Strange horse behaviour
George my welsh section D has began to have some behaviour issues when hacking out. (Trail riding for my Friends across the pond!). Due to my work schedule my BO and trainer has taken him out for me and he has behaved very strangely. Jogging, spooking, crabbing and generally behaving in a very erratic manner. Now, he has always been fiesty and opinionated but hasn't done this for a long time. The weird thing is that he is solid as a rock with me and listens to me and trusts me to get him past any horse-eating monsters with the minimum of fuss or worry. Jo said he almost felt traumatized but he definately hasn't had any scares recently. Now, I hacked him inbetween Jo taking him and he was fine.
I'm wondering if he has kinda turned into a 'one person' horse as we have an incredible bond and I spend a lot of time just being with him. Has anyone encountered this before? I would very much like to get to the bottom of it as I rely on Jo being able to ride him occasionally for me. He schools perfectly happily for her in the menage but becomes fearful, erratic horse when she hacks him.
Any and all theories always welcome :-)
I'm wondering if he has kinda turned into a 'one person' horse as we have an incredible bond and I spend a lot of time just being with him. Has anyone encountered this before? I would very much like to get to the bottom of it as I rely on Jo being able to ride him occasionally for me. He schools perfectly happily for her in the menage but becomes fearful, erratic horse when she hacks him.
Any and all theories always welcome :-)