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You know, that actually makes sense to me. I'm friends with several people in the Amish community near me, and all their horses (mostly.. Standardbred? Or something like that, I can't remember. And draft crosses, actually I know a couple half Percheron) are all spooky. I always figured, being hooked up to a buggy and being around traffic all the time would make them into pretty much spook-proof horses, but darn, they sure are spooky, I always try to pet them and show them some love, and they always get all eye-buggy, breathing heavy, and picking their heads way up. If they're in a pasture they just run away. I honestly think the Amish life is pretty hard on a horse. I mean most of them see them as solely a mode of transportation. I was talking to a buddy of mine the other day (the Amish guy who keeps my calf out his house for now) and he asked about my horses and I told him what progress I was making, and he said the horses wouldn't be any good and I'd never get anywhere with them becuase I need to be working them till they're sweating every single time I work with them. I've also been told by some Amish that June should be broke by now, like 100% finished and ready to go. I'm pretty sure they start their horses at 2. And I'm not sure if they do ground work while they're working up to the saddle or not, but I know once they have the saddle on it they don't ever do ground work. But considering I've never met an Amish with a round pen, I highly doubt they ever do any ground work past getting them to lead and pick up their feet. I had a mare I took out there once to get some miles put on and have them practice getting her in a trot becuase shed freak out when we tried, and they called me up one day and said as soon as their daughter got on her she bucked her right off. I was baffled, becuase this horse was calm and gentle. But when I went out a week later I realized what the problem was, I'd always ridden her with a blanket and saddle pad, and they weren't using anything, and since she was small and had kind of a boney spine it was hurting her. Another thing I was told one time is that while saddling them up you should chinch them as tight as you possibly can, even if that means throwing all your weight in and just pulling with all your might. Instead of tightening it, walking them around to get the air out, and then tightening it the rest of the way. Nothing against any of the amish, I just don't really agree with some of the ways they train horses. Sorry again for rambling lol
 
abigalerose said:
You know, that actually makes sense to me. I'm friends with several people in the Amish community near me, and all their horses (mostly.. Standardbred? Or something like that, I can't remember. And draft crosses, actually I know a couple half Percheron) are all spooky. I always figured, being hooked up to a buggy and being around traffic all the time would make them into pretty much spook-proof horses, but darn, they sure are spooky, I always try to pet them and show them some love, and they always get all eye-buggy, breathing heavy, and picking their heads way up. If they're in a pasture they just run away. I honestly think the Amish life is pretty hard on a horse. I mean most of them see them as solely a mode of transportation. I was talking to a buddy of mine the other day (the Amish guy who keeps my calf out his house for now) and he asked about my horses and I told him what progress I was making, and he said the horses wouldn't be any good and I'd never get anywhere with them becuase I need to be working them till they're sweating every single time I work with them. I've also been told by some Amish that June should be broke by now, like 100% finished and ready to go. I'm pretty sure they start their horses at 2. And I'm not sure if they do ground work while they're working up to the saddle or not, but I know once they have the saddle on it they don't ever do ground work. But considering I've never met an Amish with a round pen, I highly doubt they ever do any ground work past getting them to lead and pick up their feet. I had a mare I took out there once to get some miles put on and have them practice getting her in a trot becuase shed freak out when we tried, and they called me up one day and said as soon as their daughter got on her she bucked her right off. I was baffled, becuase this horse was calm and gentle. But when I went out a week later I realized what the problem was, I'd always ridden her with a blanket and saddle pad, and they weren't using anything, and since she was small and had kind of a boney spine it was hurting her. Another thing I was told one time is that while saddling them up you should chinch them as tight as you possibly can, even if that means throwing all your weight in and just pulling with all your might. Instead of tightening it, walking them around to get the air out, and then tightening it the rest of the way. Nothing against any of the amish, I just don't really agree with some of the ways they train horses. Sorry again for rambling lol
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A lot of the amish around here use morgans. Although I have seen some standardbreds too. I went to look at an amish horse once and he wouldn't let me go near him in the pasture. I know some amish that are fairly gentle with their horses, but I think a lot are kinda rough in a way.
 
Yes Morgan is another. I met one the other day that was a Morgan Percheron cross. He was cute but didn't like me touching his head. And yeah, I know of a couple that really love horses and do more with them than just use them to drive, but mostly they are pretty rough. Makes me feel bad for some of the horses. I seen one out in a field the other day, he must've been old and drove hard his whole life, he was skinny and pretty rough looking, and he looked like he could barely hold himself up. Poor thing.
 
abigalerose said:
So. How does everyone feel about Aztecas?
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I've only worked with one and he was pretty cute. Buckskin, very long mane. Held his crap together really well when I was lunging him one day and a St. Bernard dog chased him! I've also owned a couple of Hispano Arabs and an Andalusian/TB cross. I will say that now I'm a bit of a breed purist as the market seems saturated with cross breds--not that there is anything wrong with them but people just seem to breed them willy-nilly, same goes for the Friesians.
 
Well I do like purebred Andalusians better, but I still really like the Aztecas. I like how crossing them with a qh adds a little bit of stockiness to them. I love thick/muscly horses.
 
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However many horses it would take to wear all those.. That's how many horses I want! Lol
Oh, and good news! I finally got June round penning! And at a trot! Even had a little cantering in there at one point too
 

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