Hi
I have only had my Dales for 6 months and we have come a long way. We hack alone for short distances and once we get going (he naps when leaving the yard) he is really good and only has the odd little spook. We have been hacking alot in company recently and Ozzy seems to be getting worse and worse. He does not want to go first and tries to tuck himself in behind my friends horse. He bites the horse in front too and has even tried to bite my friends leg. If i try to push him in front he has a massive tantrum, he even cantered off sideways today and nearly unseated me just so he could get behind again. I wouldnt mind going behind but Ozzy is faster than his hacking mate and if we try to canter Ozzy can keep up with his mates canter in just a fast trot and if we do break into a canter we are straight up behind the horse in front because he is so slow, but Ozzy will not overtake.
I could understand this problem if we struggled to hack alone but apart from his initial nap which he always tries (it is getting less each time). We go well and he is really responsive when i ask him to do anything.
Any help would be appreciated.
I have only had my Dales for 6 months and we have come a long way. We hack alone for short distances and once we get going (he naps when leaving the yard) he is really good and only has the odd little spook. We have been hacking alot in company recently and Ozzy seems to be getting worse and worse. He does not want to go first and tries to tuck himself in behind my friends horse. He bites the horse in front too and has even tried to bite my friends leg. If i try to push him in front he has a massive tantrum, he even cantered off sideways today and nearly unseated me just so he could get behind again. I wouldnt mind going behind but Ozzy is faster than his hacking mate and if we try to canter Ozzy can keep up with his mates canter in just a fast trot and if we do break into a canter we are straight up behind the horse in front because he is so slow, but Ozzy will not overtake.
I could understand this problem if we struggled to hack alone but apart from his initial nap which he always tries (it is getting less each time). We go well and he is really responsive when i ask him to do anything.
Any help would be appreciated.