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Heavygoods

I have a problem where my horse is constantly dragging and barging me when I try to lead him and it gets into a tug of war, what can I do to make him respect me more? Thanks xxx

im awful at this stuff but i will try haha... jeez i cant stand rude horses!
sometimes you need to do things that will be really time consuming to like stop it, and roxy used to drag me around like crazy when i first ever got her but she stopped doing it because everytime she barged forward, i would turn her in a massive circle and make her walk back to the point where she barged, and she would keep going back until she learned to walk nicely :) sometimes though you do have to be more forceful since horses are big animals and you cant let them drag and pull you around because you'll end up hurt! so if you are still finding your horse unmanageable, maybe buy a chiffney or just wrap the lead rope around their nose for some extra pull on your behalf... although try as hard as you can not to get into a tug of war because you will never win!

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Yard routine?

On a weekday we feed around 8ish, it can be earlier depending if we are competing or it's going to be hot so Sam and I will get the riding done before the horses start melting, but on a normal day we just feed, rug up if any of them wear rugs and turn them out (inc DIYs because they're all assisted), muck out part/full liveries, hay nets/feeds, sweep yard and we are usually done by 10:30 at the latest so then we go for our lunch break. Come back at 3 to bring in the part/full's, put any needed lotions, potions and sprays on horses as they come in, then it's just skipping out, haying and feeding then we go home at 5pm

Saw you commenting on something on SH&P, your yard has space?! what's it like?

Yeah we actually have four boxes available at the moment but there are loooads of people coming to look about next week - our yard is beaut, we have a really nice bunch of liveries, the tea room is just fabulous and we n e v e r run out of milk, everyone is really welcoming and friendly

What are your horses fed on including supplements?

Wall's has alfalfa pellets and alfalfa light, protexin gut balancer, premier flex, seaweed & rosehip, vegetable oil and plenty of water to damp his feed down. He gets a large soaked hay net every night and has a lot of turn out
As of today Ector's having chaff, non-heating pony nuts, bute, devils claw, honey and a drizzle of molasses also watered down. He also has soaked hay 24/7 and a big bucket of graze-on ready grass at lunch time as he can't be turned out

What saddles do you ride in?

Ector was in a Stubben but as he muscled out we had to put him in a different one, he was in a Henri De Revel which was a lovely saddle
Wall's has a thorowgood dressage saddle and Kenton Masters long leg GP

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