Barry, I love watching your videos.....always have been afraid of hieghts myself and am amazed how the horses take the bridges so well...if I was near you I would have you train me me not to fear them! Thanks for the wonderful information.
@hackneysaregreat Ideally yes; for us anyway! We find we can progress quicker with our training if we have a "blank canvas" to start with. We prefer to do our own groundwork because that is crucial when it comes to actually putting the horse in the carriage. Even if a horse has been badly handled as a youngster, e.g just having a headcollar on the first time, that can impact their temperament and develop into an issue later on; so for us the breaking process begins long before we put harness on.
cracking little mare,i do like to see a nice cob going steady about its job,wonderfull,how old is the mare?and had it had anything done before you started her?
@lisspen123 Thanks for your comment - this mare is 4 years old and was completely untouched before we had her - she had never even had a headcollar on. She was travelled loose in a trailer to us. She was with us for 6 weeks and this film was taken during her final week with us.
Barry, I love watching your videos.....always have been afraid of hieghts myself and am amazed how the horses take the bridges so well...if I was near you I would have you train me me not to fear them! Thanks for the wonderful information.
Sherie Singer
bassetgardener 5 months ago
Lots of noisy traffic over there too...
The best thing is to get them untouched, isn't it?
hackneysaregreat 5 months ago
@hackneysaregreat Ideally yes; for us anyway! We find we can progress quicker with our training if we have a "blank canvas" to start with. We prefer to do our own groundwork because that is crucial when it comes to actually putting the horse in the carriage. Even if a horse has been badly handled as a youngster, e.g just having a headcollar on the first time, that can impact their temperament and develop into an issue later on; so for us the breaking process begins long before we put harness on.
barryhook2 5 months ago
cracking little mare,i do like to see a nice cob going steady about its job,wonderfull,how old is the mare?and had it had anything done before you started her?
lisspen123 5 months ago
@lisspen123 Thanks for your comment - this mare is 4 years old and was completely untouched before we had her - she had never even had a headcollar on. She was travelled loose in a trailer to us. She was with us for 6 weeks and this film was taken during her final week with us.
barryhook2 5 months ago
What a nice mare, good work!
akitaakita2 5 months ago