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Post by horsemad9 on Jan 20, 2014 15:45:34 GMT
I am jumping bonkers at the moment. Jamaica is such a naughty pony at the moment!  He keeps on refusing when I get to a jump. And yes, I have got the vet and dentist round and everything is fine. So. He is just plain naughty!! We've got a SJ comp this February (21st) and if he keeps acting like this, we'll get NOWHERE!!!!  Anyway, bye. Your one and only, Horse Mad . |
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Post by pboy on Jan 21, 2014 13:03:10 GMT
Do you have an instructor to help you, perhaps something has changed that you haven't noticed? I'd go back to pole work and build up from there to a grid to work on Jamaica's confidence (helps if you have someone on the ground to change the jumps). Could anything have happened to worry him (or you)?
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Post by horsemad9 on Jan 21, 2014 16:12:17 GMT
Thanks, I'll try. And yes I do have an instructor but I'll only be able to get her next week and on the Sunday before the comp. Thanks  |
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Post by brigadier on Jan 22, 2014 10:49:30 GMT
Its so annoying when they suddenly start to refuse and you are not sure what is causing it, like Pboy says, start basic again and build up, get your confidence going!
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Post by Blonde Donkey on Jan 22, 2014 10:49:33 GMT
Have you loose jumped him to see if he does it when he's on his own? The other thing is have either of you had bad experiences jumping recently? If he has lost his confidence a little it could explain his behaviourn and vice versa as well. If you don't feel comfortable jumping neither will he. Horses tend to not want to do things for two reasons - pain (which you have ruled out) or fear. And sometimes out of testing people, I know my young gelding is still trying to work me out. Good luck with your competition  |
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Post by horsemad9 on Jan 22, 2014 16:32:43 GMT
hmm... Maybe. Last year (3 months to be precise) I was ill and so someone at the local livery yard said they'd do SJ with him while I got better. She came back and said that he'd spooked and they knocked down a fence. Maybe that's whats causing the fear...?
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Post by Blonde Donkey on Jan 22, 2014 19:49:30 GMT
Could well be. I would take him right back to basics - pole work and cross poles to build his confidence up and then gradually make the fences bigger and more difficult. You have plenty of time before your competition to get him back on an even keel.
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Post by scattymare on Jan 27, 2014 12:33:25 GMT
Could he be a bit stale? Have you been doing a lot of jumping? It's all too easy to concentrate on the things we like doing and forget that the horse may not feel the same way. I would take a break for a while. Work on flat work and poles. Have fun and then introduce the odd cross pole and see how you get on. What sort of heights are you jumping?
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Post by horsemad9 on Jan 29, 2014 16:16:24 GMT
hmm... I'm currently jumping him at 3'0" and the comp is working us onto 3'3".
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He keeps on refusing when I get to a jump. And yes, I have got the vet and dentist round and everything is fine. So. He is just plain naughty!! 
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