Need help or i will sell my horse. cant take it anymore.?
Okay, a few months back I asked a similar question but my horses behavior has gotten so bad I want to literally shoot him. I know it sounds bad but I cannot take it anymore. Let me introduce you to diesel. Last year a couple months after I bought diesel I went to riding camp in Montana. While there diesel was a perfect horse (but before we went to camp he would pin his ears back when getting on him and sadding him but he never did anything so it wasn’t a big deal). But on the last day we all painted our horses for a little “rodeo” and diesel was just fine with it, he never once put his ears back while I painted him. But when I was done painting the last blue ring around his leg, I stepped back to take a look at my work and diesel reared back and bit me on the arm. After that I was a little more cautious around him. Yes I did slap him a good one to. But weeks went on and I still had problems with him pinning his ears back so I went to Sam, miss rodeo ND in other words. While there diesel was the PERFECT horse. Never acted up once. But when I got back he was back to his old self. After a while it just became a usual thing so I didn’t pay much attention to it again. Now this week, he has been the worst he has ever been before. I came to SD to stay at a friends for a week before camp because we go to the same camp and everything so I am going to ride with them to camp tomorrow. But anyways, the other day, he kept pawing every time I made him stand still and so I gave him a good kick to get the point across that he needs to stop and then he reared (sorta). He lifted one leg and flung back in a rearing way I guess. But still. Also on the same day, me and my friend were galloping and I pulled back to slow him and he would not stop. He kept running and wouldn’t stop when I pulled back and then finally he store when we reached the fence. Then today I tried lunging him and he drug me and wouldn’t stop at all, and gave me rope burn on my one hand. Please help me…


Have you considered sending him off to a professional trainer? Sounds to me like he just needs to calm down. Give him a break at pasture or paddock for a while then bring him back slow with ground work? It’s hard to judge what will help him without knowing the horse. Try consulting a professional.
Did the previous owners warn you about any of this behavior? Did you ask? I think maybe, since you didn’t do anything when he first started to pin back his ears, he thinks he can boss you around. My horse was the same way. Try this: If he takes on little step out of line, lay him out! He needs to learn that you are the boss and he is ranked beneath you.
Good luck! Hope this helps at least a little!