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[RC] rearing - terre*Assuming* this is a 'barn-sour' issue (which is a big assumption, not having witnessed the behaviour)...in other words, a wilful 'refusal' to leave on the part of the horse; a friend of mine had a seriously dangerous barn sour horse when we were younger. This horse would not only rear, it would throw itself over backwards if forced to leave the barn. She tried just about everything--force, schooling, bribery, trickery--you name it.What eventually worked (in this case, altho I personally am not sure I would *ever* have trusted this particular horse): she'd start to ride out. When the horse started to balk or refuse she would ask him firmly *once* to move on. When he didn't, and before he could start rearing, she would tie him short to something really strong (like a phone pole) and leave him there for (at first) literally hours. Then come back, untie him, get on, and ask him again. If he refused, he got tied again. The first few times she did this she spent hours getting him a mile down the road. But eventually the penny dropped--and he quit that behaviour cold. He had learned he was going forward--or he wasn't going. There was no going back. Rather extreme...but this particular horse was really quite...dangerous. Force made him worse. terre =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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