bucking

[Valentine]

Yea, soz, i posted me last message in the wrong place!! lol
Can any1 give me any advice 2 stop him buckin, cos i tried join-up but he just jumped out of the ring!!! i really need help becaues im losing my confidence!!!!

[Susie xx]

Have a look on www.naturalhorsepeople.com go to learn then knowledge base and type Frank Bell in the search. Read his 7 safety tips and any other articles, also anything by Chuck Mintzlaff, Heart of Eqqus on Friendship Training. Chucks home site is www.thenaturalhorse.org and Frank's is www.horsewhisperer.com if you look under problems in the menu you will find a lot of sound advice. Make things safe and fun, build on your trust with your horse and you will overcome this problem. (Assuming you have already ruled out the usual back/teeth/tack issues.)
Good luck Susie xx

[C.J_Sox]

erm... does he do it all the time? because it could be the fact that he just needs to let off steam? maybe you should just let him get it out by taking him for a good gallop or something? i dunno if it will help but it's always the solution to C.J's hyperness
-x-

[Valentine]

I've tried lungeing him before hand but he still does it!!!! I think he likes been naughty. :( :o

[Cheeky]

Hmm ...

There is a difference between an agressive buck, and a stretching buck. Do you know which one it is?

Does he buck when your on the ground, riding, or both?? Is there a particular time he bucks? Or a particular gait?

Also, does his saddle fit him properly?? Have you had his back checked recently? Because I know how easy it is for a horse to pull their back out ... just from a playful roll in the paddock to a sneeze!

If you think that he is bucking to be agressive or because he can get away with it .. if he bucks when ridden, as soon as you feel him tense up to buck, or as he does, pull one rein so his head comes to his side - it is impossibe for a horse to buck, rear, kick or pigroot whilst in this position.

Good luck

[Valentine]

He doesn't buck when you walk next to him or if you're lungeing him, he only does it when you are riding him. He normally does it when you ask im to trot.
He had a vet check him over just last week, so he hasn't got a bad back (he was bucking before getting checked over as well as now) I think it could be something to do with the fact that when he was in the process of leaving the riding school he didn't get ridden for 11 weeks and has now become lazy, i just want to stop him from throwing me of!!! (i normally end up half-hanging off, so i just let myself fall :( )

[Cheeky]

Hmm .. well good to hear he's alright with the 'okay' from the vet :)

Hmm .. I found that Missy is starting to do the same .. but only when G rides her. I noticed that her immediate reaction is to pull on the reins to ask for a halt, which she can still buck with. So that got me thinking ...

If you just pull the reins when the horse bucks, it'll only cause more pain on the mouth area and prob more bucking. So why not, holding for balance, give a mighty nudge with BOTH feet in the belly and ask him to move forwards.

Sure .. he may still buck for a bit - but at least he is not getting the message 'Bucking = no work'. Maybe if you feel a bit shaken, you could ask someone with bouncey bones or a confident rider (Both is good lol) to give it a shot as well. I'd prob say keep the horse moving ... he may be stretching ... maybe try to keep him moving TROT only ... then when he stops bucking, ask for a few more strides of trot, then back to walk as a reward. Also, when he is bucking and you ask to go forwards, try not to keep the reins tight as he cant move forwards. Well he can, but into pain. Leave them lose enough for encouragement but tight enough to have slight contact :)

Good luck!

[raindancer]

Yep, what they said above is exactly what i was taught. One-rain and forward movement. The trainer at the barn that taught me to train has had a few try bucking and she always did those 2 things. The horses always stopped bucking right away.

[alfie1410]

My mare went through a naughty bucking stage last year - I also found that sitting tight, leaving her head alone, and making her continue forwards sorted the matter. We do still have the occasional buck now and then, but that is more to do with tightness in my seat into canter, I change to a more forward seat during the transition and settle back down into a full seat as she settles, this is with the intention of using the full seat as she strengthens and as my position in full seat improves. We have had two buck free weeks using this method thank goodness.