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palomino6661 · 29-08-2008, 08:14 PM

well sticken a roller on a horse when its 18 months old and doing a bit of mucken around or doing a 15 min walk and trott around the round yard dont do any harm.. it teaches the horse to get used to something on his back.. better way than just chucken a saddle on its back b4 they are ready. i dissagree on people mouthing a horse during the day with a hot bit...... might seem cold it aint for them. i never do any hard work on a horse when its broken. ride them for a couple of weeks then rest it up for a few weeks. never full on work. for eg race horse trainers are the worst. i work with a great trainer but hes started his horses to early in the racen game. ive broken ponys and horses and have had a good come back every time not been big headed but every one has been happy on my work. i have got a 3 year old she never bucked or pig rooted once when i broke her in at 2

OBHH · 29-08-2008, 09:55 PM

mine were all broken in at 2 - 2 1/2 years of age. I start lunging when they are yearlings ( not more than 10 mins 3 times a week) i find they do more themselves running around the paddock. No reason why she cant be lunged in full saddle and bridle but have lunge rein off cavesson or halter not the bit. teach abit of long reining as well to get her use to direction control
you can hop on and start walk/trot/halt teaching and keep the lessons short and interesting for them. repeat what you last taught her everytime you work with them . Chuck her out to grow/mature abit more after about 4 weeks work and bring her back in as a 3 yo. Then some serious training can begin.

again JMO as that was what was asked for.

KC Quarter Horses · 30-08-2008, 09:19 AM

When they are physically & mentally ready

Mind you ......there is still plenty that can be done before a saddle or rider gets on their back.

Bucking mad · 30-08-2008, 10:54 AM

If your worried about bit temp on colder days, place bit in warm water about 10 mins before you ride.

palomino6661 · 30-08-2008, 11:45 AM

its a better way to start all that when they are 2 then when they get older they will be easy to train. i found the old ways to break a horse these days are to harsh now days. my grandad used to break horses on stations and get them done in 15 mins then straight out mustering back them days u had to do it like that specialy when they needed horses. now days its all diffrent u got ya westen english cart ect its only when ure horse is ready really

eventingchild · 30-08-2008, 02:15 PM

when I was down at sonjas
she started lunging and backing them at 2
and did it for a month

then put them back out to mature

she only did it so young, so she could get on them before they are MASSIVE
seems to work,

Pockets · 30-08-2008, 04:24 PM

As KC said when they are mentally and physically ready-we've already chucked a saddle on Buffy complete with chaff bags,hobbled her,she floats, ties,has her feet done,yields......etc and shes only just turned one! Now she'll go out for a good 6 months. I had no intention of starting her till she was 3 or 4yrs(being hand-reared I figured she might'nt be physically mature enough) but have to admit that I'm re-evaluating that bit because mentally I think she'll be more than ready and possibly more than a handful if I leave it till then

palomino6661 · 31-08-2008, 12:22 PM

i would never put hobbles on a young horse my self never done it. if you got good ground manners and always putting a rug on a young horse ect u shouldnt need to hobble them the horse will stand still when its ready to. sorry but i think its crewl trying to make a horse stand still when trying to put anything on its back. thats not haven a go at you for it each to there own i strongly hate it

Pockets · 31-08-2008, 02:05 PM

Didn't hobble her to put anything on her back actually-all that had already been done. It was just something else for her to learn-and theres nothing wrong with hobble training a horse if its done properly in fact its a very valuable lesson for them to have under their belt. If my horse gets caught in a fence she'll know to stand still and not fight the restraint....will yours??

kiraspark · 31-08-2008, 02:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Pockets

Didn't hobble her to put anything on her back actually-all that had already been done. It was just something else for her to learn-and theres nothing wrong with hobble training a horse if its done properly in fact its a very valuable lesson for them to have under their belt. If my horse gets caught in a fence she'll know to stand still and not fight the restraint....will yours??

I agree Pockets, we hobble train all our youngsters - and even older ones - as well.

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