Friday was a good day for our two year olds Dynasty and Evekko. They were both free lunged in the indoor. After free lunging work we put the saddles on in the indoor and got the girth almost tight enough to put them loose with the saddles on. I usually take about 2 weeks to get the girth really tight so the horses are comfortable and never afraid of the girth being tight. If this process is rushed horses can become “girthy” and “cold backed” even if they are not predisposition to do so.
We started with saddles being put on in the stall and now we will put the saddles on for a while in the indoor until they are more use to the girth being tight. Once they get use to the girth being tight we will again go back to putting the saddle on in the barn.
We have started putting the bridle on in the barn but will not add this to the ring work for another few weeks.
Both horses still need to learn to jog along side of me with good manners. Dynasty is much more respectful of the indoor gate and is focusing more and more on her handlers and less on the other horses. Living with a heard of horses that are different ages has been very good for her.
I strongly believe in raising horses in their most natural environment until they are 4-5 years old.
This means they have to learn to socialize
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