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have a six year old mare that will not let you put a bit in her mouth.
She doesn't like anyone around her head. Any ideas? |
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by tying up a hind leg and let her fight that and then leave the leg tied
up and start messing with her head in a very slow soft way. Jerry |
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| Hello,
I am working with a horse who has been trained to be ridden for polo.
She always picks up her left lead no matter which side of her barrel that I cue her on. Even if I ride her in a small circle, she will counter canter. How do I teach her to pick up her right lead when I ask for it? Thanks, Rebecca |
| Rebecca, This horse probably always leads her body weight to the left and has been trained to do that thru the event she has been being used for. The problem is when they played polo on her they were most interested in the ball and not correct horsemanship. To fix this will take time and patience ( you must remember she thinks this is how she should lope off) The very first thing you need to do is start teaching her to move her body weight where ever you want to put it and to move her shoulders in a counter bend, and two track and side pass . take a lot of time doing this and try not to get her on the defensive side. Then move the hip around the front end with forward motion. I would get all this suppleness in her body for weeks before attempting to lope off . Hope this helps. ttyl, Jerry |
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Hello, I have a colt
who is 3 months short of being two years old. He is half Belgian and half
quarter horse. I was wondering if it would be to soon to start riding
him? He is bigger than most two year olds. I have already gotten him use
to the saddle and currently working on the bit. Just Wondering, Jamie
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I would start riding him before he gets too big and strong. Jerry
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| Hello,
I have two horses one 6yr Thoroughbred mare from the race track and a
8yr Morgan gelding from a ranch in Idaho. Both evade the bit and run on
when pressure is applied. This becomes quit dangerous! I have had them
both in snaffle(starting over) and hackmores with minimal results. What
would you recommend? Thanks |
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Hi, I
would like to have a quick fix answer for you, but I must be honest
and say you are trying to fix someone else's problems. The horses
are old enough and set in their ways that you may not be able to change
their habit. Not saying that it is impossible but it will take time,
patience and knowledge to out think and feel what they are going to
do before they do it. But first they need to be soft laterally and
later soft vertically or should I say when you pickup your hands and
pull they should submit, but first they need to give laterally from
head to tail so you can control them and they follow their nose. You
will need to be able to align them in a straight line and then keep
that alignment in any position you want to put them in. All this being
done at a slow speed , I would not speed up anything until I had them
soft and obedient. Hope this helps, Jerry |
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| I
have a five year old mare, and I have a lot of problems getting her
to stay still when I am trying to put the saddle on her. Every time
I try to tighten the girth strap, she goes nuts. After I get finally
get the saddle on her, and get on her, she is OK. I really need some
advice, so anything you can give me will help. Thank you. |
| Hi
, First off I would tie up a hind leg so you can get control of her. You can do this by tying her up first to a stout post then use a 25 ft. cotton rope 3/4 inch . Now tie a bolan around her neck then run the rope down between her back legs and around the hind leg closest to you then pull up the leg tight to the neck rope and tie it off. Caution you may have a large explosion and she may get out of it but you have to do it all over again until she stands still, be ready to be at this for a while if she has never had her leg taken away from her. She could also get a rope burn from fighting but that just goes with getting control of her, you may need to do this everyday until she totally submits to you or you may only need to do it once depending on how she responds. But do it every time you need to to reinforce the habit of standing still. Thanks , Jerry |
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Additional Response: I would just like to thank you for your very quick response to my question. I plan on trying this method today. Thank you again. Tambra |
| Jerry and Kim Fowler |
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| 41187 Tower Rd. |
| Polson, Montana 59860 |
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