Help, bucking horse after working with trainer.

[rideapaso]

[quote=Fairview Horse Center;4046656]
Has anyone ever had a chiropractor say their horse is fine?

Actually yes … I recently took my older Arabian to a chiropractor who told me his problem was age related and due to changes in his conformation rather than to any physical problem. There are some good chiropractic vets out there.

[twofatponies]

[QUOTE=rideapaso;4047206]

[quote=Fairview Horse Center;4046656]Has anyone ever had a chiropractor say their horse is fine?

Actually yes … I recently took my older Arabian to a chiropractor who told me his problem was age related and due to changes in his conformation rather than to any physical problem. There are some good chiropractic vets out there.[/QUOTE]

Ditto - my mare has some really obvious assymetry, and the chiropracter (a very good one I’ve known and used for years) did a really thorough check and said that to her amazement the mare was in no discomfort and not to try to “fix” it except through normal attention to working her in a relaxed, balanced posture and working both sides equally.

[busterwells]

My horse is much better now!!!

Okay everyone, here is an update in case this helps anyone else out!!!

I had the chiropractor out on Friday (he was not also a vet, but came highly recommended). He told me she had some vertebre out of place in her neck and spine and something else in the hindquarters, I am not sure because I am no expert on this. So, I let him do his work and WAHLAH!!! I rode her an hour later, just trotting, and to my amazement, NO BUCKING!!! And I could move her foward, as I was not able to before this treatment.

Two days later I went on a trail ride and I was really apprehensive about taking her into a canter, but adventually I just let her go, and to my amazement, she was fine. She did try to buck a few times on the trail which I now attribute to bad behavior because of the obvious pain she must of been in, but she is 90% better and I feel that we will definitely be able to work through this.

I am so happy, I can not even tell everyone how much. So, thank you to everyone that responded to this thread. I would not have thought to call out a chiroprator and was so skeptical about this type of treatment. But I now have a very happy horse, she is loving being back out on the trail and this has saved our summer together!!! YIPPEE!!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you

[Beverley]

Glad you are back on track, congrats! The bucking on trail you experienced yes, could have been lingering ‘anticipation’ of pain or carrying over from previously bucking in response to pain, a bad habit in the process of being developed. You’re right, it’s something that can be worked through- I would say think of it as conveying to the horse ‘bucking is not acceptable, even if you’ve got a legitimate reason for it…complain to me in some more acceptable way!’

[Kyzteke]

[QUOTE=busterwells;4054518]
Okay everyone, here is an update in case this helps anyone else out!!!

I had the chiropractor out on Friday (he was not also a vet, but came highly recommended). He told me she had some vertebre out of place in her neck and spine and something else in the hindquarters, I am not sure because I am no expert on this. So, I let him do his work and WAHLAH!!! I rode her an hour later, just trotting, and to my amazement, NO BUCKING!!! And I could move her foward, as I was not able to before this treatment.

Two days later I went on a trail ride and I was really apprehensive about taking her into a canter, but adventually I just let her go, and to my amazement, she was fine. She did try to buck a few times on the trail which I now attribute to bad behavior because of the obvious pain she must of been in, but she is 90% better and I feel that we will definitely be able to work through this.

I am so happy, I can not even tell everyone how much. So, thank you to everyone that responded to this thread. I would not have thought to call out a chiroprator and was so skeptical about this type of treatment. But I now have a very happy horse, she is loving being back out on the trail and this has saved our summer together!!! YIPPEE!!!

Thank you Thank you Thank you[/QUOTE]

I am so glad to hear this!! So many of the people I know tend to attribute “bad” behavior to “attitude” on the horse’s part, but it’s been my experience that more often than not, it’s physical or fear/anxiety based. Horses simply aren’t that complicated mentally.

One thing you did right: almost as soon as the behavior started you pulled your mare away from this “trainer,” and stopping riding her – that way you didn’t make things worse by layering pain on pain, thereby running the risk of FORMING a behavior that started as a reaction to pain, but ended up as a behavior in and of itself.

Lesson to all: (especially those of the “rough” school of horsemanship) – by causing pain to a horse, intentionally or otherwise, you can often shoot yourself in the foot. Just because they are big, doesn’t mean they can’t be hurt or simply be uncomfortable. And often the “hurt” is not obvious to us…and so down the slippery slope we go…

Some horses, just like some people, really have a tough time tolerating discomfort.