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Posted by Nanci on February 15, 2004 at 10:09:05:
In Reply to: learning how to walk? posted by Tasha on January 25, 2004 at 23:02:20:
: Hi there
: I just started working with a relativly green Quarter horse gelding. Willy was broken by a very gentle trainer about a year and a half ago, she worked with him for 6 months and had him going beatifully. He had previously been taught to lunge and accept tack ect... and was quite calm. After being broken his owner was thinking of selling him and her friend's daughter came to look at him. They put western tack on him though he had only ever been ridden english with a very gentle bit. Naturally he balked and decided to walk. In response they usd spurs and a crop heavily but still got no reaction. After this incident Willy wasnt worked for 4 months. Recently I've started working with him and after spending two weeks lounging him every day and handling him I decided to have our first ride (I'm an intermediate rider with a good deal of experience, quiet hands and a good seat). When I got on he behaved very well, walked around the ring for several minutes doing circles, ect.. when he suddenly stopped dead. After asking without brute force several times my friend finally led him aound the ring to get him moving. Then she walked beside us a second time. I dont know how to get him to walk under saddle, he merely tenses and lifts his head when asked to move foward. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!Thanks
: Tasha
Hi Tasha - This horse might really benefit from being driven with lines and you walking behind him - there are a number of training videos and books out there on the subject and it might be worth a try. Sounds like he dominated the people who rode him before you started with him and got a reward of four months off so he's bound to try it again and again. You're probably going to have to go back to the beginning with him and build a foundation which apparently wasn't done in the first place. Good luck.