Re: Need help with wild horse

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: : : : Hi there. Me and my fiance have a yearling who we just bought a little over a month ago. He is a beautiful palomino gelding. But after working, or trying to work with him, we are worried that he has been abused. He is soo scared and nervous of humans and won't let anyone pet him past his neck. He always keeps whoever is in with him right straight in front of him. When he gets unsure of anything he bolts. We have him in a round pen because he likes to jump fences to get away. But we are worried that we won't be able to do anything with him. At the same time we bought him, we also bought a 8 mo old colt who is now halter broke, broke to lead and is a total sweetheart. We were told when we bought them that the Palomino was a ranch mares offspring that they round up in the spring and brand and cut all at the same time and ship off to the sale barn. The guy we bought him from had bought him to run with his registered Palomino so that he wouldn't have to wean his registered one alone. But he was never worked with and now this is what we are facing. If anyone could give us some pointers or advice, we would gladly appreciate it and are willing to try almost anything. Please email me at kitkat_curtis@hotmail.com. : : : : Thank you, : : : : Kathy : : : Hi! I have a wild mustang and also keep her in a round : : : pen. Bad ideal. Too big and sometime you need to get : : : one cornered to slowly bond with. You need to get this : : : young man trusting in yuou and make him feel : : : confordable with you. It will take some time. Does he : : : have a halter on? Hook a short lead rope to it if you : : : can. Let him drag it along. If you can get him pen in : : : some way rub him down with a bag or something. But try : : : to have him trusting you a little. It has taken me : : : 2months and just know is the mare starting to come : : : around and it is very slow but I will tell you the : : : truth I have a good friend who is a breeded and some : : : young ones are just borned wild as a march wind and : : : some can straight out and some can't no matter what, so : : : just do all you can and if it doen't work you gave it : : : your all and know when to get rid of one Hope I have : : : helped in some way! Ken Davis : : : PS make sure the fence is at lest 6ft high if he is a jumper : : Thanks Ken, Yes, we do have a halter on him and also a leap Rope that he drags around. We have had these on him since the first day we have gotten him. These are the only way that we can get ahold of him. But do you think we should keep him in a small pen all the time? We have been throwing around some ideas and are going to try them. One is to get a stick or something and get him used to being touched on the back, another is a smaller pen. But we have to wait and see. : : Thanks, : : Kathy : The stick or long pole has been talked about using alot. I tried it and I found it only made matters worst. I think just keeping on it no matter how or what to use is best. I don't get to spend a lot of time each day to speed it along. And I think a small pen is the only way to go until you can walk up to it and remove the halter or put it on. When you can wallk up to it and rub you have started the long process of haveing a great animal!

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