I rode him on Sunday and he was great. Rode again on Monday and he was real good. My husband had the 4 wheeler out and he followed it with no trouble. Which brings me to today.
I took him out on the trails and we came to a hill that was not that steep, but he wanted to run down it. He would not stop and I got dumped. He turned around and looked at me as if to say "what are you doing on the ground?" I would really like to know how I can stop him when he takes off like that. I tried the one rein stop and couldn't get a good grip on the rein. It happened so fast I really don't know what happened. I am fine, other than my ring finger on my right hand is all swollen. My husband had to saw the ring off my finger, thats how swollen it is.
I rode him again tonight and he was allright. Needless to say, I do not want to get dumped again.
And YOWCH! I shouldn't think I'd want to be dumped again either!
In the interest of your safety, I'll leave the experienced SC's to give you suggestions on how to stop him.
All I can offer...is this.
Thanks everyone, I think she's pretty cute myself :). Cindy, tell your granddaughter this is Lacey's sister, that's why they look so much alike. Hair, chances of my DIL parting with this baby in the near future are nil. Becky, I think she will grey out like her mother - it would be nice if she didn't, but the dam comes from a long line of grey arabs. Squarebarb, I really like your mare - bring her to us and Sonny will get her bred, he has a way with mares it appears.
Oh dear.
Sorry you got dumped, kudos for getting back on and going on! Glad he stopped and stayed with you. Hope your finger ends up OK.
Now, on to your question... Did you try him on the same hill tonight already? when you say he was 'fine' was that on the same hill? If he wants to rush down, I'd stop him at the top of the hill, go a step, stop, step stop, until he stops trying to rush.
Do you have enough bit? If you couldn't get him stopped, I'd wonder.
Sounds like Waylon is doing great at your cabin, apart from the down hill part. Sorry to hear about your finger, hate to say it, but it sounds broke. Excessive swelling is a sure sign.
Hope Waylon does better for you next time you attempt the hill.
I also hope you have a great relaxing time at the cabin. Photos please! : )
Sorry to hear about the hill but good for you getting back on. The rest sounds like yall are doing well. I agree with Rose. We need pictures:')
CAN you expain what you mean by a one rein stop? Pulling him in a circle?
Is this going to be his permenant home, or is he going to go back to the stable?
Becky
You should get that finger checked out by a doctor, and now. I did the same thing a few years ago, jammed my finger and had my rings cut off at one of those "doc-in-a-box" places because my finger swelled up so bad. After that, I just tried to forget about it but it kept hurting and I couldn't bend it down to make a fist anymore. MONTHS later (duhhhhhh) I saw a specialist to see if he could do anything to make my finger work right again and he said if I had of come to see him when it happened, he could have fixed it. Since I waited so long all he could recommend was physical therapy. So there I am, amongs all those horribly injured people getting physical therapy, getting work done on my finger. The physical therapy worked, I know have full use of my finger but if I would have been smart and gone to the doctor in the first place, I wouldn't have had to go through all that.