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<blockquote data-quote="DLD" data-source="post: 1462185" data-attributes="member: 19707"><p>Our method is closer to Boot Jack's. We don't even try to start them til they're weaned. We hand feed them for a few days, try to spend an hour or so a couple times a day just being around them, getting them used to us - some will let you scratch them pretty soon. When they're pretty calm, we'll tie them in the chute and alley and just comb and scratch on them for a couple days, then move them out and tie them to the fence - not high until they're done fighting it. Comb and brush and introduce the show stick. In the beginning we don't do it for long - an hour is plenty in my opinion - they get tired and frustrated just like us, and in my experience longer at a time at this stage doesn't really make the process go any faster. But, I do think that that it's very important to do it at least once a day - twice a day does shorten the process. We do it just before feeding time, and after being tied for a couple of days, we start leading them to feed. When that's going fairly well, we start leading them farther each day. Almost all of them will be leading well enough to move to the show barn in a week or ten days from the first time they were haltered. </p><p></p><p>Everyone has their own methods that work best for their situation, this is just what I've refined mine down to over the past 40 years.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DLD, post: 1462185, member: 19707"] Our method is closer to Boot Jack’s. We don’t even try to start them til they’re weaned. We hand feed them for a few days, try to spend an hour or so a couple times a day just being around them, getting them used to us - some will let you scratch them pretty soon. When they’re pretty calm, we’ll tie them in the chute and alley and just comb and scratch on them for a couple days, then move them out and tie them to the fence - not high until they’re done fighting it. Comb and brush and introduce the show stick. In the beginning we don’t do it for long - an hour is plenty in my opinion - they get tired and frustrated just like us, and in my experience longer at a time at this stage doesn’t really make the process go any faster. But, I do think that that it’s very important to do it at least once a day - twice a day does shorten the process. We do it just before feeding time, and after being tied for a couple of days, we start leading them to feed. When that’s going fairly well, we start leading them farther each day. Almost all of them will be leading well enough to move to the show barn in a week or ten days from the first time they were haltered. Everyone has their own methods that work best for their situation, this is just what I’ve refined mine down to over the past 40 years. [/QUOTE]
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