And that is how things went tonight. Lucas went to boot camp last night but it got called off on account to thunder and lightning. C and D kicked us out of the barn so that they could turn off the electricity!
I lunged Lucas hard tonight, and in his bridle which I hardly ever do (and tied him around just a bit). Lucas started off being a dink but D talked me and Lucas out of it and got us working again and trotting forward. Hes acting like a baby so hes going to be treated like a baby, hard work and lots of bending. It basically comes down to the fact that Lucas needed his ass kicked again, and more than likely will need it kicked again tomorrow. Its a pain, but we seem to have this continuing circle. Ride him and beat him up for about 5 rides, ease off some, have 2 months or so of good riding, bad behaviour starts escalating, beat him up again.
My friend seems to think there are a couple of reasons for it. If the work is too easy he would like to have even easier work, so he acts up trying to get his way. And he only knew discipline until he came to us. If he is in a hard, almost abusive work, he doesn't need to think, just react to what his rider tells him to do. I think with me hes thinking way too much on our everyday ride.
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