Horse owners

[BrentD]

This is very dangerous advice unless you have someone with the experience to show them how.
Kids need a bomb proof horse to show them the ropes. There is a reason old horses are known as babysitters.

We managed it.

Along the way we have learned alot. It's been a good ride. Learned about things as varied as manure management to pony pedicures.

 

[Werty]

We managed it.

Along the way we have learned alot. It's been a good ride. Learned about things as varied as manure management to pony pedicures. View attachment 335486
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Ill bite. With all do respect, a couple of photos and saying "we managed it", doesn't prove anything. Unfortunately I'll need a little more background. With that being said I'll give you a hell of a job pat on your back for your accomplishment. When you do.

 

[BrentD]

Ill bite. With all do respect, a couple of photos and saying "we managed it", doesn't prove anything. Unfortunately I'll need a little more background. With that being said I'll give you a hell of a job pat on your back for your accomplishment. When you do.

I don't know what you want, but we bought Rusty while still in the womb. Brought him home at around a year and taught him to ride, smile, paint pictures, stand pretty while draped with bloody mule deer, and get along with cats. Never did take him hunting out west, but I don't think that would have been much of a problem. One thing is certain, training a horse is "easy". They are damn smart and learn quick - really quick. Quicker than a dog.

 

[mtmuley]

Had them the whole time I grew up. Hunted with them, pack trips and rode the crap out of them. Dad was footing the bill for the horses.. And then I got a car and discovered girls were more fun. Luckily my daughter is allergic. Dodged an expensive bullet. I have friends that will pack for me. Great set up. mtmuley

 

[Pagosa]

https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/new-fillys.189383/ Werty the link is my journey. If I can do it, its possible for anyone. My daughter trained a $1000 9 year old mare pretty much by spending time with it and watching YouTube horse training videos.


I've seen photos of BrentD going into November elk hunts with their one mare, they even packed it a horse blanket for the heavy snow. From his post he does know what is going on. Everyone has to start somewhere and nothing is really out of reach with all the available training information now days. It's all semi dangerous and expenses can be all over the place.

Ill bite. With all do respect, a couple of photos and saying "we managed it", doesn't prove anything. Unfortunately I'll need a little more background. With that being said I'll give you a hell of a job pat on your back for your accomplishment.

 

[mtmuley]

https://rokslide.com/forums/threads/new-fillys.189383/ Werty the link is my journey. If I can do it, its possible for anyone. My daughter trained a $1000 9 year old mare pretty much by spending time with it and watching YouTube horse training videos.


I've seen photos of BrentD going into November elk hunts with their one mare, they even packed it a horse blanket for the heavy snow. From his post he does know what is going on. Everyone has to start somewhere and nothing is really out of reach with all the available training information now days. It's all semi dangerous and expenses can be all over the place.

You won't train good mountain horses off You Tube. But I get that's not what everyone is after. mtmuley

 

[Pagosa]

I might have been thinking of a another guy from ID not BrentD

 

[BrentD]

...I've seen photos of BrentD going into November elk hunts with their one mare, they even packed it a horse blanket for the heavy snow.

Not me. As I said above, we do not have a mare, and I never took them west for hunting, though that was the plan, and hence the mule deer meat bags on Rusty. Our boys love snow.

It's all semi dangerous and expenses can be all over the place.

That is a for darn sure, esp. the expenses. Crazy expenses.

 

[BrentD]

dupe

 

[Pagosa]

Not me. As I said above, we do not have a mare, and I never took them west for hunting, though that was the plan, and hence the mule deer meat bags on Rusty. Our boys love snow.
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That is a for darn sure, esp. the expenses. Crazy expenses.

My mistake. Pretty horses.

 

[WanderWoman]

I was a horse-crazy kid with parents that couldn’t have cared less about horses, but the best thing they did for me was get me riding lessons at a young age. I started out riding English and did so for years, until I was 12 and (gasp!) my parents bought me a horse. I continued riding English because I loved to show but never used anything fancy. I also started showing western and the same went with that. I’d compete at the county fair with my <$3000 horse and saddles that cost only a couple hundred against girls who had 5-figure show horses, $3000 saddles (a lot at the time!), and all the fancy stuff. You don’t need it to do well. Horses saved me from getting into trouble in high school because I was always too busy at the barn. When I left for college I’d work at the boarding stable in exchange for board so I could afford to take my horse with me. I still have horses to this day and would give up just about every other material possession before I quit them. Now I use mine for a little bit of everything and man is it nice to have one pack an elk out or a camp in.

As someone who appreciates the fact her parents took that leap for me, thank you for doing the same for your daughter. I hope she has many good years of fun, life lessons, and enjoyment that comes from companionship with these animals.

 

[Straight Arrow]

Oddly not really horse people, my wife & I hike and backpack but have had horses at our place for kids growing up. Son and daughter both in high school rodeo, then MSU Rodeo Team competing in College National Finals Rodeo. (Son still coaches and team ropes; daughter has an accounting firm, but only to support her barrel racing horse habit!) Other daughter training, showing, riding, jumping, and loving horses in 4h. (She trained a Belgian draft horse who won first in trail class and also jumped!) She followed an equine related college track to complete a Masters and now teaches horsemanship at Montana State University. Her daughter, our granddaughter, now as a teen trains, shows, and rides 4h as an excellent young horsewoman. Grandson Bode (who I have oft displayed in HT photos) was top cowboy for MSU Rodeo and placed nationally at CNFR two years. His younger brother, Rafe, is a freshman entering MSU Rodeo.
But I ain't no cowboy ... 'can feed em, water em, haul em to wherever you need them to be, but that's about it.

The classic story which will tickle NoHarley is of granddaughter's friend who decided pre-teen that she wanted horses for 4h, but her mom and dad were Harley bikers. They sacrificed their Harleys and bought the horses (four now), tack, trailer, and all the required gear for their daughter. To her credit, the daughter is a serious, hard working young horsewoman who recently won several classes at the Gallatin Fair 4h weekend horse show and riding competitions.

Yep, WanderWoman, "many good years of fun, life lessons, and enjoyment comes from companionship with these animals."

 

[RoughCountry]

Couldn’t imagine not having some good horses.

 

[Dakota79]