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| I don't know how she puts up with me |
Rosie will be two next year and although I intend to send her to a professional for a month in the spring, tell me, what kind of things would you want your baby horse to know by 2? So far we can: be caught, lead, kind of tie, pretend to cross tie, groom, go over tarps, wear shavings bags, tolerate much abuse via bear hugs and squeals of delight.
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| Unimpressed |
Now that we are in winter my time at the barn is unfortunately limited to weekends but I still feel like we can get a lot accomplished over the winter. After having "seasoned" horses I can kind of forget what things I need to teach.
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| Does not care about boy shenanigans |
I would add in some lunging understanding as well as understanding of giving to pressure and baby baby ground driving. Practice wearing a bit and surcingle. Learn how to stand still at a mounting block and be fussed with. Learn how to move over toward the human on the mounting block!
ReplyDeleteHow about some exposure to care/treatments. I am really struggling right now with a young horse who came to me not at all okay with spray sounds, syringes, hoof boots/wraps, bandages, topical lotions/ointments, or foot soaking. I discovered ALL of this at the moment he needed those treatments. I wish someone would have exposed him to these things earlier in his education.
ReplyDeleteHonestly - she knows everything I wish my baby horse knew at 2. But yeah exposure to stuff but a lot of that can happen at 3 when she goes and learns to ground drive and lunge.
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