Do You Ride Horses? V.4

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I'm going to sell my horse and buy another one. I've been working with him for a year now, and he still bucks. I want a horse that I can just saddle up and we can have a peaceful, fun ride together. I've worked hard with Tanka, and put almost all of my time into him, and then I get on him, and he kicks his heels to the sky. That makes me mad.

And about riding him in his paddock, (a) there isn't any other place (b) I've always ridden him in there.

What sort of vet checks has he had done? Horses are rarely naughty just for the sake of it.

Sounds like my first mare, half tb half morgan. She needed to be ridden every day for three years before she stoppes bucking or bolting, even for professional trainers! We had to sell her as she almost put me in hospital, sounds like your horse justs needs somebody whos delt with these type of horses before - chances are your horse is just a hell of a lot stubborn, but in the long run can make someone so happy, mh mare got sold to an eventing home and is doing grade 1 (1.65+m) cross country easily.

[prissyshoo22]

I might be getting a horse to train in a few months and I was wondering if any of you have a suggestion on what breed I should go for. I have a 20 year old Quarter Horse and I just wanted a younger horse so I could train him or her my own way and so the horse could grow up with me. I love my Quarter Horse Spirit but he has a long past of switching around from owner to owner and he's been imprinted for years from their training. The horse I would be training would just be for basic groundwork and to take out for a nice gallop and maybe trail rides. I would love any suggestions thanks .

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I might be getting a horse to train in a few months and I was wondering if any of you have a suggestion on what breed I should go for. I have a 20 year old Quarter Horse and I just wanted a younger horse so I could train him or her my own way and so the horse could grow up with me. I love my Quarter Horse Spirit but he has a long past of switching around from owner to owner and he's been imprinted for years from their training. The horse I would be training would just be for basic groundwork and to take out for a nice gallop and maybe trail rides. I would love any suggestions thanks .

I think it greatly depends on
1. your level of training
2. your level of experience with difficult horses
3. what you want to use it for
4. resource availability (can you take the horse somewhere professional if you encounter difficulty?)
5. your confidence
6. how much training you are willing to do (just want to finish or do you want to break it yourself?)

I think warmbloods would be your best bet, I wouldn't use hotbloods or anything.

[prissyshoo22]

I might be getting a horse to train in a few months and I was wondering if any of you have a suggestion on what breed I should go for. I have a 20 year old Quarter Horse and I just wanted a younger horse so I could train him or her my own way and so the horse could grow up with me. I love my Quarter Horse Spirit but he has a long past of switching around from owner to owner and he's been imprinted for years from their training. The horse I would be training would just be for basic groundwork and to take out for a nice gallop and maybe trail rides. I would love any suggestions thanks .

I think it greatly depends on
1. your level of training
2. your level of experience with difficult horses
3. what you want to use it for
4. resource availability (can you take the horse somewhere professional if you encounter difficulty?)
5. your confidence
6. how much training you are willing to do (just want to finish or do you want to break it yourself?)

I think warmbloods would be your best bet, I wouldn't use hotbloods or anything.

Well my training I would say Intermediate to advanced intermediate atleast.
My own horse was a piece of work for awhile and used to buck and rear a good amount he's still stubborn but he's getting better.
I just want to use the horse for groundwork really.
I have a lady at my barn that is a good trainer.
I'm pretty confident.
I want to actually break the horse myself.

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ChicknsRock: Tanka may be bucking because he's bored. I'm not sure if you've graduated at all with him since the last time I remember you posting about him a few months back, but if you haven't moved up from trotting him, he may be just trying to spice things up because he's trying to make things more excited. Sky used to do that when he decided what we were doing was not interesting enough for him. Just riding in the paddock can get extremely boring, which is why it is best to have a few options to ride if you have a horse at home. I have the option of the round pen, the road, the yard, and I have a trail or two behind my house I can take. Have you checked his saddle to make sure it isn't pinching him at all and that it is fitted correctly and did you make sure no skin was getting pinched by the girth/cinch when tightened? What about his bit? Is it fitted properly and is it pinching him? Are you soft or hard handed with your reins as when you have a hard hand with a harsh bit, that will cause a horse to misbehave. Are you still timid with him? He may also be feeding off that and take that as an invitation to do what he wants. Like I said way back, I would prefer you to have a more calm horse and Tanka have a more willing and proper trainer to suit his needs. But just throwing in the towel because it's hard and not going the way you want isn't what I like to see as it gives invitations later in life to do the same thing- and not just with horses. The feed Tanka is on matches the amount of exercise he gets daily as well, right? He may be trying to blow off some extra energy if he isn't getting the proper amount of exercise needed. Try lunging him in a round pen before you ride so he can buck and play without you on him so he can get it out of his system. I used to do that with my Skyman and he loved every second of it.

