Help!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[hoovesfirst]

hey every one whats up?I need some help I have just gotten a new horse!her name is ki-ki she is a 2 year old spoted saddle horse.when we looked at her she seemed as calm and good as anyuntrained horse could be but boy wher we wroungh. A few days after we got her we took her down the road to work with her as soon as the other horse whent away she whentbalistic she reared up and bolted into my mom . she has done htis twice now. and last week she bolted in the training ring fence and nocked it down and triped pulling the post strait out of the ground she landed on her head and her body did a summer salt. she has also escaped her pen about 10 times now she is the smartest horse i have ever seen.i was wondering if anyone has any advise for me. :confused:

[DixieGirl]

GET A TRAINER!!!

[StarGirl]

GET A TRAINER!!!

Ditto! A trainer is the only thing that can help you right now.....

[Walk_On_Cowgirl]

I have spotted walkers myself and 99% of them have a HUGE!! motor, as in they like to go go go, and are very spirited. Depending on their breeding some of them are worse than others. Also some have a lil loco streak in them too but once they get started then normally everything works out and they are great horses.If you don't have a lot of experiance working with horses like this then yes I would suggest getting a trainer, but be careful where you take her! Make sure the trainer does everything natural! If they don't the horse is better off being a field ornament rather than being crippled. (I'm taking that a lil to the extremes, but never the less you have to be really careful on where you take gaited horses these days). Also make sure the trainer will actually work the horse every day. If horse's like this aren't worked consistantly then I've seen a lot of the backslide more than move forward. Another problem the horse might have is feeling a lack of security. make sure she's comfortable where she's at before really pushing her into work. Also try a lil quietex for a while in her feed. It might help her relax a lil. If you don't mind be asking how old is the mare? And are you able to get your hands on her at all?

[Max]

if you have time don't get a trainer just give her time and then get trust if she doesn't already have it and just get her respecting you and work on your reaction time hehe

[bethfornow]

do you have a barn? if so, if it possible, leave her in the barn by her self. it seems like an anxety(sp) thing from being alone. if she's in the stall theres not not so much room to run and gain momentum to hurt herself. once shes fine in the barn by herself. try her out in the pasture.

and PS if you can afford it (i cant) :( hot wire will be your best friend. horses can sense electric fields (also why they get hit by lightning so rarely) and tend to avoid them. plus it she does touch/run through the fence it'll hurt so she'll be les likely to do it again.

hope this helps :)

[Jyl]

Yeah, i can't afford a trainer either...because im broke.

Now, if you don't think she'll kill you, dedicate yourself to training her. I have a Saddlebred, who's pretty "hot", especially when i got him. No one would approach him, he kicked through a cinderblock wall, and shattered the barn owners cheek bone when he reared up and kicked her.

It was rough, but two years later, i throw my friends who have never been on a horse on him, and he's fine. Just walks around and doesn't do much of anything.

He's still spooky sometimes, but that's natural, especially considering the breed.

If you think the horse is too much for you, you really have two options.

A. Sell the horse. It may be hard, but if she's too much to handle, there is no point in killing yourself.

B. Splurge and spend the money on a trainer. She could be an amazing horse, she just needs a little extra attention.

[DixieGirl]

Was she skiny when you got her?? Because I know a girl (StarGirl) who got a really skiny horse and when it gained a few it went CRAZY!!!

[hoovesfirst]

thanks for the tips to answer your questions she is 2 and the problem is she was started badley no imprinting she was just left in a field with nothing to eat a girl who was her handler saved her and had her going well i feel sorry for us takeing her away but she could n't aford it. she was perfect for that girl she could saddle and bridle her and lead perfectly i just started her out wroung i didn't realize how smart she was and how importent rank was to her . becouse she was so calm and easy to handle at first(as well as a 2 year old could be) but things soon headed for the worst. :o she was kind of skiny but she still is about the same.

[Jyl]

If the girl you bought her from was so good with her, why don't you hire her for a few days a week to come work with your horse. If she's too far away, then that wouldn't work. But heck, if she's local, then there's your solution.

[Walk_On_Cowgirl]

try taking things slow with her for a while. if you have a stall to put her in or a round pen, put her in there and spend a few hours with her. no work. no pressure. just be there. let her come to you. when she does, then there's some trust there. that's one reason the other girl can do so much with her, they trusted eachother. so don't lose faith just yet. i personally wouldn't invest in a trainer until you give her atleast time to get to know you. She's only 2 also, it's not like she's 8 with no human contact. I have never imprinted my foals, no reason not to just basically don't have as much time as i would like, but personally I wouldn't be that concerned that she didn't have that done. All of my foals turned out okay without it and in comparison to the one's who have been imprinted, the only difference I've really noticed is the trust issue. But with a lil more training time and being worked with daily fixed the problem quickly. Hope this helps. Just try not to get discouraged, things will work out for the best!

[StarGirl]

Was she skiny when you got her?? Because I know a girl (StarGirl) who got a really skiny horse and when it gained a few it went CRAZY!!!

Ugghhhh *shudder* don't remind me... :( Poor thing, though....

[DixieGirl]

Ugghhhh *shudder* don't remind me... :( Poor thing, though....

Yes, we know he was poor but DANGEROUS!!!

[hoovesfirst]

thank you so much for the addvice the girl has e-mailed me twice but i e-mailed her back and have not gotten an answer but she lives 6 hours away and the truth is i can't aford a trainer but i will trie all of your sugestions (even though i don't have a stall)lol
see yu! :D