Miniture horse bucking me off - how can i stop it

[goosey]

My family and I havea miniture horse named Misty. And a poloose pony named bindi-eye.
bindi - eye is partley blind so we cant ride her, and misty whenever i get on her, she tries to buck me off, last time she nearly kicked in the head because i slid of her bum when she was mucking up.

Is there anyway i can curb this behaviour.???

[Gustav]

1) Are you sure your pony is properly broken in (has she been trained to accept riders?) If not this could be the problem!! I mean you have to look at it from their perspective! They have to trust you that you won't hurt them, before they let you on their backs as they can't see you when you're up there!! Also if she's not broken in the shock of having someone just get on your back would make you want to throw them off again!

2) Are you sure you are not too heavy for a minature pony? You have to be truely tiny to ride them!!

3) Some ponies hate people sliding off their bums! I suggest you don't do this again! Lol!

4) Are you sure she doesn't have a back problem? She could have a vertibrae slightly out of line! Or some sort of muscular strain!

[goosey]

1)we very much doubt it,
2)i might be but i am not very big at all and i lay over her all the time and she doesnt care its only when i sit on her.
3) i didnt mean to slide of her bum she rared up and was bucking and i feel of backwards.
4) the lady we got her of said there was nothing wrong with her and that she was mainly for pully carts.(we are getting one soon)
(we are going to ride her tomorrow)

[gaddylovesdogs]

I've never heard of anyone riding a miniature horse, to tell you the truth, though I know people cart with them.

[mrose_s]

she is small, but quite sturdy. she is getting pretty fat from not doing much excercise so where getting her a sulky.

[darkchild16]

continue to lay over her until she gains her trust then slowly sit on her for very short intervals

[Gustav]

continue to lay over her until she gains her trust then slowly sit on her for very short intervals

And don't make any sudden or loud noises!! ;)

[darkchild16]

YES that is a must

[Saje]

I don't really think you need to ride her. Unless you are two or something. there are other ways to exercise her.

Does she respond to cues from the bridle?

[goosey]

i can sit on her while she eating coz she so caught up in her food.......

[darkchild16]

dont do that you cna get hurt when she notices you!!!!!!!!!! does she buck when shes done

[goosey]

no she dont care it only when i get on her and try to walk her around the padick

[darkchild16]

ok thats good cuz it hurts to be thrown and that could happen you could try to get someone else to lead her and you just sit on her and see how she reacts

[goosey]

yeah i do but she still does the same thing even when they try to control her ................?

[darkchild16]

just slowly work with her and have patients how lang have you had her?

[goosey]

sence july last year

[EliNHunter]

Yea... like your dog, it sounds like...

[darkchild16]

you arent gonna wanna hear this but for a little while dont try and ride her just dit in the paddock with her or somewhere realativly small and fenced and pet her brush her give her treats play with her and gain her trust

[goosey]

i have her trust i can walk aroud herand do anything but ride her so maybe i am to heavey

[darkchild16]

how many hands is she

[goosey]

i realy dont no 7 or more

[darkchild16]

and how tall are you

[mrose_s]

we dont really need to ride her but we love horses and she is so sweeet. after the show last year, people came up to her last owner and asked if they could buy her for their kids. But she isnt a kids horse, she is a handful for me and im 15. i wouldnt chuck my baby on her.

[darkchild16]

lol some horses are like that mine is but he does it cuz he misses me alot

[mrose_s]

grace (goosey) is 4ft 4", i am 5ft 3"
she is about up to my hip, i just dont think she is broken she belonged to a girl as a companion pony i think

[darkchild16]

do your feet come within a foot of the ground when you sit on her

[mrose_s]

nah, she says there higher, but not by much, we'll measure it if we go down 2day

[darkchild16]

then you prolly shouldnt it is prolly uncomfortable for her

[darkchild16]

and if you have any wuestioons about horses or just wanna talk about them pm me i have my own "line" of barrelracers so i know alot

[mrose_s]

ok, thx

[darkchild16]

sorry i couldnt give you better news

[mrose_s]

ahh, its no problem, we are showing her in the show this year, she is pushy tho, walks in circles. so we have to practice with the halter for a while to

[darkchild16]

you can also do halter jumping with her

[mrose_s]

wats that... like just runing along side???

[darkchild16]

ya and she does like tiny jumps

[mrose_s]

like 1/2 a foot???

[mrose_s]

and when you move fast...er she thinks its a huge game and runs and spins and kicks and shakes her head, so we will just start out slow???

[darkchild16]

yea you should anyway until she gets used to it

[mrose_s]

kk
they are in an area with lots of cement blocks, because it was a camp for the builders.
all the set up houses are gone and there are just cement blocks left, could we use some of them???

