Post by Vic on Jan 3, 2008 13:48:30 GMT 1
Sorry, have the need to pick peoples brains again. Some of you may have read my previous thread about the problems me and Ted are having with our schooling and the issues i have with my position. I've had some good advice and i think i have a bit more of a handle on it all now, at least of how to get working on it all.
Now some of my work will involve me riding another horse, one a bit older that i can move about on a bit more with out upsetting and practice getting a feel for how i will sit but obviously i am going to have to put this all into practice on Ted. I've had to do some soul searching as to weather i am good enough for him as it has been suggested to me that i send him away to be trained or that i sell him but i really like to belive that if i am careful of what i am doing that i am up to it, i also think i have blown things up slightly in my head as if i rewind back a few months we were schooling quite nicely (admittedly i was still sitting wrongly but Ted was going quite well). I just want to take stuff right back to the beginning with him, do quiet work in walk and trot with both of us happy, not worrying too much about how he is working for now, hopefully with my bloody lower leg back and with Ted relaxed and not trying to bugger off with me the whole time.
The problem that i am finding right now is that he is fussing quite a lot in his mouth. Now i think this is steming from a few places, i think in the past he has been massively socked in the gob and his teeth have been giving him grief (dentists opinion) and so when i first got him i had a bit of a job finding something that he was happy with (sweet iron french link), he hated any type of snaffle although did quite like the pelham his old owers rode him in (he came from a riding school, i used to ride him there so i rode him in it then). I ride with quite light hands although it has been pointed out that due to my habit of rising off the back of the saddle i am probably messing with his mouth more than i should be. He is now feeling to me like he is not happy in his mouth again, stopping dead, rearing up and also just s general feeling that i get from him (can't explain it!!). His teeth have been checked, i think it is just that with the problems we have been having he is getting frustrated with me and old problems are re-presenting, however i now feel like we are on a vicious circle of mis-understading and i want to stop, draw a line under it and start again. So i have been thinking about taking his bit out, riding off the dually to do some really basic work and make friends again. Now i know that this is not a soft option and that you can do a lot of damage using nose-preassure and i also know that i still have to keep investigating why he is fussing in his mouth but what do you think?? I am quite confused, actually in writing this i think i may have talked myself out of it.....grrrr, i don't know what to do, please help!!!
Now some of my work will involve me riding another horse, one a bit older that i can move about on a bit more with out upsetting and practice getting a feel for how i will sit but obviously i am going to have to put this all into practice on Ted. I've had to do some soul searching as to weather i am good enough for him as it has been suggested to me that i send him away to be trained or that i sell him but i really like to belive that if i am careful of what i am doing that i am up to it, i also think i have blown things up slightly in my head as if i rewind back a few months we were schooling quite nicely (admittedly i was still sitting wrongly but Ted was going quite well). I just want to take stuff right back to the beginning with him, do quiet work in walk and trot with both of us happy, not worrying too much about how he is working for now, hopefully with my bloody lower leg back and with Ted relaxed and not trying to bugger off with me the whole time.
The problem that i am finding right now is that he is fussing quite a lot in his mouth. Now i think this is steming from a few places, i think in the past he has been massively socked in the gob and his teeth have been giving him grief (dentists opinion) and so when i first got him i had a bit of a job finding something that he was happy with (sweet iron french link), he hated any type of snaffle although did quite like the pelham his old owers rode him in (he came from a riding school, i used to ride him there so i rode him in it then). I ride with quite light hands although it has been pointed out that due to my habit of rising off the back of the saddle i am probably messing with his mouth more than i should be. He is now feeling to me like he is not happy in his mouth again, stopping dead, rearing up and also just s general feeling that i get from him (can't explain it!!). His teeth have been checked, i think it is just that with the problems we have been having he is getting frustrated with me and old problems are re-presenting, however i now feel like we are on a vicious circle of mis-understading and i want to stop, draw a line under it and start again. So i have been thinking about taking his bit out, riding off the dually to do some really basic work and make friends again. Now i know that this is not a soft option and that you can do a lot of damage using nose-preassure and i also know that i still have to keep investigating why he is fussing in his mouth but what do you think?? I am quite confused, actually in writing this i think i may have talked myself out of it.....grrrr, i don't know what to do, please help!!!
