Question: I have ridden on and off all of my life. About a week and a half ago I started riding this tw paint for a friend to get him in shape.He mainly worked feild trials-hunting before, but had not been ridden in about 5-6 months he had gained lots of weight.
I cannot seem to get him into what shound be his 'natural" tennessee
walking horse gait-Don't know if it's all his new weight or me. His owner
said there was no particular singnal she'd given to get him into his walk-
he just did it with other tennesse walkers around She can't ridde b/c of
a surgury- and I am riding alone -no other horses around.
He's very spirited-yet wants to obey- friendly. I don't know why he
doesn't collect himself and get into his walk-
please reply thanks-
From Panelists Laura
I would recommend you do a lot of dog walking with this horse (slowest
gait
where you slide front to back in the saddle as the horse walks) and
concentrate mostly on getting the horse back in shape. Whenever
you speed
up, only speed up a little and tell the horse to flat walk. Without
knowing
what gait the horse is doing now, it is hard to tell you what you can
do to
get a smoother gait.
Laura
