Soupdragon
16th Oct 2006, 11:08 AM
Went for a hack on Sunday and Twister was a bit naughty!
He bucked twice when we had a little canter, and then was jiggy joggy and REALLY striding out in walk!! Normally he has to be pushed on ALL the time!! He was walking so fast he was leaving our hacking buddy behind so I asked him to stand and wait and he put in a I-want-to-go-NOW! kind of buck :rolleyes:
Still striding out (never experienced this before with Twister!!) and as we approached a busy road we have to cross, slowed down for hacking buddy to come past to take the lead - Twister did NOT like this, put his ears back and did not want to be passed!! So we stayed in front, stopped at the road (so at least we still had brakes!), stamped impatiently ..
To excuse him, he hasn't been exercised for about 3 weeks (as had another lami scare a few weeks ago) and we did hack out on a different route and there were some strange sights and sounds .. was quite good before the canter, just a bit more spooky than usual. But then afterwards, wondered what had happened to Twister the plod!
He's also gone a bit more nippy and bolshy on the ground .. hmm ... am going to have to work on the groundwork and teach him some RESPECT!
Erk - not sure what to think! Is this my supersafe plod that I bought??!! I did want him to be a bit more responsive and forward going, but not sure about this! As a saving grace, we did still seem to have brakes (even if he did stamp about when we stopped!) and his bucks didn't seem like GET OFF kind of bucks - more excited bucks (when going into canter) or frustrated buck when we stopped. Oh, and I'm pleased I sat them and didn't come off!
Just need to channel his energy in the right way :)
He bucked twice when we had a little canter, and then was jiggy joggy and REALLY striding out in walk!! Normally he has to be pushed on ALL the time!! He was walking so fast he was leaving our hacking buddy behind so I asked him to stand and wait and he put in a I-want-to-go-NOW! kind of buck :rolleyes:
Still striding out (never experienced this before with Twister!!) and as we approached a busy road we have to cross, slowed down for hacking buddy to come past to take the lead - Twister did NOT like this, put his ears back and did not want to be passed!! So we stayed in front, stopped at the road (so at least we still had brakes!), stamped impatiently ..
To excuse him, he hasn't been exercised for about 3 weeks (as had another lami scare a few weeks ago) and we did hack out on a different route and there were some strange sights and sounds .. was quite good before the canter, just a bit more spooky than usual. But then afterwards, wondered what had happened to Twister the plod!
He's also gone a bit more nippy and bolshy on the ground .. hmm ... am going to have to work on the groundwork and teach him some RESPECT!
Erk - not sure what to think! Is this my supersafe plod that I bought??!! I did want him to be a bit more responsive and forward going, but not sure about this! As a saving grace, we did still seem to have brakes (even if he did stamp about when we stopped!) and his bucks didn't seem like GET OFF kind of bucks - more excited bucks (when going into canter) or frustrated buck when we stopped. Oh, and I'm pleased I sat them and didn't come off!
Just need to channel his energy in the right way :)