Show Nerves

XmasAngel98 · 06-11-2004, 07:20 AM

Okay I spoke too soon. Today when I went to give her a bath and braid her she was a total nut again! And this was at home! She must've sensed that something was up. Anyway, I decided I'm going to take Beauty instead. We're leaving in about a half an hour. I'm taking Angel to a schooling show so hopefully we can work through some of these problems then. Thanks again for all of the suggestions.

QHGirl · 06-11-2004, 07:28 AM

That is horrible. Do you have anyone around you that can help you with angel? Do you think she needs to be sent to a trainer for a month or two to get her over this "issue" of being nutty?

Good luck this weekend....

Can you just take her not banded and all that? Maybe just to ride her around OR just let her stand at the trailer and "learn" to accept shows?

SyntheticTrust · 06-11-2004, 07:43 AM

take her to the show, and just tie her to the trailer the whole time. dont show her, just get her used to being there

Shiloh315 · 06-11-2004, 09:06 AM

Well, if worse comes to worse you could always use the stuff that calms horses down..whats it called? Quietex I think..

sunsetacres · 06-11-2004, 09:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SyntheticTrust

take her to the show, and just tie her to the trailer the whole time. dont show her, just get her used to being there

If you have at least a two horse, I too would take both. I would ride her on the grounds , then decide which one I was going to show. She may be just fine once you get there (and her buddy is with her). Of course that means you have to bath and braid two horses, just in case : )

XmasAngel98 · 06-13-2004, 05:24 PM

I would have loved to have taken both horses. However, it was a sanctioned dressage show that lasted from Friday until today and the closing date had long since past. Therefore I could not get an additional stall for her and I hated to just take her and then not show (the show just costs too much money!). I took Beauty instead and she was an absolute doll! Unfortunately she does not have then natural gorgeous movement of some of those warmbloods but she held her own! Her highest score was a 66.7% at Training 1, 63.5% at Training 2, 65% at Intro A, and 63.6 % at Intro. B. She did very well and she is such a sweetheart! She just tries her little heart out! She ended up with two 2nd's, a 3rd, and a 5th. Next weekend I will be taking Angel to a schooling show. Luckily my coach is coming down (she lives about 4 hours away) and will be able to help me with her. Thanks again for all of the help. I really appreciate all of the suggestions!:-)

inuyasha · 06-13-2004, 05:35 PM

im gonna adopt a rescue horse she is in really bad shape but i can fix her up..theres only one problem Pasha gets really mad when im not paying attention to him..like this one time i was helping my friend with her horse so i rode her around and guess who was in the feild..Pasha...he was following me on the other side snorting and going crazy cuz i was riding another horse lol so im worried about getting the iother horse so he dosent do anything to her

06-11-2004, 07:20 AM	#11
XmasAngel98 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 701 Images: 44	Okay I spoke too soon. Today when I went to give her a bath and braid her she was a total nut again! And this was at home! She must've sensed that something was up. Anyway, I decided I'm going to take Beauty instead. We're leaving in about a half an hour. I'm taking Angel to a schooling show so hopefully we can work through some of these problems then. Thanks again for all of the suggestions. __________________ *In Memory of Red Cloud* (May 9, 1993-May 27, 2006) http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com...loud_thumb.jpg

06-11-2004, 07:28 AM	#12
QHGirl Senior Member+ Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 6,993 Images: 264	That is horrible. Do you have anyone around you that can help you with angel? Do you think she needs to be sent to a trainer for a month or two to get her over this "issue" of being nutty? Good luck this weekend.... Can you just take her not banded and all that? Maybe just to ride her around OR just let her stand at the trailer and "learn" to accept shows? __________________ I must not forget to thank the difficult horses, who made my life miserable, but who were better teachers than the well-behaved school horses who raised no problems. -Alois Podhaisky

06-13-2004, 05:24 PM	#16
XmasAngel98 Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Indiana Posts: 701 Images: 44	I would have loved to have taken both horses. However, it was a sanctioned dressage show that lasted from Friday until today and the closing date had long since past. Therefore I could not get an additional stall for her and I hated to just take her and then not show (the show just costs too much money!). I took Beauty instead and she was an absolute doll! Unfortunately she does not have then natural gorgeous movement of some of those warmbloods but she held her own! Her highest score was a 66.7% at Training 1, 63.5% at Training 2, 65% at Intro A, and 63.6 % at Intro. B. She did very well and she is such a sweetheart! She just tries her little heart out! She ended up with two 2nd's, a 3rd, and a 5th. Next weekend I will be taking Angel to a schooling show. Luckily my coach is coming down (she lives about 4 hours away) and will be able to help me with her. Thanks again for all of the help. I really appreciate all of the suggestions!:-) __________________ *In Memory of Red Cloud* (May 9, 1993-May 27, 2006) http://www.horsegroomingsupplies.com...loud_thumb.jpg

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06-11-2004, 07:43 AM	#13
SyntheticTrust Banned Join Date: Apr 2004 Posts: 4,528	take her to the show, and just tie her to the trailer the whole time. dont show her, just get her used to being there

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inuyasha Junior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 24	im gonna adopt a rescue horse she is in really bad shape but i can fix her up..theres only one problem Pasha gets really mad when im not paying attention to him..like this one time i was helping my friend with her horse so i rode her around and guess who was in the feild..Pasha...he was following me on the other side snorting and going crazy cuz i was riding another horse lol so im worried about getting the iother horse so he dosent do anything to her