Joe - stallion's first time in harness.
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How wonderful that I found these vids.You have such patience and compassion and I enjoy watching and learning. I have a Tennessee Walker that would be gorgeous pulling a carriage. He did pull a small cart on ocassion with his previous owner but I have never tried this. Also, they do not allow horses on main roads here in Florida so I am limited. How lucky that people are more easy going in your country when it comes to sharing the road!
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Good grief! You are an inspiration. Now that is trust from a horse. If I can get a fraction of that trust from my little filly, I'll be a happy gal. Brilliant.
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@barbhorses We have ours made specially by the manufacturer so we know that the rubber is correct (sometimes bits advertised as being rubber are the hard vulcanised ones). Ours are flexible so you can tie them in a knot. We have to have a range of sizes made for everything from shetlands to shires, which aren't always sold in tack shops.
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Where do you get your rubber bits?
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Hi Barry and Mel. I Love our videos and have been watching them for a year now. I have learned a lot about driving and horsemanship in general. I only wish there was a video documenting a green horse from start to finish. Even if the steps don't work the same for every horse, I'd like to know where to start. As a college student studying Equine Science, I aim to learn as much as I can from everyone. Thanks for making these videos!
Lugimoo 1 week ago
@Lugimoo Thanks for your comment; you ask where to start a horse, however just as the steps may not work the same for every horse, so the starting point may be different. Some horses come to us wild and untouched, some have already had metal bits in their mouths, some have behavioural problems such as fear of clippers or not liking their ears being touched. In some cases the start may not have much to do with breaking them to harness, eg being clipped first, or letting us touch their ears!
barryhook2 5 days ago
@barryhook2 in our opinion there is too much focus on “an A-Z method” or “steps” to breaking a horse. We feel you should be flexible and adjust the training to suit the individual horse, rather than stick to a rigid structure and then end up confused or in trouble if your horse doesn’t seem to be following it - after all, the horse doesn’t read the manual!
barryhook2 5 days ago
The books we've read on breaking don’t tell you what to do when it goes wrong, meaning the horse suffers because of the ignorance of man. Lots of horses have been broken following methods written in books and are perfectly good driving animals, but many won’t do what young horses that we train do (work calmly in heavy traffic, go through ribbons and water). Bearing this in mind, ask yourself if the majority of driving horses, trained by the book, are as well-trained as people think they are?
barryhook2 5 days ago
This is where experience helps; we have a wide range of knowledge+different ways of solving an issue to find the best way for a particular horse e.g today we took a team on the road for some final education;1 horse had taken a slight step back. We went 200yds but how the horse reacted at that exact moment meant we had to change our plan. Instead we spent 2 hours in the school. Sticking to “the plan” would've set them back further but we did something different so the whole team went better.
barryhook2 5 days ago
If you want to learn as much as you can from everyone, don’t just read published books on the subject; don’t tie yourself down to the "right or wrong way” of doing something. It would be an advantage to horses if they were treated as individuals instead of subjected to the same procedures and labelled as bad horses if they don’t respond in the “expected” manner to the standard published procedures. We are here to help in any way we can so please feel free to email if you have further questions.
barryhook2 5 days ago