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Date Posted: 10:47:17 01/03/08 Thu
Author: Denise
Subject: Walking in Hand

My four going on five year old gelding who is broke to the saddle and I am riding him does very well in the arena when I ride him. He walk trots and canters just fine and most of the time picks up his correct leads. In the arena he almost seems to lack energy and seems almost lazy but when I lunge him at liberty especially this winter he is full of energy. My husband and I try to hand walk him in a couple of fields outside his comfort zone and he gets so excitable that he is very hard to control. Bucking on the lead rope prancing striking out at the air with his front feet occasionally. I lunged him first last night until he was actually sweaty and then tried to take him for a walk on the lead rope. He started out fine then decided there was something in the field that might get him and started geeting excited. How can I get him over this? He is not really afraid of much, I throw rope over his head and do all kinds of things to desensitize him and he is great about it. It is just when he gets out of his comfort zone that he seems to go into overdrive. Also it is not that he has pent up energy as he is turned out every day rain or shine. Any suggestions or has anybody else experienced this with their Friesian and how do you get them to overcome this in a safe manner for the handler which is me. Denise

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