We took delivery of a 6 yr old filly QH today. The mob she will be staying with will be 8 yo Spotted Saddlehorse gelding, 8 yr old SSH mare and a 28 yo QH...
When I brought home my new gelding last summer, my two other geldings chased him and excluded him as well.? I chose to put him in an adjoining pasture for the...
Hi Everyone. I'm brand new to this site, but having started with True Horsemanship Through Feel with my very first horse 5 years ago, I have come full circle...
I would relate this more to lack of handling. When a horse has had the winter off, when you start with them again in the spring, you have to work with what you...
Hi Alla (didn't sign with your name :-) so this is what I came up with) So I'm puzzled why, when I take her even as far as just outside the pasture gate, why...
Hi! I have been down that same road you are on and was so completely excited yesterday at the breakthrough I had with my mare - what perfect timing your...
Each season I think has it's own smell and "feeling" and maybe something bad happened to her in the spring and spring smells and stuff trigger the was she's...
Hi There Replies have so far offered contributions regarding nutrition/supplementation, going back to basics within the training programme, and some brief ways...
Thank you all for your informative input. Sally, I did take care of my mare's ailing back. There was a point when we first got her that you could not even...
Wasn't sure what subject heading to use but I guess this will work. Ok, some of you might remember back early last fall my mustang taking off on me and me...
Hi Kelly, I am reconditioning an older Arab/Saddlebred, Monty, who couldn't go down hills without rushing into a fast trot, and he also really locks up against...
I am new, but I can't help but think that this could be a conformation issue for him. What does his loin coupling look like? Does he have a nicely muscled...
... Any other suggestions or insights I might not be aware of? ... Hello there. You have received some great input. Consider it all and file it away. You never...
I am struck by this idea. Is there a website where horsefolk can post videos with questions, advice, demonstrations? that would be so helpful - please reply...
... Thanks for the reply! We live on the side of a mountain and I do not stall my horses at all - they are out 24/7 in one of 3 large pastures (I rotate) so...
Ok, so I went out and lunged Bandit and it was interesting. Before he never would have gone any faster then a walk unless I asked him to and then he would it...
So, any thoughts on my lunging experiment? -Kelly- Hi Kelly Here are my thoughts. "It works until it doesn't." (LD) Deal with what you feel and see at the time...
Have you checked your tack and cinches? By this I mean, if the horse gets really bothered going downhill, I suspect something is pinching him or causing...
This is a really good thought. Any horse I have experienced difficulty going down hill it was because the saddle was too narrow in the front. Adding a crupper...
... Very well said, thank-you! Also, thanks for the Peggy Cummings link, I think I used to have a book by her regarding balanced riding, though I loaned it to...
The Peggy Cummings technique to stop a horse works amazingly well. Coaching beginning riders it gives them a great amount of confidence. It also really seem to...
In regards to riding downhill...one of the best tidbits of advice I have read was that you want ride balanced at all times and downhill is no exception. The...
... Thanks so much for all this great information! I have been focusing on just lunging him for right now and then will start building in suppling with the use...
"I have been focusing on just lunging him for right now and then will start building in suppling with the use of a surcingle and side reins." When I first came...
... I think that Lauren's advice to ride down hills in a posture that comes to you naturally is good - and don't hold your breath! You might consider...
I would like to "second" the opinion Sally shared about the use of auxilliary reins. I too used to use them all the time when starting young horses for...
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