AboutRick Gore (www.thinklikeahorse.org) Expertise Visit Rick Gore's Horse Site: www.thinklikeahorse.org --I am a student of the horse. I can answer questions about sacking out (Desensitizing vs. Sensitizing), dealing with spooky, abused or ex-race horses, rearing, bucking, horses that won’t tie or load into a trailer, working in a round pen/round corral, starting colts, dealing with aggressive or so called "mean" horses, herd behavior, biting, kicking, horses that won’t let you mess with their feet or head, horses that are hard to take a bit and hard to catch. I can also answer questions about using a bosal or hackamore, do's and don'ts, soft hands and direct reining verses neck reining. If you expect me to tell you feel good advice, you will be disappointed. 95% of all my answers will include the problem is you and not your horse. About 90% of most answers that I give out are on my web site, so if you read it you will probably answer your own question and may learn a few other things. I am like Gordon Ramsey (Hell's Kitchen) and Simon Cowell (Idol), you may not like what I say or how I say it, but it will be pretty true and accurate, in my opinion, judging from my experience.
Experience I am an experienced horseman with many years of riding and handling horses. I grew up in Texas around horses and horse people. I have started colts, ridden many horses with behavior issues and worked with problem horses. (I believe that most horse problems are normally people problems) I believe in and practices natural horsemanship. I continue to read and study books by great horsemen. I routinely attends clinics, talks with and discuss horse issues with other clinicians and trainers. I have never met a horse that could not be fixed. I believe it is never the horse's fault and with proper handling, all problems can be worked out.
Education/Credentials Rick has life long experience in being around and working with horses. Over the years he has watched good horsemen do the right thing and seen the wrong things done with bad results. Rick has a Bachelor of Science degree in Education.
Question I just bought an 8 year old, Spanish Mustang gelding. He is Green Broke. I rode him a few times before buying him and other than being a little rusty on woah, he did fine. I have brought him home now and it has been about a week since he's been here.
At the moment there are no other horses with him, which makes him lonely, so he has started Fence Walking and being a pain to catch. Is there a way to stop this?
Answer yea get him a buddy, horses need a herd to feel safe and sleep or they develop bad habits and their health and mental state suffers. This horse is not just lonely, he is nervous, scared, can't sleep or relax, does not fee safe, and is in attempting to be in a constant state of alertness so he does not get eaten or killed.
When I hear green broke that means the horse is untrained, unreliable and is going to hurt someone, so I hope you are advanced enough to start a horse from scratch and to treat this horse like he has never been ridden. A horse that is eight and just Green Broke tells me he was not worked with much for eight years which means he is an accident looking for a place to happen if you think or treat him like he is in anyway broke, so just a word of warning.
