Showing posts with label horse grazing on trail ride. Show all posts
Showing posts with label horse grazing on trail ride. Show all posts

Ask the Horse Trainer: Horse Grazes while on Trail Ride


Ask the Horse Trainer: Horse Grazes while on a trail ride 

Question:
I have a 7 yr. old TWH, who is having only one problem. That is when we start out on the trail, he ABRUBTLY, without prior notice, stops and starts eating grass. It's a fight to get his head back up, and when I finally do, he may take 10 or so steps, and again without notice, stops and eats. This is the only bad habit he has. He out in pasture from 4:00 pm until 6:30 am and then put in his stall.

He is not under-fed. Most times other riders are back at least a horse's length from me, and his quick stopping usually ends up in a rear end collision.

Vet says I need to use spurs on him. Others say, carry a crop and smack him when he does this. I'm not into smacking him. What can I do?