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<blockquote data-quote="MillIronQH" data-source="post: 278334" data-attributes="member: 4658"><p>They are never to young to put under saddle. One friend of mine uses a pony saddle and starts before they are weaned. Course he has nice gentle hand raised mares that you can catch and halter in the pasture. The only way you're going to get a halter on one of mine is to run them into a bucking chute.</p><p></p><p>Something else you can start doing is getting him used to carrying a bit. Use just a common old ring snaffle and a piece of baling twine. Put it on him and go to town for a couple of hours. After a few days of that he'll quit fussing with it. </p><p></p><p>Round pens are not for running horses around in circles till their tounges hang out especially young horses. Even a 60' pen puts to much stress on their joints. They are made to allow the handler control without making the horse feel trapped. If you put them in the round pen and then run the heck out of them all you've taught them is to go into the pen and run in circles. Guess what... You just created another job for yourself and sent the wrong message to the horse.</p><p></p><p>If the colt is 19 months old you have at least 6 months to build a solid foundation with your ground work. If you have that the rest is easy.Z</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MillIronQH, post: 278334, member: 4658"] They are never to young to put under saddle. One friend of mine uses a pony saddle and starts before they are weaned. Course he has nice gentle hand raised mares that you can catch and halter in the pasture. The only way you're going to get a halter on one of mine is to run them into a bucking chute. Something else you can start doing is getting him used to carrying a bit. Use just a common old ring snaffle and a piece of baling twine. Put it on him and go to town for a couple of hours. After a few days of that he'll quit fussing with it. Round pens are not for running horses around in circles till their tounges hang out especially young horses. Even a 60' pen puts to much stress on their joints. They are made to allow the handler control without making the horse feel trapped. If you put them in the round pen and then run the heck out of them all you've taught them is to go into the pen and run in circles. Guess what... You just created another job for yourself and sent the wrong message to the horse. If the colt is 19 months old you have at least 6 months to build a solid foundation with your ground work. If you have that the rest is easy.Z [/QUOTE]
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