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How do u get a horse to quite bucking wen they lope

[Manda]

Before you can try to solve the problem, you have to figure out why the horse is bucking, it could be due to pain, or just pure excitement. Try lunging your horse before you ride, or have a vet out to check and make sure your horse isn't in pain.

[HappyHorse13]

In all of the horse books I've read, and from what my friend's mom taught me (she is a VERY experinced horseperson!), DON'T let the horse's head get below his knees; that adds all the power to the buck. Also, disengage their hindquarters by turning them in a circle.
Check your horse's girth, saddle, and saddle pad, making sure they all fight correctly. Get a thorough vet and farrier check for any soreness/pain issues. Your horse could be in pain, causing him/her to buck, and may not just be out of sheer stubborness or misbehaving.
Hope that helped!
And, welcome to Canter Culture!
----HappyHorse13

[ToujoursLesBelles]

In all of the horse books I've read, and from what my friend's mom taught me (she is a VERY experinced horseperson!), DON'T let the horse's head get below his knees; that adds all the power to the buck. Also, disengage their hindquarters by turning them in a circle.
Check your horse's girth, saddle, and saddle pad, making sure they all fight correctly. Get a thorough vet and farrier check for any soreness/pain issues. Your horse could be in pain, causing him/her to buck, and may not just be out of sheer stubborness or misbehaving.
Hope that helped!
And, welcome to Canter Culture!
----HappyHorse13


this is true(about the head) but just be careful not to let their head get too high, as this can start a rearing habit which ends up being even more dangerous...
with horses ive rode who consistently buck and/or rear at the canter(and the cause has been deduced to behavioral) reeeeally getting them focused on something helps a lot. maybe put draw reins on and work their neck keeping them collected then extended a lot..
just giving them a job, instead of letting their mind idle..
anyway, let me know how it goes! hope this helps!

[DixieGirl]

you could do bending. thats what my trainer told me. When you think the horse is about to buck you take one of your reins and you make them go in a small circle. but be very easy with their mouth. or you could do roll-aways along a fence line. ( turn into the fence)

[DarkChylde]

Blessings! ;)
After all physical issues are ruled out, (and I have become a believer when it comes to proper sadlle fitting, so check that one too), I have found it best to conquer such issues from the ground, maybe I am jsut old and tired and dont want to keep picking myself up from the ground. Every decade that passes I just don't bounce as well as the year before.
I would try ground driving, it is a fantastic training technique and could be helpful for future issues. I would work on trot to canter and walk to canter transitions, as well as canter to trot and canter to walk. Many problems can be solved of you break it down to basics, and be willing to take the blame for the problem on your own riding. If the horse is young and green, it will get better with time, and work, but patience is a given. Perhaps some loosening up of the reins may be needed - I have personally found when I thought the horse was being the bad one, I found that I was holding them too tight and creating tension in their back and they were unable to do what I asked, but you can't leave the reins untouched either, it has to be a happy medium. My husband still chokes up too much on the reins, and our gelding starts fighting to get his head back, and my husband doesn't realise that if he would give the head a little the problem would be solved. I never have to fight the gelding for his head, but I don't hold the reins too tight to begin with. Like in life, there is a happy medium that if you can't find, there will only be more issues. That has been my personal experiences, at any rate.
Good luck, and brightest blessings!

[Skip_n_Hide]

You lot have basically took the words out of my mouth... lmao... especially u HappyHorse lol! Ah wel... listen to these lot they have a point! :p

[tia520035]

Have You Tried A Running Martingale This Has Worked On Many A Green Ranch Horse And When They Relize That It Isn't Any Fun T Buck They Quit And You Can Take It Off :)

[horsesxox23]

if ur horse is sound and checked and the saddle and everythin is all right then dont stop him when u start cantering, if the bucking gets dangerous then yea, prolly stop and have ur trainer work with u and him, but if the buckin is not unseating u, then get him at the pace u want and keep him there until he stops bucking, when he stops and goes as u want him to for even the shortest time, stop and praise him, only when he behaves tho, this will show him that if he bucks he will only encounter more work, but when he behaves he is rewarded, u prolly no all this, but have fun and dont let it get to u, or turn him in a tight circle and keep his attention on u, like everybody else said. good luck!!!
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