Hi all!
Rosie and I are mainly happy hackers; hacking is definitely her purpose in life as she absolutely loves it.
However the winter months are here and it's getting dark when I get home from work, meaning hacking out is just not doable except at weekends.
There's a floodlit outdoor school at my yard that I've hardly used because Rosie is so much hard work in the school. She doesn't buck or rear or anything majorly naughty, but once in the school, she naps towards the gate, getting her to do more than a walk is exhausting, and generally she seems to not have a clue why she's there. It's like she's thinking "what's the point in this confined little arena, can't we just go for a hack in the forest now please?" It doesn't help that the school is right smack bang next to her field, and most of the time she can see her friends in there - she looks at them as if to say "I'll be with you soon, just got to get this numpty off my back first!"
Rosie is 9 years old, I've had her for 6 months and I don't think she was ever schooled much by previous owners, she'd changed hands a lot unfortunately.
Can anyone recommend some simple schooling exercises that will get her listening to me more?
Rosie and I are mainly happy hackers; hacking is definitely her purpose in life as she absolutely loves it.
However the winter months are here and it's getting dark when I get home from work, meaning hacking out is just not doable except at weekends.
There's a floodlit outdoor school at my yard that I've hardly used because Rosie is so much hard work in the school. She doesn't buck or rear or anything majorly naughty, but once in the school, she naps towards the gate, getting her to do more than a walk is exhausting, and generally she seems to not have a clue why she's there. It's like she's thinking "what's the point in this confined little arena, can't we just go for a hack in the forest now please?" It doesn't help that the school is right smack bang next to her field, and most of the time she can see her friends in there - she looks at them as if to say "I'll be with you soon, just got to get this numpty off my back first!"
Rosie is 9 years old, I've had her for 6 months and I don't think she was ever schooled much by previous owners, she'd changed hands a lot unfortunately.
Can anyone recommend some simple schooling exercises that will get her listening to me more?