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No school tomorrow so if the weather holds and is somewhat tolerable, Willy and Willow will be put in the round pen together to see what happens. Willy's come a heck of a way over the few weeks he's been adopted into our little farm. He's probably now even more tame than Willow is- which is good and sad at the same time XD. He's allowing my dad to walk him now and let him brush him today too and let him pick up his hooves...I'm a month of ahead of schedule. Our vet shall be awe-struck when he sees Willy this April- if not, sooner. I'm even teaching him to smile on command so it won't be hard for us to look at his teeth and for me to brush them off a little bit. Willow will be having her first animal birthday party on March 11th, and though she is one of the most stubborn animals I've ever met and she's scarred me in more ways then one, she's my baby and she's one of the few living connections to my Skyman I have left- so she's staying with us through thick and thin, no matter what naughty things she gets into or does- like trying to charge down her stall door for grain, or break out of the pasture, or refuse to lead, or stand still when tied. But she'll come around, I'm sure and she's come a long way and I can't wait to see what she'll be in a few more months when the weather gets nicer and I can work her and Willy both daily instead of just the days that are above 20 degrees F.

[Stonefly]

Well, update on Rooster/Pheonix.

I was just accepted into a school around the eastern coast of the USA in July so I will be moving away for 6 months. This means I have to make up my mind on what to do with pheonix sometime before the end of June..either sell him or find someone who would lease a greener horses..I am currently working with my trainer to build muscle and put fat on my boy so I can start jumping him at the end of the month. Right now I walk him out for ten minutes everyday and later I come back to give him a quick walk, trot, canter plus some poll work. He's doing super good and beginning to be more alive when I work him, spooking and reacting to things which he didn't do when I first got him. Never thought I would be so happy at my horse spooking at something xD the only problem I have with rooster is his back right hind leg, it doesn't extend out nicely and currently goes outwards when he puts it down. My trainer told me to put some muscle and work on him and if nothing happens with that I am going to have to call a chiropractor to get him checked out. But all in all I am pretty happy with the progress my boy is making..just have to wait and see if rooster will be a jumper or a dud I guess.

[Hime]

@Enchanted: Geldings can totally have girlfriends too.

Thanks for the info, did little youtube surfing myself to see the actual differance. The horse going in my sig is actually tolting. c; Even though it might seem the both legs on same side move at the same time there's slight timing differance, which makes the gait four beat instead of two beat. It's not super easy to see though, which is why listening to the beat is something even judges do at shows if they are totally not sure about the beat. So basically the differance between these three gaits(tolt, running walk and rack) is just differance of beat it seems. Like with tolt you want totally even four beat, no pacyness and 3 legs on ground is considered as a mistake(which on other hand is something I saw happen in running walk). With rackers I saw clear four beat versions(very much like tolt basically) but also more/totally two beat versions, which would be considered pacy tolt/piggy pace on Icelandic.
Heta's very good example of pacy tolt/piggy pace. XP Tolt/piggy pace between 3-4 minutes

It's amazing how fast babies can learn isn't it. :3 Round pen doesn't sound too bad place to introduce the two since there are no corners where one could be cornered into(lol), but it might be bit small if one desides they want the other out of their sight... Keeping my fingers crossed they get along fairly fast and no blood is shed...

