scottie1
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Post by scottie1 on Nov 22, 2008 6:17:19 GMT
my friend has a lovely welsh d.good in traffic,nice temperment.BUT SLOW TO RIDE.kick him ,smack him he doesnt go.ANYBODY GOT ANY TIPS HOW TO GET HIM GOING .if we cant she is selling him for something with more go,but i said stick it out for bit longer ;D
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Post by medwinatswpa on Nov 22, 2008 9:01:26 GMT
I have got one just the same - a big dun mare [D]. She takes everything in her stride [except having her feet trimmed - eh Asa!] She is my mare and I ride her hacking out no problems, but schooling her is hilarious! Charlotte is now huge - 5' 8" or more - and this is the big animal she needs. It takes three of them to try schooling her and they get off with the legs shaking and sweating. I have seen glimpses of something wonderful - for three / four strides. I am having her at home for the winter to try riding her on the beach in the deep sand as we are never going to get her fit if she does not put any effort into work! We did have a shetland to break with us that had a similar problem, but went back and discovered the joys of a good gallop on the Breamore estate and is now fine. I am hoping this will work with Bella on the beach.
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Post by tiggy01 on Nov 22, 2008 9:50:19 GMT
Is the D a youngster as my mare was the same until she got about 7 years and they she found her other gears and now is extremely fast and needs hardly any leg.
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scottie1
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Post by scottie1 on Nov 22, 2008 12:02:41 GMT
ITS 7 YEARS OLD.GONNA TRY SUGERBEET OR OATS.THEN A BLOOD TEST.DAUGHTER RODE IT 2DAY .MY GOD ITS STUBBEN.OR NEEDS A BLAST OUT HUNTING.MIGHT DO THE JOB
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Post by cobbledegook on Nov 22, 2008 18:29:41 GMT
hunting usually does the trick. I used to have a show cob who i treated like a racehorse-he was exactly the same, dead off the leg etc, fine for me but not so good for the judge!!
I used to give him 2 or 3 good sharp canters a week, fed him racehorse cubes and every time he ignored my leg he got a good smack behind it to remind him.
However like Tiggy said, some d's take longer to mature (mentally wise) and you may find it could all click at once!
Good luck though and i think you're being sensible in going down the blood test route too just in case there is something lurking.
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Post by langwedh stud on Nov 22, 2008 18:55:55 GMT
I had a part bred pony once who we tried everything with but he was the same, just had no energy, he was on racing mix, oats, red cells, multi vit supplement, everything you could think of that was heating!! but didn't do anything to him, i was only about 12 at the time, so mum sold him. I would try taking him out hunting, if that does'nt make any difference then deffo worth a blood test i think!!! good luck.
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flye
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Post by flye on Nov 23, 2008 6:17:21 GMT
i know of a D that went some where to get broke in and 5 years later it come back head shy and a bag of bones i belive it took the owners a good 16 months to get it back to the way it was. may be it is because horses are just like us, they have to take time to get over there past and maybe your D might be thinking the same. time will tell like every thing i guess.
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