Hey yous with the two year olds...

Jenje! · 11-06-2008, 08:32 AM

Are you looking forward to backing them next spring?

I can't wait to climb on Allure next year! She has hit 14hh front and back and has another couple of inches to go to get to her projected height. She's going to be getting plenty of lunging and driving done over the winter to prepare her for the first ride. It's going to be an emotional moment, as we lost her sire in May.

I miss him like crazy.

Well... it will be emotional up to the point at which she quickly and efficiently turfs me.

She's a little TANK.

txgray · 11-06-2008, 08:35 AM

mine's not 2.. she'll be 2 in the spring. But I'm backing her in the fall.

She's 15.1 at 18 months.

Circle C · 11-06-2008, 08:38 AM

Mine is 20months and she's already been backed a handful of times. I back mine at 18 monthsa handful of times and turn them out for the winter. Bring them back in the spring and start real training.

Reinergirl23 · 11-06-2008, 08:41 AM

Lucy is 2 almost 3 though, and I've been backing her already!

Sounds like you've got lots of fun and sometimes frustrating times ahead!!

Vengeance · 11-06-2008, 08:43 AM

I can't wait til next year... My boy is almost 32 months old and knows the basics [basics in my terms] (basics...walk, trot, stop, backup, canter [though that was an accident]...) So next year we're going to work on some other stuff... I'm planning on teaching him to ground drive through winter and am going to really get cracking on a few other things, then when next March rolls around we'll really get to riding a little more.

doublebarr · 11-06-2008, 08:43 AM

Most of them, I'm looking forward to throwing out in the pasture for winter after riding this year

Though one I am not looking forward to bringing back in next spring

Did you say something about turffing?

Little ****** turffed me twice already, and it wasn't bucking but rather a change in direction twice that my stupid self was NOT ready for after a cow.

Colt's are NOT supposed to be that quick to respond already.

just kidding, I'm really looking forward to putting him on cows again next year. He's a quick little ****** with a quicker mind.

PaintedRocket · 11-06-2008, 08:43 AM

Gert won't be backed in the spring but in late summer/early fall. She has already had a saddle on her but that's about it...

AllAroundRdr · 11-06-2008, 08:44 AM

My now 2 1/2 year old was backed shortly after is ACTUAL 2 year old birthday *April 15th* (not Jan. 1st) he's now had a few months off and I'm sending him off tomorrow

The joys of babies!!

doublebarr · 11-06-2008, 08:46 AM

LOL, Ok, those starred out words are not bad words. They were b.ugger.

PaintedRocket · 11-06-2008, 08:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by doublebarr

LOL, Ok, those starred out words are not bad words. They were b.ugger.

Yeah, WHATEVER Sailor

11-06-2008, 08:38 AM	#3
Circle C Senior Member+ Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Erie, Pennsylvania Posts: 4,429 Images: 51	Mine is 20months and she's already been backed a handful of times. I back mine at 18 monthsa handful of times and turn them out for the winter. Bring them back in the spring and start real training. __________________ I'm just a crazy barrel racer who happens to have a Quarter Horse.....don't listen to me.

11-06-2008, 08:43 AM	#5
Vengeance Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Gallant, Alabama Posts: 3,545 Images: 14	I can't wait til next year... My boy is almost 32 months old and knows the basics [basics in my terms] (basics...walk, trot, stop, backup, canter [though that was an accident]...) So next year we're going to work on some other stuff... I'm planning on teaching him to ground drive through winter and am going to really get cracking on a few other things, then when next March rolls around we'll really get to riding a little more. __________________ "When they run up to you in the pasture and neigh a greeting across the field... that's true love." Gypsie & Dakota "It's like complaining that a cow moo's."

11-06-2008, 08:43 AM	#6
doublebarr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 9,983 Images: 756	Most of them, I'm looking forward to throwing out in the pasture for winter after riding this year Though one I am not looking forward to bringing back in next spring Did you say something about turffing? Little **** turffed me twice already, and it wasn't bucking but rather a change in direction twice that my stupid self was NOT ready for after a cow. Colt's are NOT supposed to be that quick to respond already. just kidding, I'm really looking forward to putting him on cows again next year. He's a quick little **** with a quicker mind. __________________ Not being able to enjoy sarcasm is directly related to not having the ability to come up with sarcastic comments, which in turn creates a feeling of inadequacy, which in turn can spawn a Napoleon complex, that can cause someone to logicise that sarcasm is the humor of the stupid.~~~

11-06-2008, 08:43 AM	#7
PaintedRocket Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Schrollbach, Deutschland Posts: 11,380 Images: 2716 Blog Entries: 198	Gert won't be backed in the spring but in late summer/early fall. She has already had a saddle on her but that's about it... __________________ ReneeThe GertPanda* ♥ I Have a G.E.M. ♥

11-06-2008, 08:44 AM	#8
AllAroundRdr Senior Member+ Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Southern CA - The Land of Fires & Shakey Ground Posts: 4,634 Images: 26	My now 2 1/2 year old was backed shortly after is ACTUAL 2 year old birthday April 15th (not Jan. 1st) he's now had a few months off and I'm sending him off tomorrow The joys of babies!! __________________ People say riding isn't a sport...Well you see, the 'ball' I play with has a mind of its own. I've been Goosed..and I LIKED it!

11-06-2008, 08:35 AM	#2
txgray Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: greater Austin, TX Posts: 2,418 Images: 76 Blog Entries: 1	mine's not 2.. she'll be 2 in the spring. But I'm backing her in the fall. She's 15.1 at 18 months.

11-06-2008, 08:41 AM	#4
Reinergirl23 Full Member Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Southern California Posts: 243	Lucy is 2 almost 3 though, and I've been backing her already! Sounds like you've got lots of fun and sometimes frustrating times ahead!!

11-06-2008, 08:46 AM	#9
doublebarr Senior Member+ Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Missouri Posts: 9,983 Images: 756	LOL, Ok, those starred out words are not bad words. They were b.ugger. __________________ Not being able to enjoy sarcasm is directly related to not having the ability to come up with sarcastic comments, which in turn creates a feeling of inadequacy, which in turn can spawn a Napoleon complex, that can cause someone to logicise that sarcasm is the humor of the stupid.~~~

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