Colt turning two next month HELP! :)

Hey, I have a two year old, well he will be in a month, that means we will have been together for a year. I wanted to get him that young,so when it came time to train him, he would know me and think twice before kicking me off his back :) So far its been good, he's a quarterhorse,and verryyyyy mellow. Ever seen the donkey from winnie the pooh? That's blaze.

But sence the summer he has been cranky, nippy,pushy and mean to horses and people alike, (except not to me). So I havent done anything with him yet, other than basic manners while im leading him.

Can anyone give me some tips for training. Im going to be training him western, possibly barrel racing later on.

Oh,by the way, I lost my job and had to move Blaze to my uncles farm, were he can stay for free. Now he is getting lots of love, I can see him more, he's getting outside as much as he wants and is not confined to a stall as often as before, I think this was the problem for his crankyness.As he has two swirls on his forhead, someone told me this means he's basicly bipolar??

Good idea, I believe, to form a good, sound relationship with a horse before you start further training. But he's still going to want to kick you off his back(or otherwise) if you go about the training in the wrong way or it's uncomfortable/painful for him.

My first thought was when was he cut(hormones, learned 'coltish' behaviour?) & has he lived with other horses, including those who don't tolerate being pushed around, so he's well sociallised? But especially with the addition of your comments about having him stalled a lot, I also think diet & feeding, lack of exercise and frustration/stress are likely possible causes.

Good start. Perhaps he's not 'rude' to you because you're the only one that's taught him manners & is his friend? I'd be teaching him virtually everything you want him to know, with the exception of course, of weight bearing kind of stuff he's not physically ready for. As the foundations(basics) and his attitude towards your 'toys' & 'games' are the most important and will take quite a while, I'd be concentrating on that sort of stuff, while specifics to Western & barrel racing will necessarily have to wait, so don't worry for now. I think of the 'foundation as the correct ingredients, the 'general' training as the cake & specific disciplines & refinement as the icing. There's no point in bothering with icing until you've got the other 2 right.

Haha! There is a superstition to every subject under the sun I reckon! Apparently ingrown toenails in humans signify sexual frustration too But seriously, moodswings in horses are about training &/or management &/or feeding/nutrition generally.