How can i stay on my horse bareback? how can i gain trust again? 10 points best answer?

Question

At the fair i took my horse out bareback. We had such a great time. but then i slowed her to a walk and she stumbled on something and took a sharp turn to her left. i got swung off and i was holding on around her neck. i couldn't hang on any longer and she trampled me. chipped my teeth, buised and strached my legs and stomache, and hurt my jaw. i recently got back on her bareback and she started bucking, i got thrown off and this time i landed on my back. i hurt my ribs.. so how can i get and stay on her. we did all the saddle tricks, walking/trotting/lopeing with no stirrups ect. and also i want to gain trust with her again. i used to take her out bareback ( b4 fair ) and lope through pastures and go on trail ride bareback.. i want to get that back so bad.. help if you can..

Answer 1

chances are your horse knows youre nervous and dont trust her.. how can she trust you if you dont trust her?

to gain trust again just remember all the times when you rode and she didnt dare do anything to hurt you. this time was an accident, you said it yourself, she stumbled. it wasnt like she was deliberatly trying to hurt you it just happened. she was probably as scared as you were.. so you dont have a reason not to trust her..

as far as staying on just hold on tight... lean and rock as she bucks and you should be fine.. i have sat through sooooo much bareback. it takes a ton of balance and muscle and if youre nervous she is going to be worse... if you know how to settle her down when youre in a saddle do the same thing bareback... sometimes i have to just ride through it because i know the truefound way to get my mare to stop is to ride it out then try to settle her down..

if she is going to buck you will be able to feel her back rounding out when youre bareback.. idk if youve paid attention to that but when she starts rounding her back out she will pin her head down before she bucks.. if you  feel her rounding her back out then make sure you pick up her head so she cant pin it down.. then she will only throw baby bucks for the most part... she may rear but just lean forward and throw your weight onto her neck so she goes down.. if she does it again pick your hand up and push the top of her head down.. she will understand you want her down.. dont give up or she gets her way... once you ride through it once i havent ridden a horse that tries it again..

Answer 2

i agree with the first answer - ridingis...

im really sorry to hear about your accident and I hope you can rebuild your trust

Answer 3

I think you need to build up your confidence first. Your horse seems to be taking advantage of you. Perhaps try a different horse first, one that's calm and is known to take care of  it's rider. Once you gain your confidence back, try your horse again. Remember horses can sense fear especially when you have close contact as with bareback riding.  When you get on make sure you are confident and sure of yourself otherwise your horse will exploit your fear.

Also, let go when you come off so you don't get trampled again.

Answer 4

Hmm... I wish I could help you here, but I've never really been through that experience. I broke my own horse in when I was 14 and it all started bareback. My horse has only thrown me off twice when riding bareback, and I've owned him for 5 years. The first time I had just watched the movie, "Young Black Stallion" and I thought it would be cool to go out and ride my horse bareback, with no halter or anything like the girl in the movie.

Well needless to stay my horse didn't get the idea of the movie and took off at a gallop while bucking horribly. Fearing I would be caught by my parents I bailed and landed hard in the dirt right on my face. Afterwards my horse came over and started eating my hair. That taught me to always be ready for anything. Anyways I started riding him bareback with only a halter and he tried all the tricks. He's gone vertical with me to many times to count while I was on bareback, bucked many times, tried to spin me off and plenty of other things.

I guess I just must have really strong legs, because never once did any of these work. I gained so much confidence I would gallop my horse bareback all the time, and even jump ditches. The second time my horse threw me off, I was galloping over approx. 100 yards and a semi truck came down the road. Well we live in the country, and semi trucks are very rare. It was my horse's first time seeing one and he totally freaked. Coming to a halt that suddenly, and having my horse jump to the left sent me flying over his head. I kept my grip on the lead rope though, and right before I was getting ready to hit the ground my horse reared up, basically saving my life. He reared right before I hit the ground, allowing my body to slow down some before impact. I ended up landing on a bicycle and hadn't noticed but a piece of metal had stabbed into my leg. I honestly was more worried about my horse at the time until I saw the blood and gash. I had about a mile to head towords home, so I mounted up and we cantered back. Horse sweat + bleeding wound = A very painful sensation.

