What age?

horses4evr · 10-07-2008, 06:02 PM

yea im experienced. can the horse have any weieght on him at all for like ten minutes? or will it make him lame?

Mira · 10-07-2008, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by horses4evr

yea im experienced. can the horse have any weieght on him at all for like ten minutes? or will it make him lame?

Okay, by you asking that question, it's making me doubt that you have experience in the horse breaking department. Not trying to be rude, but perhaps you should get an experienced trainer to help you along in training your new horse rather than just winging it on your own.

Laffee Taffee · 10-07-2008, 06:06 PM

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no theyve done no training and......im thirteen! im going to train him COMPLETLEY by myself, so he'll be a one person horse. crazy, but it just might work

Lol wow, well I hope you know what you're doing.... I don't know your experience with horses but he's a near-full grown wild horse and he's not just going to get spooked, he'll probably defend himself too.

horses4evr · 10-07-2008, 06:07 PM

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Okay, by you asking that question, it's making me doubt that you have experience in the horse breaking department. Not trying to be rude, but perhaps you should get an experienced trainer to help you along in training your new horse rather than just winging it on your own.

im an expeirienced rider. this is my first owned horse

myspookypony · 10-07-2008, 06:08 PM

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yea im experienced. can the horse have any weieght on him at all for like ten minutes? or will it make him lame?

How experienced? Please describe. I could say I am experienced but it doesn't mean I am enought for a mustang or any green horse. No, i would not recommend ANY weight. It may not make him lame but it will damage his poor growing body. Do you have a trainer?

One thing, can you try to punctuate for me? I stink at spelling believe me, but I would love if you would. Sorry if that seems rude.

Mira · 10-07-2008, 06:12 PM

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im an expeirienced rider. this is my first owned horse

There are plenty of 'experienced' riders and not nearly all of them have what it takes to actually break a horse. I'm just saying this for your safety as well as the horse's. I strongly feel it would be in the best interest of both of you to get someone to help out that has experience breaking horses - not just riding them.

myspookypony · 10-07-2008, 06:13 PM

I'd like to add that I think of myself as an experienced rider. I have trained several horses after they've had work. I've dealt with OTTBs and I have been around horses for 11 years. I have been coached for 4 years, semi coached for 3 years. I still would need my coach to assist me breaking completely from he gorund up. I still don't know how to teach a horse to lunge. If I were you, by the sounds of what you are saying, do not get this horse. Instead try a younger horse that needs consistant work.

Laffee Taffee · 10-07-2008, 06:17 PM

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yea im experienced. can the horse have any weieght on him at all for like ten minutes? or will it make him lame?

Yeah... listen you really need someone to help you, you should know that weight wouldn't make him lame. Listen a mustang is not just a horse off the pasture, a mustang is a horse born into the wild and had first hand experience with wolves and cougars that eat it. Mustangs have more reason than any other horses to be on extreme guard, and you sound like this horse is just a brand new horse for you to train with brand new tricks.

Maybe if you had gotten him when he was six or seven months old, he would be better for you to train but he's already grown up and his instincts have set in. There's things you have to do for this horse that you might not be able to do as a kid, such as halter breaking him, teaching him who's the leader, saddle breaking him, and keeping control over him when he spooks. And you can bet when he spooks he will thrash like you wouldn't expect. Mustangs are not to be taken for granted as just untrained horses.

You really should start off with either a foal, or a fresh horse off the pasture. A foal won't trample you when it gets scared, and a pasture horse will have had some contact with humans and never been under threat of attack.

bay_blnd jmpr07 · 10-07-2008, 06:26 PM

^For a first horse she should be starting off with something already broke so she can make mistakes and learn from them and not worry about ruining any training.

Laffee Taffee · 10-07-2008, 06:30 PM

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^For a first horse she should be starting off with something already broke so she can make mistakes and learn from them and not worry about ruining any training.

Well, it's possible she's worked with lots of trained horses before... when I was thirteen, my teacher had me riding all the problem horses because I was good at training horses. HOWEVER, there is no way I would have been able to teach a horse from scratch. At 13, you're just too young and too small and excited. There's so much you need to know about owning your own horse, especially one so wild and young. I'm 20 and I'm still learning how to take care of a horse properly!

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myspookypony Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: riding Shocking Affair Posts: 2,199 Images: 32 Blog Entries: 1	I'd like to add that I think of myself as an experienced rider. I have trained several horses after they've had work. I've dealt with OTTBs and I have been around horses for 11 years. I have been coached for 4 years, semi coached for 3 years. I still would need my coach to assist me breaking completely from he gorund up. I still don't know how to teach a horse to lunge. If I were you, by the sounds of what you are saying, do not get this horse. Instead try a younger horse that needs consistant work. __________________ Proud owner of: Shocking Affair - 9yr old Tennessee Walker X - Eventing: 3 division, 2 hearts, 1 passion,

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bay_blnd jmpr07 Senior Member+ Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: N.Granby, Connecticut Posts: 11,138 Images: 425	^For a first horse she should be starting off with something already broke so she can make mistakes and learn from them and not worry about ruining any training. __________________ Semper Paratus Fiona's First Class-Oldenburg/Arabian mare Waldemar-Hanoverian gelding Illusive Legacy-Miniature filly

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horses4evr Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2008 Posts: 7	yea im experienced. can the horse have any weieght on him at all for like ten minutes? or will it make him lame?