I'm no trainer that's for sure. My last 3 horses well 2 working on my 3rd baby now. I was always too nervous to buy someone else's mess and get hurt. I'd rather ride my young horses I've raised myself. Having said that I have asked for help, watched a lot of videos, and gone to clinics. Mostly used John Lylons training methods his training made sense to me. Now I'm much older and on to my 3rd baby that is 3 yrs old now. I'm wiser but my body is not young anymore. I have the finances to get this one started properly and will be sending him out for foundation training in 3 months. I hope I still dare to RIDE!! My first baby I fell off once and it was my fault. The same with my second one a warmblood. Hoping this one I never fall off.
Ahhh yes,for me that would be a high brow cat PAINT mare 14.5 hands of pure SHIT! Bucked at any chance see got. ran off with you, flipped over on you, and kicked and tried to bite you when came time to be shod. It got to a point where non of my ranch hands wanted anything to do with her, even the new guys that would come in for day work. I bought her at the age of 7 she is 10 now. Has she gotten better? 100% better. I turned her out for dang near 2 yrs. with all the brood mares. I have no idea what or how bad she got the shit beat out of her from all the brood mares during that time, but somewhere along that time she figured out we were the best thing going. Today shes gathering, roping, with no major problems. She aint perfect but shes trying hard. Hope i never see that dark side again.
Hahaha. Glad to hear she’s coming around! Everybody has to have at least one of them. Really hard to gauge time to value on horses sometimes. Especially when on paper they should be a Rolls Royce.
I worked horses for about 30 yrs. I found the majority sold were emotional sales on the buyers side of things. It's pretty good bloodlines. It's sire or dam had some success at whatever level or field etc. But what did the buyer actually know about the horse in front of them.? Lots of good horse people out there. That will guide you. Others will screw you. I find breeding down Horses, mules, donkeys whatever lack judgement. Aren't doing the breed or customer no favors. They're cute and most likely be similar in vet bills, grain and hay nearly. It's good for being cute is all. And Breeders as such are thinking of a sale, not a useful critter. Every one's a breeder. Everyones a horse know it all. You could spend lifetime improving breed. And of course everyone knows all. A good horse person continually learns. It takes a lifetime and always more to learn
Seems like pretty good advice for dating, too. 😆 Seriously, though...maybe the impulse purchase is the biggest pitfall...you always think everything else will fall into line once you bring the horse home.
I'm happy Ronda turned out a good teacher. Your stories remind me of Kid, a nice palomino, supposedly professionally trained, great to ride, but who turned out to be a hidden pressure cooker that would suddenly and totally blowup for no apparent reason--even tore apart a 2x6 fence he was tied to by himself. I think he might have suffered from hallucinations. EDIT I took the horse to a highly recommended trainer. The day I was supposed to come have a ride on him, the trainer called. Nevermind, horse just blew sky high for no reason.
The Pretty One sounds like Comet, a mare my brother had. They had a personality clash. He sold her at a loss to a rancher he worked for. By all accounts, she turned out to be the best horse that ranch had ever had. I think he regretted giving her up.
