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<blockquote data-quote="Warren Allison" data-source="post: 1771255" data-attributes="member: 40587"><p>Yeah, you are right, at 3 yrs old, I would be just now riding him, if he were mine. Start him in a bosal, snaffle as a 4 yr old, then move to full bridle (curb) at 5. Today when I got him home, we worked on who was alpha for a bit and got that worked out. God, this boy is smart! It is almost as if he is trying to understand what you want from him....like he is thinking about it, and wants to please. The boy loaded good and rode quite in the trailer. Dan had done a good job with that. After I got him home, I put him the round pen and we got the who is alpha and who is beta worked out in what seemed like 15 minutes. Did I mention the boy is smart? :0 Took him to the barn and tied him up to an inner tube mounted to the wall, but he stood with a slack line while I cleaned his feet. Never moved a muscle and never tried to take a foot from me. Dan had done a great job with this, too. I wasn't gonna ride him today, but I tried some of my roping saddles til I found one that fit like it was made for him. Took him back to the round pen and free lunged him a bit. Not a sign of a buck. He wasn't cold backed at all.. the gal just didn't understand you fit the saddle to the HORSE, not the rider. I guess Dan didn't know, either. </p><p></p><p>So I went back and got a bosal and eased up on him. We walked some while I saw how his balance was with a rider, then we jogged, then loped a little. Boy always picked up the right lead. He responded to leg cues very well, stopped like he was supposed to, and man can he back! I haven't had more than 3 in my life that learned as fast as this boy does. I called Dan when I came to the house, and told him he was right...this young man has potential. I told him I wasn't gonna promise him a finished horse in 90 days, ot 120 or 180. I told him we had to be patient, and I wasn't worried about how much time i had to spend. I want this boy to be finished right. A horse like this will let you know if you are moving to fast, or if he is getting bored and you need to move a little faster in the progression. </p><p></p><p>I forgot to go look at those cows. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite10" alt=":oops:" title="Oops! :oops:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":oops:" /><img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite11" alt=":rolleyes:" title="Roll eyes :rolleyes:" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":rolleyes:" /><img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="😎" title="Smiling face with sunglasses :sunglasses:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f60e.png" data-shortname=":sunglasses:" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Warren Allison, post: 1771255, member: 40587"] Yeah, you are right, at 3 yrs old, I would be just now riding him, if he were mine. Start him in a bosal, snaffle as a 4 yr old, then move to full bridle (curb) at 5. Today when I got him home, we worked on who was alpha for a bit and got that worked out. God, this boy is smart! It is almost as if he is trying to understand what you want from him....like he is thinking about it, and wants to please. The boy loaded good and rode quite in the trailer. Dan had done a good job with that. After I got him home, I put him the round pen and we got the who is alpha and who is beta worked out in what seemed like 15 minutes. Did I mention the boy is smart? :0 Took him to the barn and tied him up to an inner tube mounted to the wall, but he stood with a slack line while I cleaned his feet. Never moved a muscle and never tried to take a foot from me. Dan had done a great job with this, too. I wasn't gonna ride him today, but I tried some of my roping saddles til I found one that fit like it was made for him. Took him back to the round pen and free lunged him a bit. Not a sign of a buck. He wasn't cold backed at all.. the gal just didn't understand you fit the saddle to the HORSE, not the rider. I guess Dan didn't know, either. So I went back and got a bosal and eased up on him. We walked some while I saw how his balance was with a rider, then we jogged, then loped a little. Boy always picked up the right lead. He responded to leg cues very well, stopped like he was supposed to, and man can he back! I haven't had more than 3 in my life that learned as fast as this boy does. I called Dan when I came to the house, and told him he was right...this young man has potential. I told him I wasn't gonna promise him a finished horse in 90 days, ot 120 or 180. I told him we had to be patient, and I wasn't worried about how much time i had to spend. I want this boy to be finished right. A horse like this will let you know if you are moving to fast, or if he is getting bored and you need to move a little faster in the progression. I forgot to go look at those cows. :oops::rolleyes:😎 [/QUOTE]
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