[darkchild16]

i would put like broom handleson the first hope if the have holes in them

[mrose_s]

kk, ill try that this afternoon

[darkchild16]

ok hope you have someluck

[mrose_s]

bugger it, we didnt go, we'll have to do it on saturday o somehting, because m going for a mini holiday today LOL YAY

[darkchild16]

tell me how it goes

[mrose_s]

i will

[Angelbrite]

Hey Darkchild... anyway I can help a horse that was hurt when she was younger? you see we had 2 horses that we had to help and her former owner said that when they were young They tried to rope her but she got hurt and now shes finiky about males (it was a male who did alot of rough treatment to her) and being tied. Please help me because she already hurt her leg twice while being tied and she could seriouly hurt herself next time.

[darkchild16]

ive never had that problem so im just thinking of how i would try and fix it.

but a couple times just tie her with you standing there soothing her brushing petting etc. then slowly back up a little at a time keeping her tied longer each time. and work on that till she doesnt freak out but never leave her unsupervised where she can get hurt also post about it on the forum others may have experienced this

[mypy]

I have never dealt with miniture hores but I figure you would treat him/her just like you would with any other, keeping in mind the size difference. It may very well be a wieght thing. That's what it was with my shetland. My dad weight too much.

[Gustav]

They tried to rope her but she got hurt and now shes finiky about males (it was a male who did alot of rough treatment to her) and being tied.

My Shettie Lala is very funny around men! She has been abused! If you can try to be the only person who visits her, give her treats and talk to her, try not to make any sudden or sharp movements. I would halter her but not tie her up just let the rope sit on the ground while you feed her treats and pat her, do this every day for a couple of weeks and then you can start tying her up very loosely (just loop her rope through some baler twine so she can pull free at any time) and feed her treats etc. Eventually she should stand quietly for you. Always tie her to some twine / string and never straight to a ring or a wooden post! Because the string will snap if she's in a panic and she will be freed unharmed!

Remember to talk to her calmly as your voice can really help with nervy horses.

[mrose_s]

god i hate it when animals are abused, particulariyly horses, they are so flighty it takes a lot to trust humans anyway. then we screw it up...

[Angelbrite]

Well I can't really stand beside her cause she backs up and moves away and she once paniced when she coulde'nt get away. she's fine with the other horse (The other horses name is Corky!) and Corky will alow me up on her back and drape myself on her. Blazer is a sweet horse but I've heard her breed is kinda High-strung (Shes 1/2 Tennesee walker and 1/2 arabian.)

[Gustav]

Well I can't really stand beside her cause she backs up and moves away

In that case start by offering treats to her at arms length, it won't be long before she'll let you near her!! Trust me!! Talk to her in a calm voice, the more you talk to her the better!!

[mrose_s]

yeah, i was reading a book, and a woman was photographing wild horses and the stallion found her. she talked to him calmly and she reckons that it calmed him down otherwise he would have injured or even killed her.

[Angelbrite]

Blazer belongs to my Sister and she won't let me work with her...I think blazer is starting to become wild. she only comes up to people at graining time and even then she runs when touched. My mom can pat her but My sister can be ressitant of people who try to help with blazer.

[yuckaduck]

Ok here's my advice and I only read abit so not all details are clear to me.
1] pony have short backs so if you are to big for the pony and sit to far back your weight will be on the ponies kidneys, this hurts and sometimes they buck. This why most people don't allow people to ride double on there horses.
2]if the pony learns that I buck you off you go away then pony will never stop. Most pony's tend to be lazy by nature.
3] Teach pony that whoa means whoa and use it for mounting. Pony not allowed to move when you get on. Grab your left rein short and allow pony to turn in left circles so towards you until pony is prepared to stand nicely for you to get on. Don't panic or get frustrated just calmly allow pony to turn in circles until prepared to stand for you.
4]If bucking startes when you are on the pony remember pull pony's head up, harder to buck and a pony who is moving forward cannot buck. Another words don't allow interruption in the forward movement because then pony can really buck hard.
5] private email me if this doesn't help and tell me exactly what is going on because this is the number one thing that I deal with. Everyone wants to know how to stop there horse or pony from bucking.

To be safe always ride with a riding helmet, to protect your head just in case.

[oc_spirit]

Personally we dont allow anyone over 50Lbs to ride on our minis. They can pull a lot of weight but carrying's a little different.

[yuckaduck]

OC That's a good point too-how big is this pony and how big are you? Perhaps you are simply to big for her. Sorry not trying to insult or anything but I can't ride a pony, I'd break the poor things back.