This only works if you know what you are doing. I have seen several well-behaved, well-"broke" horses develop some really bad behaviors from being in the hands of somebody who thought they knew what they were doing, but really didn't. The problem is that a horse's training is a lifelong process; he's learning all the time. He may do something subtle that the handler doesn't notice (or thinks is cute), and he get away with it, so the next time he goes a bit further and gets away with that. Before you know it, he's a handful, and the owner says, "what happened? He used to be so sweet! I guess he just wasn't trained right," when what has happened is that they "trained" these new behaviors without realizing it.I have learned over the years that I get the best results by buying a young horse and training it myself. That way you get exactly what you want. A horse can be treated very well and respect you at the same time!! Trust and respect is very important!! Some horses arent worth the effort,but most are!! I believe that if I had not bought Budd he would have end up as alpo. He flipped over backwards onto the driveway the day I picked him up. All the lady did was tug tug tug on his rope.Give a horse their head and they relax! He has grown sooo big and stout he would be a very scarey horse if acted that way now!! He is the best trail horse! He has a home forever!!
You guys don't know how lucky you are. I don't have any!!!!!!!!!!
my family raises horses so we have around 30+ horses!
