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How do you stop a horse from bucking?

How do i make my horse stop rearing and bucking at shows?

  • My horse is 12 yrs old and I have had her since she was 8yrs old. I taught my horse how to rear one day by gathering up all the reins and kicking her forward which has caused her to rear. I regret teaching her that. But now every time I go to shows once the announcer calls my name and the gate opens my horse starts to back up so I whip her forward and she just bucks every time i whip her and then she starts to rear also. Once in the arena she bolts forward and doesn't stop till she gets to the fence. Then we did an event once time where she had to pivot and instead of pivoting she rears up and jumps forward on 2 legs and then rears again 2 more times and i then jump off. I think i was just rushing it one day when i was doing cows and my horse reared up and scared another riders horse and that riders horse bucked enough that the rider had to jump off. I am worried that my horse my flip over one day on top of me. For my safety and other peoples safety how do I stop my horse from rearing and bucking at shows? I don't know if it is my excitement when the gate opens or what. When not at shows she is the perfect horse and lets a 5 year old ride her and is calm. What should I do to fix her problem??

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    Holy crap. You have a serious problem and, make no mistake, it is YOUR problem, not the horse's. Don't think that you taught this horse how to rear. She already knew how. You just planted the seed in her head of "this is how I react to things I don't like." You need to stop going to shows until you get this figured out. This is a many, many, many paragraph answer and, frankly, I think you'd rather just blame the horse and hope that someone will tell you the right way to whip her to "get her to behave." Well, that's not how it works. She's not your slave. You don't have the right to beat her when she gets upset. Let me repeat myself. YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAT HER WHEN SHE GETS UPSET. Educate yourself. Become a horseman. Try to understand her point of view. Don't blame her for being a horse -- you knew she was a horse when you bought her. Two final pieces of advice: ignore Bernice's answer. Whipping a horse between the ears is not going to make your problem better; nor is Join Up. Also, invest in your education and get some beginning Parelli materials.

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Holy crap. You have a serious problem and, make no mistake, it is YOUR problem, not the horse's. Don't think that you taught this horse how to rear. She already knew how. You just planted the seed in her head of "this is how I react to things I don't like." You need to stop going to shows until you get this figured out. This is a many, many, many paragraph answer and, frankly, I think you'd rather just blame the horse and hope that someone will tell you the right way to whip her to "get her to behave." Well, that's not how it works. She's not your slave. You don't have the right to beat her when she gets upset. Let me repeat myself. YOU DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT TO BEAT HER WHEN SHE GETS UPSET. Educate yourself. Become a horseman. Try to understand her point of view. Don't blame her for being a horse -- you knew she was a horse when you bought her. Two final pieces of advice: ignore Bernice's answer. Whipping a horse between the ears is not going to make your problem better; nor is Join Up. Also, invest in your education and get some beginning Parelli materials.

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Hi. I had sit in that same position for a while! Also tought my horse tricks and stuff. The advice I can give yew is to whip her between the ears. She'l think she hit her head somewhere. Keep doing it till she stops. Or, while lunging, do The Join Up. Its a thing I knew for a very long time. I'm a horse whisperer so I know. All yew do in that exercise, chase her in the ring for a few rounds and turn your back on her while she runs. Don't look at her. Relax every thing in your body. She'll stop and look. But don't look back just stand with your back turned to her. Turn around slowly and walk to her and drop the rope yew chased her with. This will take a very long while but she needs to seek her peace in yew and that she will find her protection in yew. Don't hit her unneseserly, make her feel good and she'll give her best. If yew want more information, yew can ask me. Email me at [email protected].

Bernice

Hi. I had sit in that same position for a while! Also tought my horse tricks and stuff. The advice I can give yew is to whip her between the ears. She'l think she hit her head somewhere. Keep doing it till she stops. Or, while lunging, do The Join Up. Its a thing I knew for a very long time. I'm a horse whisperer so I know. All yew do in that exercise, chase her in the ring for a few rounds and turn your back on her while she runs. Don't look at her. Relax every thing in your body. She'll stop and look. But don't look back just stand with your back turned to her. Turn around slowly and walk to her and drop the rope yew chased her with. This will take a very long while but she needs to seek her peace in yew and that she will find her protection in yew. Don't hit her unneseserly, make her feel good and she'll give her best. If yew want more information, yew can ask me. Email me at [email protected].

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