Hello,
I'm trying to get Dakota straighten out with the right saddle, the
right bit, etc. I have ordered a Bob Marshall saddle, so I think
that will take care of that. However, I use a kimberwick on him
right now. It is hard to get him to stop sometimes. He likes to
bolt or just plain ignore you. I have a nose band because he eats
everything in site on the trail. I don't want to go severe because
he really is a good boy he just has a tough neck and a mind of his
own. Any suggestions? I started riding English, but have since
gone back to Western/endurance. Not sure which but not English for
sure. Any suggestions? Let me tell you what he did this weekend
first: we were on a trail trotting away. There is a spot in the
trail that leads down to a waterhole with lots of rocks that we
cross sometimes. Everytime we get near it, he decides he is going
down and through and home. I expected it Saturday and he faked me
out and nearly passed the spot and turned a perfect "L" to he left
with his next and flipped is back end around to the right like a
cutting horse and down in to the water he went. I got him stopped
in the middle of the pond/waterhole and turned him around and went
back up with everyone else, but I well could have done without that
one. Tweaked the back it did. About a mile further on he decided
to buck and bolt. No idea why. That's about it. Judy
