tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post609034074696031426..comments2023-11-18T15:27:53.318-08:00Comments on Mustang Saga: Andrea -Mustang Sagahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00576342393431178404noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post-41110163640745721182009-06-02T19:59:50.308-07:002009-06-02T19:59:50.308-07:00Well, I'd never heard of the third ride thing,...Well, I'd never heard of the third ride thing, and I've never experienced it either. Maybe just thinking it will be a troublesome ride is enough to make it so? Self fulfilling prophecy and all that? :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post-21724122628249863282009-06-01T16:38:08.443-07:002009-06-01T16:38:08.443-07:00I've thought about this many times myself. My...I've thought about this many times myself. My close friend is an excellent trainer--but they're not paying her to bond with their horses. They want those horses trained quickly because time really is money. <br /><br />She always does solid ground training before she ever gets on though--and I was always surprised at how unexciting her first rides were--no bucking--nothing. And when I'd comment, she always said if there's bucking going on, she didn't do her job right on the ground. Sometimes, after the first ride--it could be 2nd, 3rd, or 4th, there was more resistance as they tested her. Partially because they hadn't developed a work ethic yet--but sometimes because they were cinch sore or something else. She's good at figuring out which is which. <br /><br />Most people only want to pay for 30 days board and training--so a lot has to be accomplished in a small amount of time.<br /><br />Every Spring, first of the year, I have more resistance with my dead broke horse, Cowboy--as he transitions from lawn ornament to working horse (if you can call what I ask of him "work") He doesn't buck, but he'll jig--so same thing.<br /><br />I talked to a "Cowboy" once who said they used to jump on a green horse in the Spring and use it all Summer--this was in Montana--and they'd just ride the buck out of them and then point them down the trail. Hmmmm...<br /><br />As for me, I take it slow--because I can.Lindahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14303523299217618526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14868403.post-31667565662630040462009-05-31T22:39:34.814-07:002009-05-31T22:39:34.814-07:00I'm no professional horse trainer with a deadline ...I'm no professional horse trainer with a deadline (the more horses and the faster you go, the more money you make), but I go a lot slower. It's for my safety as much as the horse's mental health. I try to do as much on the ground so that when I get in the saddle, it is just easy. They almost already know what I want and if they don't, it doesn't take very long at all to figure out. Granted, my horses are not necessarily kid-safe, but they are pretty darn good, although still a bit green in the arena work sense...they can take a trail pretty well though, because that's what I do with them. I am all for slow when it comes to things that could jeopardize my safety. I make sure the horse is comfortable and is not going to buck, before I ever get on. And once one, I just ride. I do push them, but I trail ride, and that makes more sense to horses than arena work does...so all those little things that you teach them can serve a purpose on the trail. I agree with you that things do not need to be so rushed, but I think it will take us longer to get the "finished" product, whatever that is, than a horse that is pushed through their confusion in the beginning. They do eventually figure it out, but a trainer does need to adjust some for each different horse's personality and learning style. I'm kind of blabbering too, but I prefer to go much slower with training (and gentling wild mustangs). We aren't in a race. Like you said, we (as trainers of our own animals) are building a bond and that takes a lot of time.Karahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17723871612780795334noreply@blogger.com