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Member: billkoch |
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 2:33 am: I purchased a 9 year old TWH. Before buying him I jumped on him bare back. He reared up and bucked a few times. I got off thinking I must have startled or kicked him when jumped on his back. The horse is fine under the saddle. The other day I tried riding him bareback again. This time I eased myself on his back. Same thing happened, he reared,I slid off.....How do I cure him from rearing? Other than not riding bareback he is a well trained horse. |
Moderator: DrO |
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 7:49 am: Hello bill,I would recommend you find a way to slowly work yourself from full saddle to bare back finding steps small enough for the horse to accept. Perhaps a intermittent step of a bareback pad with girth and stirrups, then once accepted try it without the girth, then try no stirrups. Be sure there is lots of time with each step and good behavior well rewarded. Bad behavior should be ignored other than rewards, bribes, and tempts distinctly not offered during these times and a signal to take a step or two back and move up more slowly. DrO |
Member: mrose |
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 11:14 am: Do you clamp your legs down on him when you are bareback? Is your body further forward or further back then when you are in the saddle? The first thing a lot of people do when they get on a horse bareback is "lock on" with their legs instead of sitting relaxed like they do in the saddle. I agree with Dr. O. about working up to the bareback, but at the same time notice your body position. Clamping down with your legs could be releasing an instinctive reaction in the horse if he's not used to bareback. Remember, in the wild the only thing that would grab onto him would be a mountain lion, and his instinct would be to rear up and buck to get the lion off. |
Member: shanson |
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 11:25 am: You need to take it slow as this is something he's probably not familiar with and, therefore, needs to be trained to accept. He may never have been ridden bareback.What did the seller say when the horse bucked you off? |
New Member: rg77 |
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 11:49 am: You can do a little groundwork until he clearly understands your cues for yeilding his hindquarters (doing a few steps of a turn on the forehand) and respects even the lightest cue, such as pointing to the hind end while taking a step towards it. Then you can have someone else (experienced horse person) do the same thing, as soon as you mount in the saddle, so the horse gets the idea that he still has to pay attention to the person on ground (or the pressure on the hind end would increase). Once the horse is fully focused on the groundperson, you can do the same thing mounted bareback. Once you have mounted and he has done a couple of hind end yeilds, he can just get a simple leading lesson on the ground with you on his back doing nothing. You can then take small progressive steps where you are doing more than the handler.Good luck. |
Member: billkoch |
Posted on Wednesday, Jun 24, 2009 - 4:07 pm: Thanks for everyone's input. I think i'll try the bareback pad and work my way down from there. The horse is a field trial horse and very well trained. I guess I always thought if you can ride a horse with a saddle then he ought to ride bareback....live and learn.... |