Rising 2 yr olds - what do you expect of them?

[cob&onion]

Going off my last post regarding my welsh d rising 2 colt, i was wandering what everyone did/does/expects from there baby?

mine does the following:
*wears a rug and is used to being handled
*leads well in walk
*starting to back-up on command
*picks up his feet
*able to be caught and put a headcollar on
*farrier (working progress)

However by the summer am hoping for:
*ties up for short periods without pulling back
*stands well for the farrier
*bitted (inhand classes)
*trots up without going berserk
*be able to travel tied up

 

[flying solo]

Allow himself to be caught in field, lead around the yard and will stand to be groomed and have his feet done by the farrier. Apart from that he's left happily in the field .

 

[Meowy Catkin]

When I got my gelding he already did alot of things (easy to catch, ties up, good for farrier, walks out in-hand, travels well) so the main thing that I want to do is get him bitted. I also want to teach him to pony from my mare once she's back in work so that I can ride and lead. I'll probably just do a few sessions around the sand school, then around a paddock and hopefully a little wonder down a quiet lane eventually. I'll keep up with walking him out in-hand anyway as it's really been good for him. He now goes through puddles which at one point I thought he would never do as he always skipped around them.

I hope to take him to a couple of shows this summer, but it really depends on working out the transport.

 

[The_snoopster]

My filly is 16 months and I learnt her everything she will need to know untill she is 3 years old, she catches easy,leads, ties up to be groomed is brill with the farrier and vet for her jabs. The one thing I cannot teach her is travelling as I dont have a trailer/lorry, but when the time comes I shall use my usual transporter who is great with first timers.

 

[classic_astra]

i have a filly thats 2 in april, she currently:

*ties for as long as i want her to tie up for
*wears a rug
*has had full tack on and been lead about
*catches perfect
*very good for farrier and vet
*backs up
*stand to be bathed/pulled mane/trimmed etc
*trots in hand, but with persuasion cos shes lazy!
*can jump up and down beside her
*stand on a grooming box, lean over (obviously with hardly any weight on her!) and groom her from the other side lol
*bombproofs well! so far walked over tarpaulin, and through poles close together with flappy plastic bags tied on them, and been ridden by a noisy crazy frog toy (yes i am a bit mental!)
*is basically trusting of me to do whatever to her


plans for this year

*to practise loading and travelling (not yet done either)
*maybe inhand shows if we can get there
*start to walk on the lunge
*traffic proofing
*looking for more bombproofing ideas, the more outrageous the better.

 

[TelH]

My gelding was born Aug 2010. He has all the basic handling, he is tied up for grooming and he has had his mane pulled once. He behaves himself for the farrier. He is going to do a little bit of in hand showing this season, maybe 2 or 3 times later in the summer. Apart from that he hangs out in the field with his partner in crime, my mini Shettie, who is teaching him how to escape through the elec fence

 

[Mare Stare]

I'm still trying to get a rug on mine

He thinks it's going to eat him and runs round in circles if I try to put it on. I've tried working up to it slowly, throwing things over his back likes scarves, jumpers and a numnah which he'll acept but he's still a scaredy cat when it comes to the rug. I'm pregnant so can't risk him being too silly so I've given up for now.

He does pick up his feet, is fairly good for the farrier, leads, loads and backs up though.

 

[FairyLights]

mine are 20 months old. they catch well;tie up;be groomed;good with feet and with the farrier and vet;have had heels trimmed;lead at walk; move over;back up and halt. they lead over a pole. are ok with umbrellas. they have worn brushing boots all round and a numnah and surcingle. they have been bitted.This spring and summer I want to :-
wash tails and manes; introduce tail bandage;introduce a rug; go for walks along the lane;introduce to cattle and dogs [we are very isolated and they have only seen sheep]. I aim to improve the leading to introduce trot;do turns on the forehand and turns on the haunches.introduce saddle and even lean over the more physically mature one.start bomb proofing generally with all sorts of things. I might start long reining in the autumn or leave until next spring.

 

[JFTDWS]

My just turned 2 year old highland:

*leads well in walk and trot
*starting to back-up on command
*picks up his feet on a touch
*catches and put a headcollar on
*stands for farrier (can be a twit with hinds though) and vet
*ties up for short periods
*stands well for the farrier
*has been bitted and has had a synthetic saddle on
*travels in lorry or trailer

he also
*bows and does a few little tricks because he's cute...
*self loads into trailer (often whilst I'm trying to load others up / checking equipment before leaving )
*grows his own rug in winter
*free jumps over about 4ft6 (unfortunately he only does this out of the field during the night )

 

[Stacey6897]

By the time Mike was two he would

* open gates
* get on the ground and wriggle UNDER electric fencing
* jump electic fencing when I put more tape at the bottom
* open the shed door and go inside, help himself to bins
* pick things up and wander off with them
* fall over, a lot

Which is when I had an inkling he might be a trick horse if his eventing career didn't go stellar, which it didn't

He would also walk and trot on the road, be ok with traffic, kids and dogs, farrier and grooming (with the occasional tantrum)

 

[JFTDWS]

* open the shed door and go inside, help himself to bins

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Oh, D will wriggle under the tarpaulin in front of my hay barn and break into bales of haylage, negotiating pallets etc too He also steals things.

Thank heavens he's never likely to meet your horse or they'd probably try and take over the world

 

[charlimouse]

My filly will be 2 in June currently she:

*Ties up
*Stands to have a full groom/bath including feet picked out
*Stands to have her mane pulled-mane and tail plaited
*Good with the vet, with the farrier she gets a bit bored so tries to make her own entertainment!
*Wears rugs
*Bitted
*Can be led out upto about a mile from home on her own and back
*Led down by the train line when trains have come past
*Used to tractors a farm machinary
*Walks and trots up in hand
*Been to 2 shows
*Walked over carpets and tarpaulins, between cones, over poles on the floor, and seen water trays and fillers (obvs not asked to jump them, but she certainly isn't scared of them!)
*Travels on the lorry and loads like pro, both on her own, and with company.

This year I don't plan to do to much new stuff with her. But I would like:
*To get her out to a couple more shows in the summer
*Get her used to a roller, and maybe put a saddle on her in the Autumn
*Bit of long reining in the Autumn

 

[FairyLights]

By the time Mike was two he would

* open gates
* get on the ground and wriggle UNDER electric fencing
* jump electic fencing when I put more tape at the bottom
* open the shed door and go inside, help himself to bins
* pick things up and wander off with them
* fall over, a lot

Which is when I had an inkling he might be a trick horse if his eventing career didn't go stellar, which it didn't

He would also walk and trot on the road, be ok with traffic, kids and dogs, farrier and grooming (with the occasional tantrum)

Brilliant I love that horse.