Help with breaking in 3 year old!

[deja224]

Wonder if any one can offer any tips on breaking my 3 year old dartmoor im reading book ect as havent done it before but each book says somthing diffrent! Also this horse is partly sighted! Or does any one no any trainners in frome area somerset who may help as i am doing this on my own.

thanks

 

[lifeslemons]

I've just finished this... feel like a very proud father at the moment as we went xc schooling for the first time on Sat.

The most essiental thing of all is to send the horse forward at all times. Do this and the rest should follow

 

[deja224]

cool looking forward to getting on board and seeing what he does, did you break yours in? or send them away?

 

[ajf]

Agree with LL, always send them forward, ignore what the heads doin to start with and get the body to go where u want. Vary what u do as they get stale very quickly in the school (or so i've found anyway!!).

 

[Forget_Me_Not]

FORWARD. Everything must be forward, doesn't matter how fast, just forward! If your not 100% confident then have concret ground work so everything should run smoothly, and you on his back should be no biggie.

 

[deja224]

Dont no how to go about putting first saddle on

 

[jo1]

my 3 year old is turned away at the mo but i backed her within 6 weeks - from putting bit in to riding out

you need to lunge in a surcingle first, then when she is ready progress to a saddle. we sat on Indy bareback at first and then progressed to saddle after 2/3 times.

The main pieces of advice I can say is
* make sure that you have solid groundwork
* dont rush it - if it takes 6 weeks , 12 weeks or more - if you rush your orse at this stage you could ruin it for life

and finally - always ask for help - dont try and muddle through on your own if you dont know what your doing as that is how accidents happen and things go wrong.

There, lecture finished Lol and I hope we will get regular updates as to how your getting on - dont forget theres a lot of knowledgable people on here - use them

 

[deja224]

thank you so think i will find some one in frome area somerset to help me! looking forward to it think it will b hard as he cant see but fingers crossed! Your advice has been really helpful jo1!

 

[jo1]

not a prob hun

Pm me if u ned anything or just wanna chat - i know what its like Lol

 

[Cop-Pop]

I got very confused when I broke my first youngster in - every one tells you something different!! I just went with what made sense and after a little trial and error found what worked with her and went from there. The best tip I can give u is don't underestimate the power of groundwork!!!!! Also, if you try something and it doesn;t work don't be afraid to try again or use a different appraoch. Different methods work for different horses so if one thing doesn't work then another one will

 

[deja224]

thank u zalacca its great to here from people who have been in the same place i have! We are going to start saurday! should stop rainning then