napping - reasons for behaviour?

[PatchyPony]

20 views and no replies :(

[Laura+Phantom]

Well try being patient, now I can't possibly reply because I don't know what you originally wrote! Some people won't know what to tell you....

[Pink's lady]

Dunno what you wrote since you've now gone and deleted:rolleyes: it but a lot of people don't bother replying if the grammer is awful (or non-existant - a few paragraphs and capital letters and full stops aren't difficult) or it's written in text speak. Or it's just so random and disorganised no-one knows what your asking.

It also doesn't help that you've gone and out it in a sub-forum that not many people check.

[lor]

I did read the origian post and it was clear, there was a problem with pony sometimes napping, in the normal situations, but the question was why does the horse demonstrate the same behaviour when anticipating a good canter, they always canter at this particular place. The behaviour was minnie rear and turning a little, as i understood it. :)

[Laura+Phantom]

Well that's why then swiftly - don't always canter in the same place!

[PatchyPony]

thanks for replies anyway:) Thought there was no point leaving post sitting there if there were lots of views but noone was replying, had thought about re-posting elsewhere. I had just wondered what the reasons might be for a pony displaying napping behaviour, when it anticipates a good canter and, once facing the right direction pulls like mad to go!

thought this was best place to post, being "adults who ride ponies":o

[chunky monkey]

I'll leave it to the more gend up people to explain. I haven't got a clue.

[Laura+Phantom]

Horses like to anticipate things so try and change the places where you canter, and sometimes don't canter at all on that hack, so he won't become so excited.

Sometimes I will post a thread and won't get a reply for a week, then i'll get loads, it's normal, just leave it up next time.

[PatchyPony]

hiya,
thanks for that...

but when a horse naps, doesnt it normally mean they are unwilling to move forward? Like, somewhere they dont want to go? Or maybe Im wrong.:rolleyes: That's why the behaviour was puzzling me as, as I said after she naps she pulls like mad to go. Maybe Im misinterpreting it and it isnt a nap,but anticipation of the canter? She half rears, drops behind the bit and spins round the other way.

Didnt do it today though:D

[lor]

Swiftly, why dont you pop the same question on training of the horse, lots of the intelligent/natural horsemanship folk look at that and will prob be of most help. To me it seems like she is trying to assert her feelings thereby not being submissive/accepting quietly what you are asking her to do,this is being fired up by anticipation and predictability (dont mean to get heavy about that aspect but it is totally relevent) I know they all get exited from time to time. Just riding forward (which i'm sure you do) and being less predictable may help. :) and there's always good old ground work to improve the relationship.:)

[Laura+Phantom]

Sometimes they can't cope with excitement - my friends horse bounces around on the spot when you get to a 'canter path', you have to really say 'go on then!' and he'll go then, but for that first second, he's so excited he can't seem to function properly lol.

[PatchyPony]

maybe it's just that then, she's a character anyway:D Am very very lucky to have such a perfect pony to ride whenever I like. I just wanted to try and understand her.Thanks:)