@prissyhoo22: It's not so much about the breed than it's about the personality of the horse. As you really aren't looking a horse for any specific job/sport, anything goes as long as the personality is right. c: How ever if you've never broken in a horse before, then I'd highly suggest working closely with a trainer with experience in breaking in youngsters. I really can't stress how important it is to do things correctly and well right from the start so you'll have no issues later on.

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Hime: You jinxed me. XD Willy and Willow were turned out together Friday and today and it seems they've taken it from brother & sister to a couple. Willow will be one year old on March 11th, and has come into her first season, so she's made it a point to let Willy know she's available with an occasional squat and spot, in which he'll come over, sniff, smile, and sniff again. I can't wait to get him gelded- thank goodness he hasn't dropped yet as I don't need three baby donkeys. XD I'm happy with my two.

Hmmm...I learned something new today too then by reading your explanation of the gaits. I always thought it was the movement of the legs more than the actual beat of the gaits that made a horse gaited. Thank you for that.

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As stated, Willow and Willy have been introduced and other than a few kicks at each other, they've been getting along splendidly, save the mare-ish behavior of Willow and the Studdy-ness of un-cut Willy, they both seem great around one another with an occasional race and grooming with each other to seal the deal. I have, however, been officially donkey-kicked by Willy as I knew I would be at some point and time with how much and how often he kicks. It wasn't necessarily his fault though as while I was leading him down to the round pen to meet up with Willow on Friday, he saw a stump and he NEEDED to sniff this stump- reason is unknown as of now, but I'm sure it was important XD- well, when he sniffed said stump, Willy needed to express his jolliness of doing so, which called for a buck, which happened to hit me square in the side of the leg. He paused afterwards as in his mind, he wasn't supposed to make contact with anything after doing his little happy dance, but everything's good beside a black bruise on my thigh. I just laughed at it as it didn't really start hurting until a hour or so later. XD But they were good overall, and whenever one would be mean to the other, say Willy kicked Willow in the chest, she would just lower her head and jog on over to me to tattle on him. He did the same with her and it was a constant game until they got over it and just started eating and enjoyed the warm weather. XD

I did go horse hunting yesterday too- though one add fell through due to a death in the seller's family, but we were able to see a handsome 16hh champagne tobiano Spotted Saddle Horse X Tennessee Walking Horse. I wish we could get him, but he seemed a tad rambunctious and he had sores, fungal problems, and a hard mouth. I would love to get him, but he just seemed a bit too much, plus he was priced at 2k, which is at the very tippy top of our budget. It seems I'll still be looking, but until then, my neighbors will be letting me free-lease their new TNWH mare named Wendy. She's 15hh and a black tobiano. She was a pasture pet for a year but has been on trails, so I'll be having to whip her back into shape before drill starts in the coming weeks. She needs a check-up with the farrier, but other than that, I don't see much of a problem with her. She is a tad hyped up, has separation anxiety, and again, hasn't been ridden in over a year- plus is a tad hard to catch in the field. But hopefully with some work, I don't see why we can't begin to be a team. Hopefully it all works out. Photos will come soon.







Good headshot of Willy.



Willow coming to me to tattle on the new guy for biting her shoulder. XD

[Osskiar]

Hey guys! It's been a while since I've posted here (kinda let things slid with CS,whoops) and I'm wondering if you folks have any tips with picking hooves. One of the ponies I ride isn't a fan of getting his hooves handled and swings his butt towards me, although it's only happened once I'm kinda antsy about it, yay anxiety issues -_- and hey, figured I'd ask here for some pointers.

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Hey guys! It's been a while since I've posted here (kinda let things slid with CS,whoops) and I'm wondering if you folks have any tips with picking hooves. One of the ponies I ride isn't a fan of getting his hooves handled and swings his butt towards me, although it's only happened once I'm kinda antsy about it, yay anxiety issues -_- and hey, figured I'd ask here for some pointers.

Well, with our reluctant horses, usually we just keep insisting. Be sure you're standing to the side so they can see you're not trying to harm them.


Speaking of, we have this foal and oddly enough, he is better about staying balanced while his back feet are up. You'd think he'd stay balanced better when his front feet are up, but he's so funny.