My horse acted kinda spooked after that and it took a while for him to figure out it was a accident that I had done a flip over his head, but now he's perfectly fine. I constantly go out in the pasture and just sit on his back, sometimes at 1am. I never told my folks what had happened, but figures out I had broken my leg and a small piece of bone had been sticking up and made a knot on my leg. It never hurt unless you touched it and after x-rays I was amazed it hadn't punctured through the skin. The doctor also told me I had blacked out when my head hit the ground, but I swear I had only closed my eyes lol. Either way, I'm just one of those people who live for the thrill and deal with the spills.

My friend's horse auctually reared up in the pond before, lost his footing and almost landed on me. Luckily though, I could tell he had lost his balance and bailed off before he could submurg me under the water. Although I havn't had too many wreaks on horses I've had them do just about everything they could to get me off, and I've still stayed on. One time I had just got back from swimming with my horse and these old ladies wanted me to show them how to do it on their horses. So I agreed but my horse didn't. He could see home, and he wanted to head that way. He ended up rearing too many times to count and I had to make him spin. Meanwhile these ladies are staring at me wide eyed and stunned. Finally one of them said, "Wow you must be really used to that! I freak out when my horse starts to trot to fast!" Hah, funny thing these people said they trained horses for money. xD

That might have been so, but you should have seen their faces when their horses walked into the pond and started pawing at the water. PRICELESS! My little horse stood in the deapest part which went to his upper neck for almost an hour waiting for these women to bring their horses into the deeper water. It was funny because their horses considered mine to be like a leader and wanted to fallow him. Anyways sorry about taking up answering space, I just felt like sharing my spills on horses and how I reacted. My dad always said I'd stay on a horse no matter what, and probably would be too dumb to jump off if the time came.

Answer 5

Wow...im so sorry...but if you want to gain trust again you cant start by riding....work your way into it....first spend as much time possible with her..give her, her fav. treat...after she warms up to u again..work on getting up on the saddle...but make sure there is someone with you holding her and giveing her her fav. treat...dont start riding yet..just sit up on the saddle and pet her and whisper encouraging words...like...its ok,  you can do it, any thing else.... its sounds stupid at first..but it really works..try it!! good luck

Answer 6

Why dont you get a riggin to use until your confident again.  I would consider riding another horse bareback and maybe have someone else try and ride this horse bareback and see if your horse tries to put him or her on their back.  He has your number and will keep doing it until you figure that one out.  If you can grab onto the riggin( something like the one the Bareback riders use in the rodeo) when you think your going to take a dive that would help your confidence and your horse might be more likely to be less likely to try that move again.  

Dang you might get into the trick riding business...I bet that would be a cool way to make a living.  You might want to work on your landing gear though.....something tells me your doing it wrong if you keep getting banged up.  

Guess I must have learned how to land cuz I never got hurt.  Getting old now and might get hurt...hopefully not though.  Hope that helps.

Answer 7

this may not work for you but I rap my legs around my horses' belly. with the bucking you need to teach her who's boss         (always the rider) liunge her. if you dont fell safe linging have a parent help you. I was at fair (king county) I fell off and i got a lubar straim in my back and a sprained ligoment in my left ancle. if you were at tha king county fair I was the person who fell off in arena C. I would have got rightback on but i hade to go to the hospital. don't be scaird. horses can feel your enotions so when your riding they will do any thing to get you off. so don't be scaird when you get in the saddle.

