RE: [RC] more general training questions - Tracey Lomax
Ed
wrote:
>> many people will tell you, oh just let them buck
it out when you first put the saddle on. i think
if you do that, you are letting them know that is ok.
Ed, please can you explain how you stop
the horse from bucking?I also don’t
like to encourage bucking but I don’t back youngsters, and so have
different experience to yours. I was
just wondering how you stopped the bucking.
>>i like to
ride young horses out by themselves for the first
few times. i dont pony them at all. it helps them become more
independant, prevents barn sour and buddy sour.
Yup.
I personally also throw as much as I can
at them early on.When we first brought
Dice home, the first night we put him in the arena, under lights, left all the
jumps up, brought the pig in and basically said “okay, deal”.
He did.
Generally, youngsters are far less spooky
and worried than we expect them to be.It’s when they get big and important that they start throwing hissy fits at you. J
