i am ready to take a 2x4 to him lol and dont yall tell me you never had a horse that pushed your buttons before! lol
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