Comments on: Catching Difficulties http://www.writingofriding.com/touch/catching-difficulties/ Equestrian Blog Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:15:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: AIRiding http://www.writingofriding.com/touch/catching-difficulties/#comment-182 AIRiding Thu, 02 Oct 2008 16:15:31 +0000 http://ericafrei.com/writing-of-riding/articles/catching-difficulties/#comment-182 Hi Dani, I replied to your question in a new post. Go to <a href="http://ericafrei.com/writing-of-riding/articles/refusal-to-move-how-best-to-evade-work/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Refusal To Move : How Best To Evade Work</a>. Thanks for the feedback! <strong>Erica K. Frei</strong> Author <em>"<a href="http://www.ericafrei.com/shop/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">Centered Self, Centered Horse : A Simple Guide to Horsemanship</a>"</em> Hi Dani,

I replied to your question in a new post. Go to Refusal To Move : How Best To Evade Work.

Thanks for the feedback!
Erica K. Frei
Author “Centered Self, Centered Horse : A Simple Guide to Horsemanship“

]]> By: djohnson http://www.writingofriding.com/touch/catching-difficulties/#comment-181 djohnson Sat, 13 Sep 2008 16:04:09 +0000 http://ericafrei.com/writing-of-riding/articles/catching-difficulties/#comment-181 I am currently excercising a very difficult horse. He is not vicious, but is very difficult to catch. When i go into the field, i approach him quietly, give him a pat and slip the headcollar on. He NEVER moves away from me when i do this. I can then calmly lead him towards the gate of the field.However, sometime before i get there he stops. He plants his feet and will not move forwards, or to either side. The more i pull on the lead rope, the more he walks backwards. If i stop, he stops. If i try to walk close to his side in order to flick his hindquarters with the end of the leadrope, he turns them away from me. He never appears scared, in fact he normally sighs alot during this encounter, as if bored with my attempts! From that moment on, it is almost impossible to get him to move on, even with food. Eventually, if i persist, he turns and trots away. I can then walk up to him again, without him moving away, and can do the same as before, but he always stops again.The article above did not help my problem, but after reading the one about resistance, i believe he is demonsrating weight resistance. I can only go to him once a week, so cant even lead him in and out a few times a day without riding him, so that he doesnt link my catching him to him doing work.Any ideas how i can get him to walk all the way out?Any tips would be very helpful! I am currently excercising a very difficult horse. He is not vicious, but is very difficult to catch.
When i go into the field, i approach him quietly, give him a pat and slip the headcollar on. He NEVER moves away from me when i do this. I can then calmly lead him towards the gate of the field.However, sometime before i get there he stops. He plants his feet and will not move forwards, or to either side. The more i pull on the lead rope, the more he walks backwards. If i stop, he stops. If i try to walk close to his side in order to flick his hindquarters with the end of the leadrope, he turns them away from me. He never appears scared, in fact he normally sighs alot during this encounter, as if bored with my attempts! From that moment on, it is almost impossible to get him to move on, even with food. Eventually, if i persist, he turns and trots away. I can then walk up to him again, without him moving away, and can do the same as before, but he always stops again.The article above did not help my problem, but after reading the one about resistance, i believe he is demonsrating weight resistance. I can only go to him once a week, so cant even lead him in and out a few times a day without riding him, so that he doesnt link my catching him to him doing work.Any ideas how i can get him to walk all the way out?Any tips would be very helpful!

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