Originally Posted by Beki
Hello!
one thing with a horse and biting you have to let them know that its wrong. kitty hawk used to bite when we first had her, she bit my mom (my mom has a really bad temper) and mom grabbed her by the halter and hit her in the lips, and yelled "how do you like it" needless to say that kitty never bit again, i don't think that you would have to go to that extreem with a horse but you have to let them know that its wrong somehow. That is only if you don't want a horse that bites :rolleyes: Rhiszo bits a little bit and i've been getting after him. I had a horse that wouldn't turn once. she was a race horse. i hated it so much. She's the type of horse you need colected reins and a crop and you practice turning. when she didn't turn for me, i took the crop and hit her on the inside of the turn and i would just make her turn around about 30x and than if she didn't turn again i would make her do it again. after a while she learned that she wasn't going to get out of it. make sure that you have a loose rein on the outside of the turn and you have they're head facing the way that you want them to go. most of the time you can look between a horses ears and thats where they're going to go. (**most of the time, definately not all the time***) If you can maybe you could try that about the turns if the horses owner don't mind. I'll talk to you later and i hope that those hints helped.
About the biting. Your horse might be biting you out of some level of dis-respect, weather its a low level or high, **i think its a low level** just by where he doesn't turn he's not listening to you and not listening is disrespect. Its awesome that you have a great bond, but you can't let him push you around or he'll do it more. ***personal experience** you might have to use the back of your hand..its not abuse if its a correction, they're big animals and if they have domonince over you you'll be verry sore. anyway...some people may not agree with me, they may have other ideas that you can try aswell...just don't let the horse have controll over you . take care ttyl bbyes!
Beki
