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If you want your horse to flex at the poll, lightly give to your hands and be more supple, this video is for you.
In this two-part video, reining and cutting horse trainer, Larry Trocha demonstrates how to use a German Martingale to help train your horse.
Larry explains the purpose of the German Martingale, how to adjust it properly plus he shows effective training methods to use with the martingale.
You can get the German Martingale that Larry recommends at this web page: http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/tack/german-martingale.htm
Any questions you may have regarding the use of the German Martingale should be directed to Larry Trocha through his website, http://www.HorseTrainingVideos.com.
Duration : 0:9:59
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I have an 11yr old QH mare and im training her in barrels and the bit im using is a tom thumb stainless steal bit…I heard when training you should use a snaffle what do you think?
Hi Danielle,
Find out what type of bit your horse prefers. Many horses like snaffle bits better than solid mouthpiece bits because the snaffle has more give. A solid bit does not allow for as much turn, but has better stopping power than a snaffle bit
Many barrel horses work well in a gag bit. This type of bit is normally a snaffle bit but instead of being joined to the side of the bit, the ends of the mouthpiece can slide up and down as you pull the reins. This is a favorite bit among barrel racers. Some gag bits also come with a nosepiece to help get control of the horse’s nose
Use a few different bits on your horse until you find the perfect bit for your horse’s needs.
You need to experiment with a couple of different bits to see how your horse responds to which bit the best.
Best of luck to you
Were and How do I get into a Horse Training competition were you break a horse in 3 days?
Hello I have been watching a few horse training competition’s and I really like it so I tried to break my gelding in a Few day’s and I succeeded. So now I am wondering were and how do I get into it. Is there a course you must take, And were could I get started in this activity?
If you can help me I thank you I am located in Central Alberta.
I think your relating it to the Extreme Mustang Makeover. Its actually a 90 day competition of taking an unbroke wild mustang, and you train it. I don’t know to many more details but if you go to the sources, you’ll find out more about it.
You could also be talking about the Road to the Horse competition in which you take an unbroke colt, and have 3 hours to break it to ride.
For both of these, I’d recommend just perfecting your training, but you need to make sure their are no loop holes in it.
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So my parents are thinking about getting me a horse but he will be green broke, How much would training cost, because I don’t know how to finish training a horse.
Pricing varies tremendously; you should get a list of local trainers and call several of them and find out specifically what they charge and how the pricing is structured.
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What is your horse training experience? I would like to buy a foal off of my friend, but first I would like to know what I am going to get myself into. If you have any bad experiances, please list them in detale and tell me your complete story. Thank you!
We’ve trained all of ours and several horses for people living around us. Training is not easy, at all. Even with a laid back horse you”re going to run into problems. We’ve trained newborns to twelve-year-olds and I haven’t found that any age is easier. You have good days and you have bad days. Here are a few of our experiences, since you asked.
We dealt with a bay pinto named Rocket. She had a nice personality, but had been mistreated a bit in her life and did not trust people, especially men. We slowly worked to overcome that with her and finally my dad thought she was ready, he got on her. She was good for half a step and then she exploded. She bucked, almost ran into the fence and was generally just like the bucking horses at the rodeo. Her twisting when she bucked ended up pulling on the cinch strap in a funny way and it snapped, so off went my dad and the saddle into the fence. He wasn’t seriously injured and after some more groundwork, he successfully rode Rocket and she turned into an awesome horse.
Another example is Gus. He was a silver dun Mustang gelding and he absolutely hated people. We weren’t sure if he was abused or not, but he was kind of a monster when we first met him. He’d charge people, and not a mock charge, you’d better start running if he came at you. The first time my dad and my brother met him, they went in the round pen, and after he charged, he jumped out of the round pen and took off. They had to grab my horse and try to, unsuccessfully chase him down. When we finally got him to our place, we tried round pen work but he was too dangerous, so we set him free out in the field with our horses. As long as he wasn’t confined, he didn’t charge. Our horses are what made the difference. Gus was the lowest in the herd hierarchy and so Gus lost his "I’m the King" attitude and accepted training. Like Rocket he eventually became a great riding horse but it took a lot of time and effort.
I don’t want to scare you so here’s a couple good training stories. We got our sorrel mare Sadie from a horse rescue and we all expected her to be like the two above horses, but she was the complete opposite. We put the saddle on her, she didn’t even blink an eye. We put some weight on her, she was good. So my dad decided to get on her and she was fine. She had no problems accepting the saddle. I mean since then we’ve had a few minor issues, but she’s a young horse, you’ll have that.
Fonda is a black colt that we’ve raised since birth. His mother wasn’t ours and we didn’t want to mess with his training since we thought his owner would, so we didn’t do much with him until he was six months. He didn’t like being trained to lead and reared and bucked but did learn that it wasn’t bad. He also had a problem with nipping, like pretty much every young horse but he doesn’t do it anymore. You can put things on him, sit on him, he’s calm about pretty much everything. But they aren’t all that easy.
