About Solange Rian Expertise I specialize in breaking and training difficult horses. I can provide advice on correcting behavior issues - cribbing, rearing, spinning; along with tack recommendations. I can also suggest feed programs, hoof care and explain dental care requirements.
Experience I have owned Horsehaven Stables since 2000 and will break 5 horses this year alone!! I believe in a humane, safe and intelligent method when breaking horses that is based on results and not time. I have gained a reputaion in the area for taking in dangerous horses that no one else wants and fixing them up. I keep them as personal riding horses for years and if I see improvement I will sell one eventually to the right owner and situtaion. I believe every horse deserves a chance to prove themselves. More often than not they prove it was the human's fault!!
Hi, 2 days ago i got a horse of my aunty and it has a pretty big story behind it...
Its 5 years old, about 15+hands pure bred Australian stock horse. My aunty sent him to a natural horsemanship breaker and this man refused to get on the horse because it bucked, and the man hadn't broken it to bridle either.
So, this man sent it to a rodeo and it was the best bucking horse there... they sent it again and it finally stopped bucking. they left the horse and now he's here, but he's really sensitive with his body e.g. his flanks and is not afraid to try and cow kick.
how do i respond to that? it makes me wonder if he has ever been groomed... how would i approach that? can i help him over come these bad experiences, what do i do?
I really want to help him. He has a great personality and we both get along great, i don't want anything to happen to him though.
We have been told that he really could make a lot of money being a rodeo horse, but i know that i will NEVER let that happen. i really want the natural way to work for him... but i'm starting to doubt that it will.
He hasn't done anything of which a lot of foals have been taught, apart from being halter broken... so what are the basics?
I am making sure that i'm being very positive around him, and rewarding him for doing things i like. but am i supposed to punish him for doing the wrong things??
When i said we have formed a good relationship, i am meaning that he follows me around the paddock, and is very curious with what i am doing..
Also i have a heard problem (sorry for all of this, i just want to do my best to help him) i already have 2 horses. 1 mare 1 gelding (of which i think was gelded late) and he is chasing and attack this new horse around the paddocks until we have to separate them. how can i fix that? leave them?
I may have more questions in the future, just a word of warning haha.
Thanks!
Answer Hi Aimee!
You did not say what your goal with this horse was but, let's assume it is just to safely ride him and to go for trail rides.
How to get there?
Get some hands-on help from a professional trainer. I do not suggest a "Natural Horsemanship" trainer as I find these people tend to be allot of talk and no action...no real progress towards a true working partnership. That kind of training is for old ladies who really cannot and are afraid to ride, so they spend endless hours playing "games" with their horse and a "carrot stick". Pretty useless all around.
Speak to your vet, farrier or any other old-timer in your area and ask them to recommend a tough but fair local trainer who can work with your horse and you at the same time. It sounds like you need just as much education as he does! :)
I suggest you stop all attempts to work with him on your own as you have no real training plan. A horse must be led in a certain direction by constant and consistent logical progression training. One correct training session must follow another. Not just stuff you randomly think up and try on him. I guarantee someone will get hurt and most likely it will be you.
As for your horse being bad with others...simply do not put him out with other horses. A human cannot explain to a horse how to act politely in a herd. They do as there instinct tells them. So, do not fight him, just segregate him.
Get some hands-on help and learn while your horse does. If you feel you cannot spend the time or money to train him, then find him a more suitable home with a more experienced horse person who can. It would not be your fault or your horse's fault. Sometimes things just do not work out the way we want them too.
Get some hands-on help and do what is safest and best for all involved.
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