I have a horse....

[horsechick]

I have a horse that needs alot of handling before we got him he wasn't handled for a year and he is really looky what should i do i have been going out to him every day and saying hello and he is getting better so lets just hope he is good when he is broken.
- Melissa :o

[cannon]

Hi,
do you know some one who could help you with him? how old is he? does he have any gound work under him? Some Books that could help. these all by Cherry Hill,
101 Longeing and long lining Exercises, English and Western
101 arena Exercises
Horse Health Care

Frist Horse, Fran Devereux Smith
you can find this books and many others in most tack shops or book stores.
I would start with gound work first and find some one to help you so if you run into trouble you have help. Good luck with your horse.
Jayne

[jumpin nikki]

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[horsechick]

Hi cannon!
yes i do have someone that can help out with him we might be getting him broken by a lady called beck and she seems nice. And he is turning two years old on the 29th of September. So he is still only a baby, he got gelded about two monthes ago.

Oh and yes jumping nicki i do use parelli books they are a great start to getting your pony ready to get broken and all about buying your first horse.
oh and i am new here so i would like to make some new "horsey" friends just send me an e-mail at
yum-yum-sushi@hotmail.com
:) :) MElIsSA :) :)

[gfddmom]

I will go ahead and introduce myself. My name is Rian (pronounced Ryan). I am a 26 yr. old at home mom. My husband and I are working with his parents to start a breeding/show program for our paints. We currently have one unreg. paint gelding, his elderly dam (both are old family pets more than working horses, although we are currently training the gelding), we also have a registered paint brood mare that will foal in the spring, her filly who is a two yr. old bay roan (breeding stock), another reg. red roan 2 yr. old filly (breeding stock), a black/white paint mare who will also foal in the spring (her breeding line is out of Three Bars, Freckles, ect. Her foal is out of The Cash Button). The Black/white mare has a weanling filly named Exotic Summer Breeze "Summer" for short (she is our pride and joy), and we also will be getting Summer's half sister in three weeks, a purchase we made so that Summer would have a weaning companion. The half sister is named "Exotic Posie" (breeding lines out of The War Admiral AQHA, Impressive, Three Bars, ect. ), both weanling fillies are black/white. My step father has one of our horses that we gave him because she was too spooky to have around our kids and she is going to foal in the spring as well. We will bring her back to our place right before the baby comes and keep her here until the baby is ready to wean and then take the baby and send the mother away again. Okay, anyone lost yet? LOL. We have currently have eight horses, but when the three babies come in the spring, we will be up to 11!
If I sound like I know anything, I really don't know much about our horses besides breeding. That is why I am here. I have two daughters who are 6 and 8 and we badly want to get them into barrels. We think using the elder paint mare (dam of the gelding) might be the best start just because they wouldn't have a horse that they couldn't control. Also, we can't afford professional trainers to work with them. Have any of you experienced barrel racers started out on an older horse that wasn't already trained? Any advice for teaching our girls?
For Halter show amateur or beyond people: Any advice on getting our weanling fillies ready for show would be helpful as well.
I am sorry to have written a book here, but rather than later having to tell all about the horses, I thought now was a good time! Nice to meet you! We live in New Mexico. P.S. We highly recommend Chris Cox training videos. He is an amazing step by step instructor out of my home town in Mineral Wells, TX but he is originally from Australia. We are crazy about him Thank in Advance, Rian

[Honeywell]

How old is the mare??... do you think she would handle starting barrel racing at an older age?? Also maybe the children would be better on smaller horses 14hh and under because bigger horses tend to be a handful for little kids... Hope thats helpfull?? :confused:

[Horse_crazy0607]

How old are you maybe if you are able to drive to a training stable every day and watch and learn and break him on your own maybe.. I'm only 14 I'm no expert but Type me I probably could help my mom and grandpa used to break horses so I could ask them too. ;)

[~*~MiScHiEf~*~]

HI,
USE PARELLI IT'S A LIFE SAVER!!!!!
IT's SO EASY!
TO ORDER YOUR KIT GO TO PARRELI.COM!!!!!!!!!
LOVE,
NIKKI :cool:

i agree !!!!

[summersrush]

you need to read up on natural horsemanship its the way forward id recomend join up for starterd it builds trust so much go to montyroberts.com and find out if hes coming to a town near u im not sure where u live but i saw him here in the uk and he was brill ....i have done join up with all 4 of my horses and will do it soon with my foal it works !!!!! good luck :D

[hunter~hottie]

Older, broke horses are great to train on barrels becuase they are already balance and broke, and they dont get crazy.

Just take it slow, like you would with a younger horse. Work excerizes like cirlces and pushing the hips, shoulders, barrel, ect to control each part of the horse. They start them on the pattern. They learn quick. Good luck!

[valerie825]

I just got lmy very first horse a month ago so I am a horse DUMMY, my first question is what causes a horse to sweat bad and how do yo start training to break a horse. thanks to anyone that can help me

[RowdyCowgirl1613]

Hay!! Umm well lets see.. You didn't buy and untrained greenie did ya?? If yer horse is sweatin alot it could be a number of things.. stress, new enviroment, overworking, different grain/diet program.. lots of things.. I hope that was help!! Contact yer vet if it turns into anything else more serious..:) :cool:

[Jacklyn1234]

Well if your horse was sweating alot because you rode it then they do that...alot of times when u ride alot they get like lathery and mines black and it turns like white and lathers, but if it just sweats for no reason im not sure? you might want to call the vet. If your not to smart with horses I would not train my horse by myself i would get someone that breaks them to break it. hope this helped!