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How do you stop a horse from bucking?

How do i get my horse to stop bucking?

  • i have a 14.2 welsh section D. she is 5 and she has been fine to ride until recently when she keeps bucking when i ask her to move... i am not a very confident rider at the moment as she bucked me off recently and i injured my shoulder... i know for definite she is not in pain as we have had a saddle made and fit to her, a vet out, had an equine dentist and there is nothing wrong.... we even got her a massage to check she had no muscular pain. i know if i dont let her off with bucking she will stop but i am asking for advice on how to stay on and stop her continuous bucking? thanks x

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    Sometimes you can't always handle things on your own. You might wanna hire a trainer for a while until she starts behaving. If that is wayy too much money and out of the question, my suggestion would be this, Try lunging your horse, either before you get on, or instead of riding, try riding some days after lunging and some days not. If she hasn't bucked at all and is really good you just might want to quit while your ahead, and give her lots of treats and reward her. Let her know that she did good. If she is naughty make her keep working. When she dose buck, jerk back HARD on your lunge line and yell at her until she stops. Is she bucking at the walk or stop or canter, if its at the walk or stop keep clucking to her, kind of throw your arms out and make her go forward. You'll probably want to hold a lunge whip in your hand while lunging. Don't worry, you won't have to hit your horse with it. Just use it to keep her going in a good circle and make sure shes not trying to come into you. If she is bucking at the canter then you'll want to say woah until she comes down to a trot and stops bucking. After about a week of JUST lunging then start getting on her again. Maybe try to just do W/T for a week, then move up to W/T/C the next week. Try keeping your riding sessions shorter, this way she doesn't get fed up and tired. But over all, if you aren't feel confident about it, and you got hurt, the best possible option would be to get a pro work with your horse for even just a couple of weeks. Oh and when you ride BTW, try to keep her head UP as much as possible, horses can't buck if their heads are up ;-) GOOD LUCK!

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you should put a tie down on her if you dont have one just tie a string from the bottom of her reigns to her breast collar not to tight let her be able to move her head this prevents a horse from bucking or rearing up the reason she is acting spunky could be the change in weather even though she has never acted like this before either way still try the tie down and no matter what always be a confident rider show the horse who is boss and never ever trust a horse no matter close you are

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How long have you had her, how long had you been riding her (like months or years) when she started bucking, and did you do something/anything different? You need to get your confidence back as she senses your trepidation. Get on, get her moving forward, stay in a safe seat, with your feet forward when not using them to kick her on, carry a dressage whip, use a snaffle with full cheeks, and when she bucks, kick her on or pull her in a circle then kick her on, and don't jerk on her mouth, but just maintain a feel, and keep her from getting her head between her knees. Is she bucking continuously, really? And is it a little buck, or an all-out hind legs vertical sort of buck? There's a difference, in term of cause and how to deal with it.

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