The Benefit of the Doubt - Problem Behaviour with Horses

I had much more to go on. I knew she was obedient and likely sore so I removed the noseband on her bridle to allow her to open her mouth. Dental issues can sometimes cause an increase in tension discomfort and inflexibility. Once she could open her mouth she did relax quite a bit. I stopped trying to put her on the bit when I would take contact with her mouth. I did want her to lower her head and neck and try to bend through the neck but she could not do it. Now I knew there were a couple of factors that contributed to the problem the stiffness in her neck was not allowing her to relax through her body and because she expected contact to cause further discomfort she would overreact in anticipation of pain.
Over the rest of the weekend we tried to help her relax and accept the contact from the bit in a more comfortable way. We encouraged her to bend and soften through the body as much as she could with her neck still out. The solution to her problem never really touched on rearing at all. We addressed the factors that led to rearing and she turned out to be a wonderful quiet tolerant very sweet horse that has been dealing with chronic pain. A visit from the chiropractor will help her with the physical aspect of her problem and a change in approach through understanding what she is dealing with should ensure she does not rear again.
Horse 2 Trailer Loading
This horse was a fiveyearold gelding that had a reasonable amount of trailering experience but had developed a bad habit of bolting out of the trailer. The problem then progressed to bolting to escape his handler. This horse has an undiagnosed unsoundness that comes and goes the owner and a team of veterinarians are unsure what the problem is. I personally knew the horse as I helped start him and have worked with him on and off over the past several years. Hes not a bad horse but hes bratty and he does like to push peoples buttons. He continued to make the trailer a big deal he could be loaded but would not allow a divider or the door to be closed without bolting to escape.
Knowing the horse helped me a lot because I was familiar with his past education. As I