I've noticed in the responses they're mostly about the saddle. I'm also very concerned about his random outbursts, such as breaking off the rope and cutting himself on the truck, ripping the post out of the ground, and knocking into the stall gate. What on Earth can send sudden bursts of a fear through a horse like that when there's NOTHING going on, NO change, nothing he's not used to? I noticed today while mucking Lacy's stall, out of nowhere he jumped away and almost ran into his feed bucket.

I think you're right about the training, this has gone too far, and obviously the almighty Dad's wisdom techniques aren't coming close to working. The horse showed him how much he appreciated them by trampling him yesterday. The first week he was here I guarantee he would've avoided dad at all costs. He used to go out of his way to make sure he didn't run into us, now he doesn't even care anymore.

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