Cas is my foal that was born last August. As a baby, she was mean. That was just her personality I guess. She didn’t want humans interfering with her, not that I can blame her, but she’d leave if we came near and then she started kicking. My entire family and our little helper has been kicked by her. It took a lot of hours just sitting with her, getting her used to us before she realized that people were okay. However, that has not been the end of her problems. She never had any issues with leading or with her feet, but she still kicks out if you try to touch her stomach and she bites if there’s food around. And viciously, not just grazing your skin, your whole arm in her mouth.
Foals are not easy to train, usually. They can be and it is rewarding if you do it correctly. But that’s the key word. The training you do with that foal is the most important training it will get in its life. It dictates how the foal will react to people and training later on. If you have no experience or are not confident in your abilities, then get a trainer to help you train the foal. As long as you have someone with you who’s done this before and knows what they’re doing, it’s alright for you to learn along with your foal. I hope this helped, good luck!
What is your horse training experience? I would like to buy a foal off of my friend, but first I would like to know what I am going to get myself into. If you have any bad experiances, please list them in detale and tell me your complete story. Thank you!
We’ve trained all of ours and several horses for people living around us. Training is not easy, at all. Even with a laid back horse you”re going to run into problems. We’ve trained newborns to twelve-year-olds and I haven’t found that any age is easier. You have good days and you have bad days. Here are a few of our experiences, since you asked.
We dealt with a bay pinto named Rocket. She had a nice personality, but had been mistreated a bit in her life and did not trust people, especially men. We slowly worked to overcome that with her and finally my dad thought she was ready, he got on her. She was good for half a step and then she exploded. She bucked, almost ran into the fence and was generally just like the bucking horses at the rodeo. Her twisting when she bucked ended up pulling on the cinch strap in a funny way and it snapped, so off went my dad and the saddle into the fence. He wasn’t seriously injured and after some more groundwork, he successfully rode Rocket and she turned into an awesome horse.
Another example is Gus. He was a silver dun Mustang gelding and he absolutely hated people. We weren’t sure if he was abused or not, but he was kind of a monster when we first met him. He’d charge people, and not a mock charge, you’d better start running if he came at you. The first time my dad and my brother met him, they went in the round pen, and after he charged, he jumped out of the round pen and took off. They had to grab my horse and try to, unsuccessfully chase him down. When we finally got him to our place, we tried round pen work but he was too dangerous, so we set him free out in the field with our horses. As long as he wasn’t confined, he didn’t charge. Our horses are what made the difference. Gus was the lowest in the herd hierarchy and so Gus lost his "I’m the King" attitude and accepted training. Like Rocket he eventually became a great riding horse but it took a lot of time and effort.
I don’t want to scare you so here’s a couple good training stories. We got our sorrel mare Sadie from a horse rescue and we all expected her to be like the two above horses, but she was the complete opposite. We put the saddle on her, she didn’t even blink an eye. We put some weight on her, she was good. So my dad decided to get on her and she was fine. She had no problems accepting the saddle. I mean since then we’ve had a few minor issues, but she’s a young horse, you’ll have that.
Fonda is a black colt that we’ve raised since birth. His mother wasn’t ours and we didn’t want to mess with his training since we thought his owner would, so we didn’t do much with him until he was six months. He didn’t like being trained to lead and reared and bucked but did learn that it wasn’t bad. He also had a problem with nipping, like pretty much every young horse but he doesn’t do it anymore. You can put things on him, sit on him, he’s calm about pretty much everything. But they aren’t all that easy.
Cas is my foal that was born last August. As a baby, she was mean. That was just her personality I guess. She didn’t want humans interfering with her, not that I can blame her, but she’d leave if we came near and then she started kicking. My entire family and our little helper has been kicked by her. It took a lot of hours just sitting with her, getting her used to us before she realized that people were okay. However, that has not been the end of her problems. She never had any issues with leading or with her feet, but she still kicks out if you try to touch her stomach and she bites if there’s food around. And viciously, not just grazing your skin, your whole arm in her mouth.
Foals are not easy to train, usually. They can be and it is rewarding if you do it correctly. But that’s the key word. The training you do with that foal is the most important training it will get in its life. It dictates how the foal will react to people and training later on. If you have no experience or are not confident in your abilities, then get a trainer to help you train the foal. As long as you have someone with you who’s done this before and knows what they’re doing, it’s alright for you to learn along with your foal. I hope this helped, good luck!
Clip five from Jay O’Jay’s colt starting video entitled Journey to Connection from his series of horse Training DVD Videos.
Duration : 0:1:36