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<blockquote data-quote="Running Arrow Bill" data-source="post: 114781" data-attributes="member: 9"><p>Ok T3! I'll try to politely respond...</p><p></p><p>1. If there are about 200 trainers living with 150 miles of our place...where and how do you find them?</p><p></p><p>2. Agreed. Gaited horses do not "fit" the quarterhorse, ranching country programs: they do not cut, barrel, pole bend, rope, etc. They are strictly pleasure, trail, and related horses.</p><p></p><p>3. I was not bad-mouthing the non-gaited horse people or the horsemen/women who have spent their lives working with horses.</p><p></p><p>4. We are not in the "horse business." We are in the cattle business and have horses for our own pleasure but don't have the proper skills to correctly work with the foals, yearlings, and 2-3 year olds...we don't want to mess them up.</p><p></p><p>5. We have had 6 foals in the past 4 years...have sold 2. One 3 yr old offsite in training. Three are still here and need training.</p><p></p><p>6. Peruvian Pasos are slow to mature (don't start under saddle until 3+ years old), a spirited Spanish breed that is very sensitive to "traditional" horse training and will resist if patience is not used. Tennessee Walkers can be worked sooner and started under saddle as 2 year olds. Both breeds are ground worked as weanlings and 1 year olds the same as other breeds.</p><p></p><p>7. "Trainers know there is no future in working with them": What part of "We Pay $$ for training services" don't they understand?</p><p></p><p>8. We are not breeding our mares in 2005. If you can't get the offspring trained or sold (for at least a break-even price)...what's the purpose of re-breeding?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Running Arrow Bill, post: 114781, member: 9"] Ok T3! I'll try to politely respond... 1. If there are about 200 trainers living with 150 miles of our place...where and how do you find them? 2. Agreed. Gaited horses do not "fit" the quarterhorse, ranching country programs: they do not cut, barrel, pole bend, rope, etc. They are strictly pleasure, trail, and related horses. 3. I was not bad-mouthing the non-gaited horse people or the horsemen/women who have spent their lives working with horses. 4. We are not in the "horse business." We are in the cattle business and have horses for our own pleasure but don't have the proper skills to correctly work with the foals, yearlings, and 2-3 year olds...we don't want to mess them up. 5. We have had 6 foals in the past 4 years...have sold 2. One 3 yr old offsite in training. Three are still here and need training. 6. Peruvian Pasos are slow to mature (don't start under saddle until 3+ years old), a spirited Spanish breed that is very sensitive to "traditional" horse training and will resist if patience is not used. Tennessee Walkers can be worked sooner and started under saddle as 2 year olds. Both breeds are ground worked as weanlings and 1 year olds the same as other breeds. 7. "Trainers know there is no future in working with them": What part of "We Pay $$ for training services" don't they understand? 8. We are not breeding our mares in 2005. If you can't get the offspring trained or sold (for at least a break-even price)...what's the purpose of re-breeding? [/QUOTE]
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