i have been going out every day this week to ride my horse we or practicing for a compitishion back to what i was saying so i was warming her up i was trying to get her to canter (on her bad lead she is stiff more on that side) anyways she would not canter she was doing this fast bouncy trot thing but i noticed she kida grounted at me when i was trying to canter her on that lead i just wanted to know if i should pay ation to that grunting noice or is it her way of telling me that she just does not want to do it or that she is tired
I suspect it means you're smacking her back with your butt when she's doing that fast bouncy trot, and knocking the air out of her .
That's usually what it means when my horses do it!
I agree with the first answer, as you said its her bad lead, so you probably bounce a lot more on it and she doesnt want to canter because she has already made the association. i would canter her back and forth on the straight, dont canter around the turns, just go in a straight line, stop turn around and set up for the opposite lead. make her do both leads, maybe that will help her out with her bad lead. you can also try a lot of different flexion exercises like side passes and just bending, figure 8s can help too to free her up on that side.
Your not english are you? ... I can tell by your punctuation and how youve wrote this.
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I agree with everything above ^ ^
Half halt her, make her work from the bit + its her bad lead so she doesnt want to do it as much. My pony does it when she wants to show off.
Good luck ..:)
