Horse Lovers Thread

[MGG]

Alright I took some pics!
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Oh wow! She's gorgeous! I can totally see the Fjord in her! What an awesome cross! Are the pics recent? It snowed here too.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Oh wow! She's gorgeous! I can totally see the Fjord in her! What an awesome cross! Are the pics recent? It snowed here too.

Thanks! His name is Sysco. Yeah great tempermant too. They are it's snowed a couple times, where are you? I'm in Alberta.

 

[MGG]

Thanks! His name is Sysco. Yeah great tempermant too. They are it's snowed a couple times, where are you? I'm in Alberta.

Aw, cute name! Lol, I'm not sure why I thought he was a she, sorry about that.
I'm in SD. It's snowed a number of times here too and even got down into the negatives a couple times. Brrr.

 

[ButtonHoarder]

Aw, cute name! Lol, I'm not sure why I thought he was a she, sorry about that.
I'm in SD. It's snowed a number of times here too and even got down into the negatives a couple times. Brrr.

That's fine he really doesn't care at all what you call him. It's been pretty cold here as well.

 

[Peaches Lee]

Your telling me you rode a A GREEN BROKE horse that impressed you?

they are not all like that! When looking for a horse, stay clear of green broken and under 10 (unless they have show experience and high training) mainly because these horses have experienced plenty of training and are well mannered. Personally I suggest riding a few times and learning about its background. My mare, Buttons, was7 when I got her. It wasn’t a good idea to jump into it, but she seemed like such a great horse. She was being sold because of a divorce, this lead to lack of training at a valuable age- that was added to by the fact that they had 20 horses and could not possibly be able to manage them all, not even with hired riders.

anyway, my point is, they may seem Lovley, but you want a horse that you can trust, ride, and work your own skills up on. You can improve if you’re constantly fighting the horse

I was interviewing for a riding position at a Dressage training barn and the assistant trainer and I decided to go for a quick trail ride on a back road. A driver came flying down the road so fast when he hit the brakes of his car, because he had seen horse riders, his car skidded to a halt. It was a dirt road so it was pretty dusty and gravel-y. It scared both of us riders, but my little Gypsy mount took it all in stride and didn't put a foot out of place! So, yes, that's impressive to me!

I personally wouldn't hesitate to buy a green broke horse if it was a suitable for my needs. I like to build a strong relationship and bond with my horse, and that can take time. Sometimes, the younger the horse, the better you get to know each other. And I agree with you, I want a horse I can trust, and they must trust me in order to achieve harmony (especially undersaddle).

 

[CHlCKEN]

I was interviewing for a riding position at a Dressage training barn and the assistant trainer and I decided to go for a quick trail ride on a back road. A driver came flying down the road so fast when he hit the brakes of his car, because he had seen horse riders, his car skidded to a halt. It was a dirt road so it was pretty dusty and gravel-y. It scared both of us riders, but my little Gypsy mount took it all in stride and didn't put a foot out of place! So, yes, that's impressive to me!

I personally wouldn't hesitate to buy a green broke horse if it was a suitable for my needs. I like to build a strong relationship and bond with my horse, and that can take time. Sometimes, the younger the horse, the better you get to know each other. And I agree with you, I want a horse I can trust, and they must trust me in order to achieve harmony (especially undersaddle).

You’re right! I guess that is impressive, in my eyes the only greenbrokes I’ve ridden have been significantly less impressive

I agree with you that bonding is very important. I’m struggling to find that with the mare I mentioned. She turned 9 this year, and despite professional training, she is still very disrespectful on the ground. She sees a halter and puts her ears back. She has to get a treat. I’ve tried working around that, this issue is new to arise and is difficult for me to work out of her. If you have any tips let me know, I’ll glad,y take them, I hate to have this fight with her.
When I bring out the halter I also bring out a couple peppermint cookies (small) for after the halter is on and everything. I call her over to me, and she comes some of the time. If she doesn’t come that’s fine and I walk over to her, usually close to the fenceLine anyway. I throw the lead rope around her neck and hold it loosely but with a grip that she can’t go back to grazing. I can only achieve this step sometimes, and once it’s done I slip on the halter easily, but the times we have struggle is when she notices the halter first. I’ve even had her go as far as to do a “mini buck” in the dark. It was very dangerous because I could barely see what I was doing, I was by myself to, so I let her do her thing since I didn’t want to accidentally be injured. Since then I go out before dark if I need to halter her. I try and throw the rope around her neck but she will see it, throw her head up high with her ears way back, and turn away from me. If I try to get close she throws her head up and puts her ears back again. Sometimes I can get it around her neck, other times it’s not safe (like I said I’m on my own, if I get kicked it wouldn’t be safe) so I take my time, I talk to her and tell her she’s good, I even once got as close as touching her again with the halter, but shortly after I made my way back to her face, she threw her head at me and hit my shoulder. I try so hard to keep her under control on the ground. She’s a horse so she could easily hurt me. The bond I want between us in nonexistent despite 2 years of effort on my end. It makes me so mad, I don’t hesitate to want to sell her, but seeing her with these issues would make that difficult.

this started about a month ago, it was very sudden and I’ve never seen it in any horse before. how can I help her?

