tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-234084273390395909.post7502967539540988442..comments2023-07-01T08:29:36.219-07:00Comments on Felix the Half-Fjord: Sometimes it is "just the horse"Reneehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02946560494428454951noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-234084273390395909.post-59532899161580579782012-04-01T14:25:35.911-07:002012-04-01T14:25:35.911-07:00Definitely. In her case we had her history from h...Definitely. In her case we had her history from her buyer, and the BO had her teeth checked, a go over by the chiro, and a saddle fitter out right away in the begining, so we figured we could rule out pain right away. <br /><br />This was partially sparked by a post on a mailing list I'm on about another poster's horse that LOVES to jump, and was acting like a total butthead on a day she just wanted to work on W/T. Another poster got all up in her face about "clearly, your horse is in pain" when this horse is a high level jumper who just LOVES to jump and was ticked off at doing only slow work that day.Reneehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02946560494428454951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-234084273390395909.post-31713635802645230392012-04-01T14:18:01.055-07:002012-04-01T14:18:01.055-07:00I think its harder coming into the situation when ...I think its harder coming into the situation when you don't know the horse. If your well mannered show horse suddenly starts bucking every time you ask for a left bend... well its probably a pain issue. But when you have nothing to gauge the horse's behaviour off of, it becomes quite a bit trickier.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01197789181776030907noreply@blogger.com