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Posted by rosalita208 That wasn't the feeling I was aiming for. There wasn't a big change in him as a result of all that drama. Next time I got on him, in the arena he was the same. So I'm trying to figure out another way to get him to come along... It's a strange one. Because he is a complete champ on the trail... I can take him from an easy walk, to a little gallop, ask him to stop and he comes down easy from the gallop, walks on nicely. One time we were out on trail and horse next to us got its foot tangled up in some wire (not barb wire, thankfully). But that horse bolted off spooking trying to loose this big curl of wire dragging off its foot. And my guy stood when I asked him to, even with this other horse going ape crazy all around us. So he's got a lot of good in him. He's not easily amped up on the trail. And he does perfect ground work. He's not pushy or bossy. I think he's got a trigger of some kind with the arena. Something aggravates him pretty badly, whether it's a picture he took with his mind earlier in his training, well I will never know. So I'm trying to smooth that out. Make the arena no big deal. Don't want to add to whatever that thing is he hates, by every time I take him to the arena he I drive him to hell and back. I want him to understand the arena's not bad. I'm not in a rush. Will keep you all posted!
on 7/10/2012, 2:39 pm, in reply to "I'll get flamed for this, but "
208.121.74.182 | Message modified by user rosalita208 7/10/2012, 2:51 pm
I agree, and I did try just what you suggested twice. When he started acting up, took him to the round pen and worked up a good sweat on him. Then rode him to the ground practically. The feeling I got was at that point he was willing to put up a fight to the death before joining up, mindwise, even if his body was eventually doing as asked. I was pretty determined to "push him through it" but I don't think I got where we needed to be with that approach.
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