okay so my friend Anna has a horse with a cleft palate who cribs and wind sucks. and when anyone gets on him he throws a damned fit trying to rear and buck. now this horse has thrown my good friend anna so many times that she's afraid to ride horses. but she's so in love with this horse that no matter what anyone says she wont rid herself of him despite the obvious issues. now i ride him for her because i'm trying to get her more confident - if i can do it she can kinda thing. and i'm trying to help get him back on track.

now when he's getting ready to rear i stand up in the saddle and knock him one inbetween the ears so that he'll think that if he rears he'll hit his head (i know it sounds kinda stupid but it seems to work). but how do i stop him from bucking?

and another thing, i've heard that cribbing releases endorphines and this horse cribs all the time. what do these endorphines do to him? is like a high for him? and how do i convince my friend that a cribbing collar wont hurt her horse?

and i have one more thing to add. he acts like my old pony (whom i had to get rid of because i was too young to handle such a green horse). one day he'll come right up to the stall door. the next he acts like he doesn't know you.

thank you so much! his ground manners are terrible to. the only time i've ever seen that horse really behave is when e's being lunged. thanks again : )