How to stop a horse bucking!!!?
I would look into getting his back checked by an equine chiropractor. I have seen many times when the horse bucks it is because his/her back is misaligned. I would also make sure your farrier is doing a good job on his feet. If the angles are not correct, toes are too long, no heel ect it can cause back problems which can create bucking. That would be the first thing I would check out before you start riding again. If that is the problem you don’t want him to associate the saddle and riding to equal his pain. I then would have more training for your boy. 2 weeks doesn’t get you much, 60 days is the norm. Getting lessons for yourself would also be a good idea everyone always has something to learn and this way you would be better equipped for your horse.
Take lessons and send him to a trainer and have the Vet see if he is crippled. No one seems to read these questions—You stated “you have been riding him for a year” That’s a year of in forced poor training, allowing bucking, not moving until you kick and kick and then bucking. Then 2 weeks max with a trainer. This horse and you need professional training. Also bucking with his head up is quite an art! And only on occasion if he “gets it down” as you stated, he must be a “slinky horse” to do this! Perhaps all the problems are due to being deformed, club footed, get a Vet out. An entire year that you have ridden him into this terrible state and you still cannot even lunge him at the canter is really a sad epilogue.
Most times when a horse is hurt, crippled or deficient in one way, he will compensate somewhere else…because of this, he is probably pretty sore in more than one place and when you ask him to canter, it hurts and he is telling you so. Have you talked to your farrier about trying to correct the problem that your horse has with his feet/legs? If there is nothing that can be done and riding, especially at the canter hurts him, and you cannot let him go, keep him as a lawn ornament and try to get or lease another horse/pony. If he were mine, I would not want to do anything deliberately that I thought was making him hurt…I’m not implying that you are doing that on purpose, but if you did say that whatever is wrong with his feet/legs does inhibit his cantering like the other horses, I would think that you wouldn’t want to be riding him. I imagine that the trainer had the same issue with him and brought him home…horses usually eat when they are hungry, not when they miss or don’t miss s
First off be easy with him. If his only had two weeks of training then its probably too earlier to work at the canter/lope and kicking him or push him to hard will cause more damage then good. I would work with him in the trot until he has everything together; frame, collection, and balance. If he’s not cantering on the lunge line in a circle he is most likely off balance and falling in on his inside shoulder. I have the same problem with my current project. I use the “rein of opposition” and a lot of inside leg to support that shoulder. For the bucking, do not let him put his head down. He can’t buck unless its down so keep it up. If he does catch a buck on you circle, circle, circle. You should also look into getting a trainer. Since you seem to be quite the pair, I would suggest a trainer who will work with you together at home.
