Re: [IceHorses] Nervous Nellie
Was she taken off to a new place for training? There is a thing i have read about recently, called "situational" training, where your horse does great at something in one place but not in others. Spookiness for instance. Anyway. I think diet. if the horse has been groundworked in a calm manner over a period of time and actually shakes around others, it has to be either diet or simply has not been groundtrained or out in the world enough. My old horse Gallant Boy shakes like a leaf when the farrier comes, I mean trembles head to toe. It breaks your heart. But he has only seen a farrier probably three or four times in the last ten years if that, (twice now with me) and prior to that he had some years being shown as a plantation shod walker, which is painful... so i think your horse either has issues, or lack of ground work, or feed probs! Or if it has had lots of groundwork, go on the net and google situational behavior... its interesting. janice-- yipie tie yie yo
RE: [IceHorses] Nervous Nellie
Hi Etain, >Dama had her first professional training session today. I was hoping >to ride her a bit but she became so nervous that she was trembling all >over, and the trainer and I agreed not to push things. The trainer >thought she was one of the most nervous horses she's ever seen. What has been done with her before today if today was her first professional training session. Is it the first time she has had a rider on her back? What have you been doing with her up to now? How old is she? Do you have any photos of Dama being worked and a good photo close up of her face and side body shot. If so I will look at her for possible inherent personality characteristics. Robyn Icelandic Horse Farm Robyn Hood & Phil Pretty Vernon BC Canada www.icefarm.com
Re: [IceHorses] Nervous Nellie
> Dama had her first professional training session today. I was hoping > to ride her a bit but she became so nervous that she was trembling all > over, and the trainer and I agreed not to push things. Etain, can you recap some of her history for us... age, background, training. And also let us know what she eats, what type of tack you're using, and what type of trainer you're using. Thanks! Judy http://icehorses.net http://clickryder.com
[IceHorses] Nervous Nellie
Dama had her first professional training session today. I was hoping to ride her a bit but she became so nervous that she was trembling all over, and the trainer and I agreed not to push things. The trainer thought she was one of the most nervous horses she's ever seen. She's made dramatic improvements in her ground manners over the past 7 months, but she is still extremely nervous over everything (birds singing in trees, nearby horses playing, a new car parked in the lot etc) and I would have thought she'd be settling in by now. It may be possible that she just has an exceptionally nervous temperment but I'm trying to rule out any possible causes; eye sight, diet, ulcer, etc. Any suggestions? Etain