Answer 8

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I would suggest a bareback bad. Maybe she doesn't like the feeling of someone directly on her back. Also depending on the breed....i know that thouroughbreds don't like to be ridden bareback becasue of their sensitive skin. Try a bareback pad and see how it goes..=] hope this helps. =]

Answer 9

well this is just a trust problem. if you have a round pen you can do the join up. let your horse go in the round pen then keep her moving. eventually she will turn her ears toward you. then after a little more she will lower her head. the final sign she is trusting you is when it looks like she starts to chew. then turn away from her and see if she comes to you. if she does then walk around in a figure 8 and see if she also follows. if she does not do this then you need to try it again. be patient with this prosses. do this for three days then on the third day go for a ride and see if she trusts you. if she still bucks then it could be a spine problem. have your vet take a look at her.

Answer 10

www.parelli.com

Parelli is all about what you want to gain back with your horse. Because of your accident, the horse is going to be hesitant on letting you back on, because--she's scared. She says to herself that she never wants to go through that ever again, but with the right training, you can gain her trust again. Hope this quick thing helps!!

P.S. Parelli isn't just a training method that's going to click your horse back to where she was, it's going to take time, so if you do take consideration of Parelli, your going to need some good free personal time between you and your horse.

Answer 11

it could be that your horse knows that your nervous when you get back on her after that scary encounter before. I would suggest getting on her bareback and having someone walk you around, it sounds lame, but trust me you will not have the fear of falling if someone has your horse by a leadline. Once you overcome this, work your way up to having someone lung your horse (you choose the speed) while you are on her bareback. This will give you and your horse confidence. Once you have mastered that, ride in a indoor arena bareback, with supervision, until you feel confortable enough to ride by yourself. Eventually the horse will have your trust and you will have the same for the horse. This process may take awhile, but trust me it will pay off in the end.

Oh and if you decide to move outdoors repeat the same process as you did indoors.

Answer 12

I know exactly what you mean. At least in your case, it wasn't really your horse's fault that you fell off the first time, not like my horse who reared, bucked, and spun around to get me off. The second time, has she ever bucked before? If not, maybe something stung her leg, or something you did caused her to feel uncomfortable. After I had my accident, I felt the same way, afraid to get back on. What I did was stand at the mounting block and just wait. After I felt comfortable with that, not nervous to mount, I laid over her back, on my stomach, and waited again. Just go slowly, and wherever you feel nervous, stay there. If you get nervous to move, stay at the halt for a while, same with getting faster, etc. And don't grip with your upper thighs, that squeezes her and tells her to go faster. If you can, try having someone sit on YOU and start squeezing but holding you back, it is very uncomfortable. Yes, the weight ratio is different, but horses are more sensitive than us and it's pretty similar to your horse. Instead, sit back, like a western rider, not up on your seatbones. Sit more on your butt, farther back, and relax. If you need, pull up on the mane and relax, it calms your horse and gives you something to hold on to. If you can, invest in a good quality bareback pad with a sturdy handle, suede leather on the top, and medical felt on the bottom. Go on ebay and search Rider's Choice, they put out a perfect bareback pad. Good luck, and I hope you're feeling better now!

You should also check out Parelli Natural Horsemanship, www.parelli.com, because they really help when you've had a confidence issue. VERRRRRRRRY cool.

Answer 13

I am going to give you one piece of advice about staying on bareback and dont laugh til you try it

Ride bareback in courdory pants

its not going to stop the bucking problem but if you are sliding it will stop that

Answer 14

first get her back checked, it sounds like it might be her back causing her to do that. Then its probably just your confidence. your expecting her to do something, and tensing up so she does (ex buck) you need to just take it slowly, first just laying across her back, then getting on and getting straight off, and final progressing (slowly) to w/j/l (providing it was not her back that was sore). I don't even know how many times I've fallen (ok too many to count) but almost every time I've just laughed it off and gotten straight back on. The key really is laughing, it makes it 100x less scary. Heck my last fall involved my horse flat out galloping down a hill with me on pretty much sideways, me falling into rocks at the bottom of the hill so fast I skidded, but then (with a bruised tailbone) getting up laughing, and going and swinging back on (bareback in a halter).  then just yesterday i was cantering my horse in the same place I fell, bareback AND bridleless (just a lead rope looped around her neck) with no mishaps. Basically you just can't let the falls get to you, letting them get to you is what is holding you back.