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Cool!Originally Posted by EnzoLeya
I didn't spend tons of money to have someone else train her. I did it all myself.
Cool!Originally Posted by EnzoLeya
I didn't spend tons of money to have someone else train her. I did it all myself.
Hopefully you'll have your own horse someday!!! If you had $500 ($325 Euros) and a boat you could have our little Palomino filly!Originally Posted by lauracatlover
Cool!i wish I could do thatlol
Well, if they don't spend the $$ on the lessons, to keep the girl up on the level of the horse's training, then they'll be losing with that horse too.Originally Posted by EnzoLeya
There is a mom in my little sister's 4-H class that just sold their family horse because it lost at the little kid 4-H show and spent 5,000 DOLLARS on a pre-trianed horse for a 11-year-old girl. That's not talent! It's so unfair, you win the shows if you have money, not because you're a good rider.
AwwOriginally Posted by EnzoLeya
Hopefully you'll have your own horse someday!!! If you had $500 ($325 Euros) and a boat you could have our little Palomino filly!
These judges must have been overly excited about the snail speed horses thenOriginally Posted by faith's_mom
I have always trained my own horses too, and I have done well at some shows, and others not so... It always depends on the judges and their opinions of a 'well trained' horse. I think a well trained horse, also is a horse that travels comfortably as well (not racing around the ring, mind you, but not snail speed either...Lol!)
Well then I'm happy about that! The little girls' mom took the horse to a workshop we were at and told the trainer that her daughter hardly ever rides the horse. The trainer spent a lot of time with them because this expensive wonderfully trained horse took off in a wild gallop as soon as the little girl got on it. I know I shouldn't laugh, but it teaches them to spend all that money on a 3-year-old horse with extensive show training. Probably only for experienced riders is my guess, because the trainer got on and didn't have any problems. It sidepassed, backed up, and neck reined beautifully.Originally Posted by faith's_mom
Well, if they don't spend the $$ on the lessons, to keep the girl up on the level of the horse's training, then they'll be losing with that horse too.
While I don't agree with purchasing of fully trained horses, if one is going to go that route, you do have the responsibility to retain that training the horse already has. If you don't, then all that money is going to go to waste anyway.
Oh shoot, well then it would be 260 pounds.Originally Posted by lauracatlover
AwwThanks
Except it would be pounds, not Euros.hehe
Ahhh...in that light, my opinion of the spending changes!!!Originally Posted by EnzoLeya
I know I shouldn't laugh, but it teaches them to spend all that money on a 3-year-old horse with extensive show training. Probably only for experienced riders is my guess, because the trainer got on and didn't have any problems. ?
I had to ask my sister because I thought he was older, but nope, he's 3. That explains why he is so slim and young looking..... Why you would buy a horse that young for an 11 year old girl that doesn't care about anything but blue ribbonsOriginally Posted by faith's_mom
Ahhh...in that light, my opinion of the spending changes!!!
See, it's THAT kind of spending that makes me mad...Under most conditions NEVER is a 3 year old horse suitable for an 11 year old child.
Now there are kids who spend every waking moment in the saddle, with a trainer, because they love it that much; those kids could handle a horse of younger age. But your normal kid who only wants the horse to occasionally ride it to show off to friends, or win a couple of ribbons???? The parents need to be slapped... the kind of money they spent on that young horse could easily buy a suitable middle aged 'been there done that' type of horse; one that has had extensive training, is still boisterous enough to show, but knows how to take care of the level of rider he has...
Originally Posted by EnzoLeya
Oh shoot, well then it would be 260 pounds.
What would 260 pounds buy you? Is that a lot of money or not for a baby horse?
Originally Posted by lauracatlover
That would be waaaayy too cheap to sell a horse over here for! The horses over here are sold usually from 800 - 10,000 pounds, so I guess that's around $1500 - $20,000? LoL I'm no good at this converting business!
And even if we bought one for 10,000, there would be loads of bills for feed, tack etc....
260 pounds would just about buy me HALF a labrador puppy, as they're usually for sale at around 500 pounds each
I'll have to work some more on it!Originally Posted by faith's_mom
Ahhh...you could do that with Bon...it would just take lots of desensitization and trust building exercises...Lol!
You might have to!!!Originally Posted by lauracatlover
I think if I ever do get one I might have to come and get one from over there!
If she is hyped up with you walking her in hand; throw a longe line on her, to get rid of, and focus her mind and energy on you instead of what is going on around her...you will be surprised how quickly she will catch on to look to you for direction, especially when you start putting her excited energy to use in a 'scary area'. She'll learn that the things around her 'must' be okay if you are asking her to stay there; even if she is moving her feet.Originally Posted by EnzoLeya
I'll have to work some more on it!We have another show this Sat. I'm going extra early so we can walk around in the ring a bunch of times. Hopefully she'll do better in the show ring this time around!
Hey thanks for the info! I'll have to do that! She lounges great, but she's blind on one side so I only lounge her one direction. She stops imediately when I bend over slightly. I'm not sure if that's what your supposed to do, but that's what I taught her. I was told by one trainer that I should make her lounge in the other direction, with me on the blind side, but she FREAKS out, I feel so bad for her because she's so lost and so scared. We don't have a round pen so all lounging is done strickly on a lounge line.Originally Posted by faith's_mom
If she is hyped up with you walking her in hand; throw a longe line on her, to get rid of, and focus her mind and energy on you instead of what is going on around her...you will be surprised how quickly she will catch on to look to you for direction, especially when you start putting her excited energy to use in a 'scary area'. She'll learn that the things around her 'must' be okay if you are asking her to stay there; even if she is moving her feet.
Originally Posted by lauracatlover
Huhhh...
I'm now in a bit of a depression seeing as I go away tomorrow for a week and miss out on my riding!
And something else which shocked me when I went on Saturday is I asked for Breeze and they said that the farrier had messed up BIG TIME and had put NAILS IN HER FRONT FEET. Basically he'd totally missed the shoe and put it right in the frog (or roundabouts that area)I don't know whether she'd spooked or what, but she is now lame in both of her front legs!
Typical, the one I fall in love with is injured.
Speak to you sometime next week peeps!
Sounds familiar, I'm in love with the cheekiest little cob at my riding school - 13.3hh and pure attitude. But he's been off work for the last month and a half with a bad back and I'll probably not get to ride him again before I go to UniOriginally Posted by lauracatlover
And something else which shocked me when I went on Saturday is I asked for Breeze and they said that the farrier had messed up BIG TIME and had put NAILS IN HER FRONT FEET. Basically he'd totally missed the shoe and put it right in the frog (or roundabouts that area)I don't know whether she'd spooked or what, but she is now lame in both of her front legs!
Typical, the one I fall in love with is injured.
Speak to you sometime next week peeps!