[drivingpairs] Re: unhappy single

Stephanie, It sounds to me like he is just a little barn sour/herd bound.
Just keep driving him and you should get him over it!
Anne

> For the last 2 years I've been driving two of my Icelandics as a pair.
Now the
> mare is pregnant, due in July (yippee!), so I've started driving the lazy
> gelding, Flygill, back by himself in the Meadowbrook.  Before working in
the
> pair, he was quite nice as a single, seemed to enjoy it, calm and easy.
Now
> he's being a horrid little twerp - no, no, I mean he seems to have some
issues.
>      He's still standing perfectly for hitching and has no problems with
whoa,
> but the first time he came forward into the breast collar he immediately
started
> backing up. He also tried to turn back to the barn, kicked at the whip,
and got
> a little "light in the front".  When we finally got down the driveway and
on to
> the road he went along happily enough, but gave me a big fight every time
we
> passed the entrance to the driveway.  He's long past this kind of
silliness,
> he's been driving for 5 years.  Now that I know more, I see that the
Meadowbrook
> isn't really a great cart.  It has no way to change the balance and even
with
> two of us in the cart we can't get the shafts floating.  At your best
guess,
> would you think he 1) just doesn't want to work (he's never had a good
work
> ethic) 2)is finding the Meadowbrook uncomfortable now that he's been
pulling the
> 4-wheeler 3) misses his companion who always does most of the work in the
pair
> 4)just needs to get back in work after being off all winter or 5)other?
Does
> anybody else have problems switching between single and double?  I hope
this
> problem is still appropriate for the pairs list :)
> Stephanie
> Blasted Rock Farm
>
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