tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post6881818992668412117..comments2023-09-28T03:58:20.819-05:00Comments on Green Slobber: Ready to rumble!Jennhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16283334035989645291noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-16411953186515502762008-10-08T14:47:00.000-05:002008-10-08T14:47:00.000-05:00five o'clock...thank you! He is a pretty handsome ...five o'clock...thank you! He is a pretty handsome fella...and I think he knows it! Two and a half...what a FUN age! That's when they start that naughty "teenage" phase and test your leadership.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283334035989645291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-28027010658627798742008-10-06T16:18:00.000-05:002008-10-06T16:18:00.000-05:00Very handsome boy you have. Good luck with your tr...Very handsome boy you have. Good luck with your training. I have a 2 1/2 year old warmblood and enjoy reading your desensitizing methods - I think I may try some....especially the umbrella trick!Five O'Clock Somewherehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00764856841984160593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-51241990025823882582008-10-01T15:01:00.000-05:002008-10-01T15:01:00.000-05:00Thank you for the input Jenny. Sounds like alot of...Thank you for the input Jenny. Sounds like alot of work ahead of you. Good thing Gabe is reponding well.And YES he sure is BIG for a baby. All the training will give you something more to do than just ride. He might turn out to be like Sundancer. Not affraid of anything you ask him to do,or go. TRUST. Sundancer was a great Trail horse.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-21627612191159186042008-09-30T15:41:00.000-05:002008-09-30T15:41:00.000-05:00Uncle David...I'm glad you asked! He was a racehor...Uncle David...I'm glad you asked! He was a racehorse. He does know bits and saddles, but he knows them as a racehorse, not a pleasure horse. He was trained to associate the saddle and bridle with galloping because that was his job. The first time I put a saddle on him he wiggled and jigged and got really "up" because he associated the saddle with running. I don't really want to deal with that in the saddle, so he gets to learn it on the ground. He has never had a rider's legs on his sides, only the whip, so that's a whole new feel for him. He wasn't trained how to whoa as a pleasure horse. He knows whoa, but on the track, he had a mile to stop, and I expect him to stop within a stride or two of the request. <BR/><BR/>He was never taught to stand tied. Most racehorses aren't expected to stand tied because they don't have to and trainers don't have time to screw around with that. They are held while groomed and tacked and shod or vetted. They aren't even expected to stand still when the jockey mounts because the jockey is tossed up there while the horse is walking. His halter manners were non-existent and he thought nothing of walking all over me, pushing me around or just deciding he was done being where he was and trying to take off. It was very much like having a baby horse (a HUGE baby horse!) without a clue. I won't use a chain on his face or in his mouth (unless absolutely necessary), so I had to teach him to respond to normal pressure from the halter instead of hauling him around with a chain. Have you ever gone to the track and watched the horses led into the paddock before a race? Zero manners. They are ALL over the place, all over their handlers, rearing and most acting like high-strung babies without a clue. And every single one of them has a chain in his mouth, under his lip or around his nose because its the only way to get their attention.<BR/><BR/>Being a racehorse is a whole different world than being a pleasure horse. Many of them spent 23 hours a day in a stall, only coming out to run. Most of them have never had to deal with hills, trees or unusual footing. Most of them haven't been turned out in a pasture with other horses since they were a year old and have a hard time figuring out how to be a horse again. <BR/><BR/>It's not just training him to be a pleasure horse, it's retraining him NOT to be a racehorse. 'Cause honestly, I love galloping, but I want to gallop on a horse I KNOW will stop and turn when asked, not a mile after I asked it!Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16283334035989645291noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-85245827473852453602008-09-30T14:59:00.000-05:002008-09-30T14:59:00.000-05:00I thought gabe was a race horse. Was he Harrness? ...I thought gabe was a race horse. Was he Harrness? He already should know bits and saddles and being tied up. I don't understand. He's not a baby. Just wundering.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6538504362683279705.post-73321102554894197982008-09-28T22:39:00.000-05:002008-09-28T22:39:00.000-05:00I'm glad that Gabe is coming along. I'll bet he a...I'm glad that Gabe is coming along. I'll bet he and Gabbrielle would get along famously. They are mirror images almost. I prefer Myler bits as well. I've looked at other ones, but always end up choosing a Myler.Nuzzling Muzzleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07649710635013663900noreply@blogger.com