No more BUCKING - Fixing a Cinchy Horse
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- Опубликовано: 22 фев 2023
- This horse used to buck almost every day. If there's a problem that persists despite quality training, we always look deeper to see if a horse has physical issues he might be dealing with. In this case, the horse probably had bad ulcers. After being put on a gut supplement and given a month off, he came right around and had a successful first ride with no bucking.
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Another thing that may help this horse is a professional equine dentist, I noticed he is doing lots of chewing on the snaffle bit. I always get their teeth addressed before I introduce a bit to them. I hope that helps you and you are doing a great job, keep up the good work.👍
That's always a wise thing to consider!
When I start a colt that likes to play with the bit, I usually give them a few weeks to see if the chewing subsides on its own as the horse grows comfortable with the snaffle. If it doesn't get better, or the horse is showing other averse reactions, I'll then take them to see the dentist.
Thanks for the input!
Glad to see you’ve brought him along well, not a buck in sight. 👍🐴
Thanks! He's doing so well. I'm very proud of him!
This video is super helpful for me. Thank you for the great content!
It's so great to see an update on this boy! Love the way you apply your knowledge to get a super positive outcome!! You are both AMAZING!
Thank you! I appreciate the kind words!
Hope to see him in a lope hackamore soon. Thanks for the update.
Great job you guys!! Love watching you videos :)
Could you comment on how you go about with getting them used to the bit? I started my youngest horse on the bit last fall and he keeps chewing and putting his tongue over it, now even doesn't seem to want to take it as easy anymore. Had the teeth checked, they are fine and tried a couple different bits but now I am hesitant using any since I don't want him to reject it completely at some point...
Very helpful point about moving up to the lope early to avoid a horse that resist working above a walk. I'm wondering about the backstory and training of a few green colts I've ridden - wondering if their start under saddle simply didn't go beyond walk/trot in the round pen or arena. After a couple of experiences with colts that rode quietly at a walk, but bucked when pushed up to a lope, I'm thinking you may have connected a couple of dots for me? Imagine my surprise when a high dollar colt represented as "started in cutting" in a Texas sale didn't steer well in open pasture. I was left to guess somebody had focused on him following a target for cutting and skipped putting on a solid foundation, perhaps hadn't even ridden him outside a pen or arena. (Totally guessing on this part.) But with all my doubts about him in place, I recall thinking if he was going to buck, it was going to happen when I pushed him up to a lope in open pasture. And not entirely surprising, this otherwise quiet horse loped maybe 15 to 20 yards and went into a buck. Thankfully it wasn't a wicked buck, but I almost tipped him over with a little too much pull for the one rein stop while most of my weight was on the outside stirrup.
At best, I'm an amateur trainer with "some experience" vs. a pro trainer who's worked with hundreds, if not thousands of horses. But my perception that if a horse in training or green horse is going to buck, it's probably going to happen when moving up to a lope. In my neighborhood of mostly recreational riders who seem to go for green colts over more suitable 10 yr. old broke-broke horses, I can't count the number of times this issue of bucking when moving into a lope has come up. So I'm wondering if at least part of this issue could be traced back to more timid trainers, (amateur or otherwise), leaving the lope out or doing too little of it in a horse's foundation training? As for other reasons contributing to this, I'd love to know why this bucking when moving up to the lope seems to be a frequent issue. I should add this is in the absence of being cinchy or indications of ulcers.
Your boy looks great and the change in him is awesome. Is he overweight? Meh, my vet always gave me a little ribbing about my fat horses from too little work. Those easy keepers get fat on grass alone! 2 of them turn 25 in May and are still sound, so no worries. And a little overweight beats the appearance of a horse that's a little underweight by a mile in my eyes. 😄
Wow what a difference. That's amazing. Is he also new with a bit? Or just a busy/fussy horse?
He's just new to carrying a bit. He's gotten a lot better since this was filmed. Thanks for watching!
Can you tell us what gut supplement you used on him?
Yes, it was Gut X
you didnt show us how to fix
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