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Horse Talk for Teens!

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This is the page where all us people who don't fit into the 40's or 20's group can talk about horses. No need to lie and join The older groups, come on down we don't bite. (sorry if you didn't lie to join older groups)
 
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Got a question for you all: How did you get into horses?
My mother. She new that all of us liked horses, so she got my older sibling involved in horse 4-H and they went to horse camp. Ever since then, we have had horses. I grew up with them, and now I have joined horse 4-H. They don't have horse camps were I live currently, but that doesn't stop me from being with my horses.
 
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Hey everyone!!! I started riding when mum baught me a lesson as a gift when I was 5. It was ment to be a one-off thing, I haven't stopped loving horses since that first lesson! I still remember Katy (instructor) leading me round telling me 'This is Buster, hes a chestnut, and he's a very very nice lad!'
 
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Wow that's awesome hollylovesbeau :) What a wonderful mom you have! She knew you were passionate about it and encouraged you to follow it! Sweet!!

That's also awesome Alli.. surprise horse lessons are the best!

Mine is kind of weird.. my best friend (when I was 7 going on 8) used to brag about how she rode horses and so I got jealous because she'd never let me come watch her.. so I begged for riding lessons for nearly an entire year and on my 8th birthday I got on this little connemara grey pony :D It was fun and I've loooved it since haha
 
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Bucking can be pretty scary.. I've been bucked once and not the best experience. I was new to riding though. Now I tend to stay on a little better :P
Lucky! My first barrel horse was a bucker... he bucked when you asked him to do anything besides reenacting a statue. Although, I only came off of him once. (I lost my stirrup and he kept bucking.) When my aunt was breaking him, he literally played horseshoes with her! :shock: (Broke her pelvis, several ribs, who knows what else?? She was on bed rest for a few months.) The only good thing that I can say about that horse was that he made me a better rider. Oh, yeah, a little piece of advice: DON'T kick! It'll make it worse! (I would know :lol: I learned that the hard way... smh.)
 
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It's better to look up than down. Down = you're going down, girly.

Try not to squeeze. A horse is like a bar of soap. Using leg properly is fine but pinching with your knees, heels, or thighs = you're going to have a bumpy ride. It's counter intuitive but relaxing is the best way to go about it.

Either way you definitely should take note of any bucking.
But sometimes bucking is a physical sign, so when your horse bucks it's good to get them looked over and checked out for any signs of pain. Other times it's a training issue. Either they aren't ready or they are too excited or just don't want to a person on period.
 
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My Mom use to own lots. And because was and still is horse crazed from the way she raised me. She decided to go horse hunting. We found this 9 year old tabiano paint that scared the 12 year old rider so my mom rode her ,put me on her and knew that even though she wasn't perfect she was the one. But after 9 years of owning her she decided that was it for riding so now shes retired. now we've had 8 different horses in my 9 years of horse ownership and currently own 4 with a baby on the way any week now:) so i owe it all to my mom.
 
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Heyy im morgan 17 and got into riding when i was a baby because of my aunt haha. Used to find me out in the stall with musty their grumpy mustang gelding who hated everyone but me, he actually ended up being my first horse for my 7 th birthday . Got into barrels because of a family friend i used tp ride with who did high school rodeo :).
 
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Hi everyone! I'm Katie, 15 years old. I got into riding because my mom worked as an out rider on a race track. Ive always loved horses, and I always will! I have a chestnut TB mare named Callie that I do dressage with. :)
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Well theres many things you could do. Start off with the hose off and just rub him with it, once he is comfortable with that turn the water on to a trickle and continue tp rub him and let the water run onto him. Then juat continue to turn the water up a little higher till you can wash him. Do you tie him up? That might also help once he is comfortable with the running water amd such.
 
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country boy is he scared of the water are just the whole process?
Because we have a horse that hates water/liquid .he freaks if he hears it. but he loves every other part. were working on desensitizing him.
 
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No dont tie him up just hold his lead rope and rub him with it just like you would a rope rub it on his necs,butt, belly, chest, neck but don't move to a new spot till he stops moving his feet and shows signs of relaxing licking, chewing lowering his head cocking his leg.
 
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Hey, y'all! I'm 16 years old. :) I've been riding since before I can remember. So, really, I don't know how I got into horses?? My mom told me that they've ALWAYS been my favorite animal. When I was younger, I always shared horses with other people and finally got "my" own horse when I was 8 or 9. Then, my aunt got me into barrel racing... I've finally decided that running barrels is like eating potato chips: its/they're addicting! (and you can't just run once/eat one! lol!)
 
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