Starting under saddle

This message is from: Kathleen Prince kathl...@pookiebros.com Hi List! I've really enjoyed all the words of wisdom regarding growing old w/ our fjords. I'm on the opposite end of that spectrum and my coming 4 year old (May 17th) is leaving next weekend to go to my trainer's farm. We're all

Re: Starting under Saddle

This message is from: Nancy Blauers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Everyone,I just wanted to say thank you to all who responded to my question of what age to start saddle training my gelding. I really appreciate all the wonderful advice and reading suggestions and I look forward to applying all this

Re: starting under saddle

This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hello Teressa, Personally, we use the actual age of the Fjord. Lynda Lynda and Daniel Bailey's Norwegian Fjord Horse Farm White Cloud, MI 231.689.9902 http://hometown.aol.com/heithingi/BaileysNorwegianFjords.html

Re: starting under saddle

This message is from: Teressa Kandianis [EMAIL PROTECTED] When you talk about age, are talking about actual age using the horse's birthday or the age that it seems is used in other horses where at the beginning of the year, the horse becomes the same age as all others born in the same year. So a

starting under saddle

This message is from: Joel Harman [EMAIL PROTECTED] I wait until horses are 4 to start them under saddle. I will ride them bareback sparingly as 2 yr olds. Maybe 10 at a time - enough to get them used to having something above them. I ground drive yearlings, harness them at 2, may put them on