I have a horse who's name is Ana. She is 3 quarters saddlebred and a quarter arabian. She is extremely pretty, and learns very easily. She has the potential to do anything. The only thing that keeps her back is that on a scale of one to ten for temperament she is probably a 7. It's not that she's mean, or bucks or rears, she doesn't. In fact she is a really sweet horse. The reason I rate her temperament as a 7 is because she is extremely hyper. She's hard to handle because she always wants to gogogo. When she's calm and using the thinking side of her brain she is a really fun horse to ride. Lately I have come to the conclusion that if I keep training her the way I have been (mostly running her till she's tired) I will eventually ruin that horse. She will just keep getting more and more endurance up and stop listening to me more and more. I have been riding her in a hackmoore, because she hates the bit and everytime I use it she gets way too hyper and that usually ends up with me frustrated. When I'm frustrated it is just way too easy to yank on the reigns to get her too do what I want. I need to find a different way of training her, and I have to get her responsive to the bit. When I pull back on the reigns to get her to stop she has started just walking through the pressure. Not Good! I am realizing that I am running out of the knowledge to train her correctly and it frustrates me. What I need to do is get her to always use the thinking side of her brain. I need to be able to control her from the ground. If I could take her down to Texas to get training from Clinton Anderson I so would.
My advice to you is if your horse frustrates you, evaluate your riding and training and try to change yourself. If that still doesn't work go to a professional trainer.
"When you run out of knowledge you get frustrated." - Clinton Anderson
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