Melanie, It sounds like you know exactly what’s wrong and how to fix it. With your personality being just like your horse’s personality you need to check yourself and watch your horse mimic your behavior. You two seem to be very in sync. So when you feel confident and feel your horse is confident you both be ready to go riding. Let me know how it goes. Enjoy!

Thank you Connie. Good luck with adopting a wild horse or two. They will love you.

Carmalee, you have two wonderful horses. You are very lucky.

My gelding Capri is completely different! He is 13 and very well bred with Foundation horses in his papers. He lived on the farm where he was bred until I got him and was well loved. I came off of him due to his actions a couple times in the first few months I had him. He may not have been deliberately trying to unseat me but he was being disobedient. Although he is subordinate to my mare in the field he will challenge me by being pushy. He’s come a long way in the 18 months I’ve had him. We’ve resolved the behaviors that unseated me and he has learned that he is not allowed to touch me without being invited. Although, sometimes he needs a reminder for that lesson. He is bright, curious, brave and really likes people.

They are both wonderful trail horses and will go anywhere I point them. They both like the water and will play and splash in it if I let them. Both horses have learn to do obstacle courses. Capri might rush but he’ll try anything I ask. I have to sometimes convince Macey that she should step through that little box of water even though it’s just as easy to go around it.