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  Playing the Waiting Game
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| IowaCanChaser - 2015-04-07 4:26 PM If I had it my way, everyone should have like a driver's Ed class but horse style where everybody has to read "The Complete Horse Owner's Manual" and watch the whole Clinton Anderson Series before you could buy your first horse at a Sale Barn!!
Not sure that would work anyway... I had a friend that went to every clinic available read every book... NO videos at the time... and still should NEVER have owned a horse!! BUT yep she bought herself a wild a$$ 2 yr old stud to train...
Hauled him home in MY horse trailer tore the **** out of it and DIDn't ASK to use it in the first place... AND of course didn't do any repairs either... I was unavailable due to surgery when she took it from the barn...
YEP learned my lesson I started chaining and locking my trailer up. | |
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| I share similar frustrations with people that want to own horses but do not care to educate themselves. I will be the first to say I learn new things all the time about how to better care for my horses and how to be a better horsewoman. I realize that we all need to start somewhere but for petes sake take the time to do some research, talk to others, consult a vet, read a book, get on the internet, something. I get frusterated to see horses suffer in the care of people who simply do not know any better, or people get themselves hurt. These days there isnt much of an excuse for that because our resorces are virtually unlimited. | |
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 Cute Little Imp
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Location: N Texas | I try to not read a lot of those posts on Facebook groups because of all the idiots who think they're giving good advice. The other day a girl was asking for advice because she just bought her first horse, a young unbroke stud, and he was kicking her and didn't have any manners. Pretty much everybody told her to sell it immediately and get an older, broke horse, so she at least got good advice there.
Another time, someone was asking about breaking a horse, and someone told them to tie tires to the saddle so that it would wear itself out if it bucked.
Several years ago someone told me that if I wanted to break a horse and was afraid of it bucking, to take it into a pond and then get on it, because they can't buck in water.
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| Gunner11 - 2015-04-08 8:10 AM
I try to not read a lot of those posts on Facebook groups because of all the idiots who think they're giving good advice. The other day a girl was asking for advice because she just bought her first horse, a young unbroke stud, and he was kicking her and didn't have any manners. Pretty much everybody told her to sell it immediately and get an older, broke horse, so she at least got good advice there.
Another time, someone was asking about breaking a horse, and someone told them to tie tires to the saddle so that it would wear itself out if it bucked.
Several years ago someone told me that if I wanted to break a horse and was afraid of it bucking, to take it into a pond and then get on it, because they can't buck in water.
Seriously, some of the stuff people come up with makes me
I watched a Monty Robert tv show once. He had this wold dummy thing, that was put on in stages the thing even had a head and legs. I think green people who have no knowledge grab on to the first "professional" they here about, and thing that makes "sence" to them. Like it makes sence to put on a test pilot first so you dont get hurt right? If i knew nothing that might really interest me.
I think with so many professionals that are making shows and pushing thier methods a lot of actual hard work earned horseman ship is getting lost. | |
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I Really Love Jeans
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Location: North Dakota | Facebook is full of crazies for sure!!! I believe everyone has to start somewhere! Lots of young horses need homes or they are taking a ride to Mexico!!!!!! We all learn by making mistakes!!! | |
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Location: Lost in the swamps | I see It all the time!green horse green ride=accident waiting to happen! Working on breaking a 2 yr old right now that the owner bough "because he was beautiful!" He's also disrespectful, pushy and lazy! She has no clue what she had gotten herself into. She says she worked on a ranch in Texas. But after giving her a few lesson after she had her other new 14 yr old horse freakout and side pass on her she admitted she rode older "well broke dead heads". Not anything with spunk. I laughed and shook my head! A for effort, f for not doing your homework. I understand everyone had to start somewhere, but at least learn under an instructor and take lessons before you get into a major monetary and timely invest of breaking and training yourself and a green horse that is possibly not a good match. | |
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