[ahorseofcourse]

Well I really only have one question:


I know that the cold weather can make horses frisky, but can it make the horse totally crazy? I ask this because Trix is being such a BRAT X10000000 she is rearing more then 5 times everytime I ride her she is bucking like a mad woman. When I tap her with the crop on the butt when she is not responding the first couple times I ask her to do something she bucks even with the littlest of smacks on the butt. She is just not a fun horse to ride anymore! I know it's not pain in her back because I have had the vet out already to give her a check up. And her tack is fine, but I am wondering if she has a toothache? She is eating perfectly fine, she eats her carrots, no chewing to the side at all. I just don't get it! So can the weather really make a semi-good (lol) horse go super bad and rotten?

[ShowJumper23]

I don't know, but every winter my mare in Germany would get like that, where we couldn't ride her unless we just galloped her around letting her get the bucks out first....

[JBandRio]

Where are you? Fall grass, just like Spring grass, can be very high in sugars, and all that sugar can make some horses Looney Tunes.

[Xiphias]

Is she getting turned out everyday, or is she being stalled for most of the day? Cathy

[Vengeance]

A couple of years ago I wouldn't have dared to ride my mare in winter unless it was just at a walk and not very far vecause she would go nuts because she felt good... but now she's calmed down a whole lot... so I'm thinking that, if your horse is young, it may be age-related... it seems that with my mare, the older she got, the calmer she became.

[Madamoiselle]

I know how you feel. My geldings a nut. Period. No hot feed, daily 12 hour turnout, and a six day a week schedule of heavy work-if he's given off more than one day he is just a maniac.

Usually it goes something like;

him; can i go? pleasepleasepleaseplease
me; No, you need to trot nicely.
him; okay. holding it in. holding it in, energy brimming, boiling. OMG I'MA EXPLODE IF I DON'T GO FAST.

That's when he goes every which way physically possible.

Then when I bring him back and make him slow down and work he starts getting PO'ed, grunting, squealing, etc., etc. Lunging isn't even really enough for him, I have to turn him loose in the arena and let him rip around. Try something like that or some simple exercises to get her head back.

[RowdyRio1324]

Whoa, flashback!
Thats how one of my horse's were. Horrible in the winter. Hated it. 3 winters later, I ended up selling.

One thing who worked for me, don't hold him back. It just made it worse. Let him go. (For me atleast)

Lots of times when I went to get on, I started to put my foot in the stirrup, he reared, and took off bucking. Once I got on, I would just lope him off.

[ahorseofcourse]

I would turn her out but its still slighty muddy in the "arena"

[Caterina]

I guess I should feel lucky that a few of my horses are the opposite and are being lazy as heck

[bronc]

Originally Posted by ahorseofcourse

Well I really only have one question:


I know that the cold weather can make horses frisky, but can it make the horse totally crazy? I ask this because Trix is being such a BRAT X10000000 she is rearing more then 5 times everytime I ride her she is bucking like a mad woman. When I tap her with the crop on the butt when she is not responding the first couple times I ask her to do something she bucks even with the littlest of smacks on the butt. She is just not a fun horse to ride anymore! I know it's not pain in her back because I have had the vet out already to give her a check up. And her tack is fine, but I am wondering if she has a toothache? She is eating perfectly fine, she eats her carrots, no chewing to the side at all. I just don't get it! So can the weather really make a semi-good (lol) horse go super bad and rotten?

you need to tell al gore that this global warming is making my horse crazy.