Dealing with horse bad habits? Volunteering at a farm. Highly doubt I will be allowed to train those habits away.
I've recently started volunteering at a trail riding farm. Good exercise, make new friends, and free riding! But a few horses have some bad habits.
I highly doubt I'll ever have any personal time with one horse so training the horse isn't too much an option. (Maybe some day though? But the farm owner kind of has the attitude of not wanting anyone to "taint" her horses so...she's actually worth a whole other post cuz she's a bit questionable...)
I guess what I'm looking for is temporary solutions then. Some bad habits I've encountered are... *being very mouthy/always looking for cookies *walking off while mounting AND dismounting *a horse who kinda hops/skips uncomfortably into a canter *food aggression at feeding time, pinning ears, crowding me. I worry a lot about being caught between two horses. They're constantly weaving around so it's hard to stay 100% away from butts. I know remaining calm and confident is important but I really struggle here when I feel like I'm going into a war zone.
Submitted June 14, 2018 at 06:29AM by BlazedChestnut
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