Help with my training?

[Kori]

okay so i try and ride my 2 year old paint filly every weekend. i did last weekend, and she did great considering shes only been ridden two times before that by the previous owner. but she did throw her head up when you try to jput the bridle on. there were two other horses in the arena. and i went this past weekend, and she was a totally different horse. it was just me and my grandmother, so that may have had something to do with it. and her pen is on the other side of the arena, and she doesnt want to leave her pasture buddy. shes not one to go crazy and run around, but she wont move, at all! she would if you lead her around, but when you get the reins to yourself, she is like a mule. im not exactly sure how to train a baby, so im asking for help

[proudmomma]

If you can lunge her on the ground and move her forward fairly simple, take a smaller version of the whip with you in the saddle. We use a quirt or an over under. You can ever tie a piece of rope to the horn or use long split reins. Ask her to move, tell her to move, and then use the aid. Whip her on each side of the saddle right behind the driveline (withers) This should fix it. If not, see if you can get someone to move her from the ground while you are on her back. The roan I have for sale now did the same thing with us. Fixed her right up. I notice the ones that are more herd bound usually do better when they can't see or hear their buddies.

[ltc4h]

Unless you absolutely know that she was broke to ride correctly assume is isn't broke at all. She is only 2 start from the beginning. If she longes, if not teaching that is your start point. Use a very soft[rubber] snaffle take the reins off the bridle attach 2 lunge lines[clothes line] Run the lines through your stirrups. Start slow, with the outside line coming around her just above the hock-stay well to the inside incase of a kick. Cluck and ask her to walk. Pull even on both lines to stop. Gradually move towards the very center behind the horse and use your lines exactly as reins, with slight pulls for left/right/stop, and swing them out so they fall against her sides to replace your leg aids. Change direction often, if she gets stuck step to the side you are trying to turn to, she will turn her head to look @ you her feet will follow and you've just completed your turn. Go behind and ask for more work, with you in the blind spot. Depending on her training mentality it should not take long @ all fast=2 hours, slow= week.
She will know how to turn/stop/go before you ever put a foot in the stirrup. Depending on her gaits and your condition this can also be done @ trot, canter[collected/lope] Good luck

[mart]

Originally Posted by proudmomma

If you can lunge her on the ground and move her forward fairly simple, take a smaller version of the whip with you in the saddle. We use a quirt or an over under. You can ever tie a piece of rope to the horn or use long split reins. Ask her to move, tell her to move, and then use the aid. Whip her on each side of the saddle right behind the driveline (withers) This should fix it. If not, see if you can get someone to move her from the ground while you are on her back. The roan I have for sale now did the same thing with us. Fixed her right up. I notice the ones that are more herd bound usually do better when they can't see or hear their buddies.

When you do this be sure to have the reins at the proper length, just keep the head level. Too much rein & occassionally they will buck when you use the whip or reins or whatever. Most don`t but I would be prepared just in case since you do not know the training the horse had, if any.

[Kori]

o and other another thing she does is she gets really close to the wall and scrapes my leg against it, which sometimes hurts. i go to turn and she only turns her head to my shoe or puts her head down, which can lead to bucking. im trying to teach her to neck rein, but i cant even get her to do what i ask with normal reining!~

[proudmomma]

Everything she is doing is normal behavior for a very green two year old. Neck reining is waaaaaaay to advanced with her at this point. You have to get direct reining first. I would start out in the middle of the pen (so nothing is going to scrape against your leg) and work on just turning. Yeilding the front end and the back end to leg pressure. The head is just a direction giver, it is the body that tells the horse where to go and how to go there.

[mart]

When teaching them to turn pull the nose around in the direction you want to go (plow reining is OK at this point) use your leg on the same side and use your heel to apply pressure slightly back of where your leg would normally be. About where the back of the saddle is. You want her back end to move away from the heel pressure and front end to go the direction her nose is pointing. This will help get her started. But don`t expect her to neck rein right now. That will come later !! And yes keep her in the center of the corral. It will also help if you use driving lines on her and work her occassionally. That way you can keep her moving forward and teach her to turn.