So just as the title says, I'm wondering what to expect of my 16 month old filly. I'll give you some information about her tho. She's a 14hh and roughly 820lbs Quarter Horse who is wicked smart, she picks everything that i teach her up so fast. She's like a SPONGE, and she's very observant (for example: she'll watch you open "horse proof" gates then figure out how to open them, or i walked her down the road 3 times then one day she got out and continued to walk down to road to the farm I walked her to before (3km away)
So she's eager to learn so much and I would like her to mature into a good cow and barrel horse but also very easygoing therapy and lesson type horse. I've been using her as a therapy horse a bit already too.
So far she knows:
How to be haltered
How to lead
How to be groomed
How to trailer
She is not head shy at all, I can stick my fingers right in her mouth
Good with dogs (even the super annoying ones how bark at her head non stop)
How to lift her feet
How to do stretches
How to tie
How to ground tie
How to be dewormed
How to be blanketed
How to turn off forehand
How to turn off hindend
How to circle at walk and stop instantly to "whoa"
You can spin ropes FAST all around her with no reaction
How to bathe
How to get a full body clip
How to have a saddle pad
How to have bareback pad
How to be saddled (lighter cinch I'm going very very slow for her)
How to walk over tarps and have them on her
You can play music loud and she doesn't care
I can ground tie her while she's saddled and has a tarp over her, than take the tarp off and fold it, and unsaddle her and she will still be standing ground tied all while music is going loudly (and she's only been ground tied 8 times, saddled 6, and tarped 3 times)
How to walk over cavaletti and small (6-12" jumps)
She's had a bridle on just not the bit part
I'm going to do some more refining on her ground driving, walking over bridges, side passing, and I'm going to start to make her circle in a larger circle so its more like longing and I'll start with trotting too, and weaving through pylon cones
When I first got her I didn't want to push her to be ridden by 2 I was going to let her take her time to be sure she's ready. But, I'm starting to get the feeling that she will be ready by 2.
ANY training advice, tips, opinions, ideas, theories, any thing really. I would LOVE to get.
Thank you!! :runninghorse2:
So she's eager to learn so much and I would like her to mature into a good cow and barrel horse but also very easygoing therapy and lesson type horse. I've been using her as a therapy horse a bit already too.
So far she knows:
How to be haltered
How to lead
How to be groomed
How to trailer
She is not head shy at all, I can stick my fingers right in her mouth
Good with dogs (even the super annoying ones how bark at her head non stop)
How to lift her feet
How to do stretches
How to tie
How to ground tie
How to be dewormed
How to be blanketed
How to turn off forehand
How to turn off hindend
How to circle at walk and stop instantly to "whoa"
You can spin ropes FAST all around her with no reaction
How to bathe
How to get a full body clip
How to have a saddle pad
How to have bareback pad
How to be saddled (lighter cinch I'm going very very slow for her)
How to walk over tarps and have them on her
You can play music loud and she doesn't care
I can ground tie her while she's saddled and has a tarp over her, than take the tarp off and fold it, and unsaddle her and she will still be standing ground tied all while music is going loudly (and she's only been ground tied 8 times, saddled 6, and tarped 3 times)
How to walk over cavaletti and small (6-12" jumps)
She's had a bridle on just not the bit part
I'm going to do some more refining on her ground driving, walking over bridges, side passing, and I'm going to start to make her circle in a larger circle so its more like longing and I'll start with trotting too, and weaving through pylon cones
When I first got her I didn't want to push her to be ridden by 2 I was going to let her take her time to be sure she's ready. But, I'm starting to get the feeling that she will be ready by 2.
ANY training advice, tips, opinions, ideas, theories, any thing really. I would LOVE to get.
Thank you!! :runninghorse2: