We have a horse at the barn who is a phenomenal ADULT show horse who bites. He never was taught ground manners such as standing still, how to respect his handler etc. in the saddle he is a darling, on the ground he is a monster. He was only taught to win everything else was ignored
They all go through a bitey phase when they are young. Testing boundaries. I try to figure out why they are biting, are they bored etc. but more recently I have resorted to a good pop with the lead rope in the nose. Shocked her the first time, has not tried it again for awhile now. Definitely do not want her biting me during halter, they are looking for behavior
And then I could qualify for master showman like I did last year and have to do sheep, goats, chickens, beef, rabbits, and dairy all in one hour with a horse show probably overlapping. I will be having to scratch a few shows
Yeah 😢 my last show was just my little getting my feet wet, I did two classes. Now coach wants me to expand on classes and do more. Should be fun though.
Yeah I have to change everything at least twice. But me and trainer are thinking 3x may end being what it is. I have to start in ranch clothing. Which would be a western style shirt, jeans, and cowboy boots. Then halter, I can either do western or a fancier dressier getup, I am doing this possibly with Cinders, who is half Arab, so it would be arab halter. Then English classes I change into my English riding habit. Then back to Western Pleasure which would be the same outfit as Ranch at the moment, since I have not yet purchased the sparkly WP outfit.