 

[ButtonHoarder]

You’re right! I guess that is impressive, in my eyes the only greenbrokes I’ve ridden have been significantly less impressive

I agree with you that bonding is very important. I’m struggling to find that with the mare I mentioned. She turned 9 this year, and despite professional training, she is still very disrespectful on the ground. She sees a halter and puts her ears back. She has to get a treat. I’ve tried working around that, this issue is new to arise and is difficult for me to work out of her. If you have any tips let me know, I’ll glad,y take them, I hate to have this fight with her.
When I bring out the halter I also bring out a couple peppermint cookies (small) for after the halter is on and everything. I call her over to me, and she comes some of the time. If she doesn’t come that’s fine and I walk over to her, usually close to the fenceLine anyway. I throw the lead rope around her neck and hold it loosely but with a grip that she can’t go back to grazing. I can only achieve this step sometimes, and once it’s done I slip on the halter easily, but the times we have struggle is when she notices the halter first. I’ve even had her go as far as to do a “mini buck” in the dark. It was very dangerous because I could barely see what I was doing, I was by myself to, so I let her do her thing since I didn’t want to accidentally be injured. Since then I go out before dark if I need to halter her. I try and throw the rope around her neck but she will see it, throw her head up high with her ears way back, and turn away from me. If I try to get close she throws her head up and puts her ears back again. Sometimes I can get it around her neck, other times it’s not safe (like I said I’m on my own, if I get kicked it wouldn’t be safe) so I take my time, I talk to her and tell her she’s good, I even once got as close as touching her again with the halter, but shortly after I made my way back to her face, she threw her head at me and hit my shoulder. I try so hard to keep her under control on the ground. She’s a horse so she could easily hurt me. The bond I want between us in nonexistent despite 2 years of effort on my end. It makes me so mad, I don’t hesitate to want to sell her, but seeing her with these issues would make that difficult.

this started about a month ago, it was very sudden and I’ve never seen it in any horse before. how can I help her?

Do you have a round pen? I have one and whenever my horses start acting like they're the boss instead of me they get round pened until they kinda submit if you know what I mean? Like when my Arab gets it in her head that she should be the boss, I round pen her until she relaxes and just goes, ok your the boss what do you want me to do, and then she does it. Is your horse doing this because she's sassy and doesn't want to be caught? Or is she just a little nervous? I dunno this works for me but there is lots of ways.

 

[CHlCKEN]

Do you have a round pen? I have one and whenever my horses start acting like they're the boss instead of me they get round pened until they kinda submit if you know what I mean? Like when my Arab gets it in her head that she should be the boss, I round pen her until she relaxes and just goes, ok your the boss what do you want me to do, and then she does it. Is your horse doing this because she's sassy and doesn't want to be caught? Or is she just a little nervous? I dunno this works for me but there is lots of ways.

I do have a round pen, however it doesn’t have footing, it’s grass only. I could put her in there- but I think that might require halter in her first. She is sassy, not nervous. She is like that in riding to, I walk her easily but trotting and giving the canter cue (riding in the round pen right now because the arena is getting drainage, I don’t know if letting her have free roam of the pen would be a good idea, like maybe she wouldn’t remember it as a place of work while it is) I’ll see what I can do

 

[ButtonHoarder]

I do have a round pen, however it doesn’t have footing, it’s grass only. I could put her in there- but I think that might require halter in her first. She is sassy, not nervous. She is like that in riding to, I walk her easily but trotting and giving the canter cue (riding in the round pen right now because the arena is getting drainage, I don’t know if letting her have free roam of the pen would be a good idea, like maybe she wouldn’t remember it as a place of work while it is) I’ll see what I can do

I did not mean to let her free roam the pen, I know not many people round pen like me, my idea of round penning is put the horse in the pen and using a lunge whip or lead rope, make the horse go in circles around you (like when lunging but without the halter) at any speed, until your horse is calm and ready to submit to you. It takes a lot of horses a while to figure out what you want because it's new and confusing. You could also try doing something like feeding a bit of oats every time after she's caught and when she is done work for the day. That way she starts to realize, oh if I go nicely I get a yummy snack after. Just a suggestion.

 

[CHlCKEN]

I did not mean to let her free roam the pen, I know not many people round pen like me, my idea of round penning is put the horse in the pen and using a lunge whip or lead rope, make the horse go in circles around you (like when lunging but without the halter) at any speed, until your horse is calm and ready to submit to you. It takes a lot of horses a while to figure out what you want because it's new and confusing. You could also try doing something like feeding a bit of oats every time after she's caught and when she is done work for the day. That way she starts to realize, oh if I go nicely I get a yummy snack after. Just a suggestion.

Oh I’m sorry, I didn’t realize you meant lunging, I thought you meant leaving her in there. Yes she’s normally lunged at least once a week and sometimes before riding. I understand lunging without a lunge line, but when she is still not reliable in that. She often does “mini bucks” when asking for a canter, so it may not be safe until we can master lunging with the line. (It’s in progress)

she’s fed dinner when I lead her in, and gets treats when she has the halter put on