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Ok thats what we were thinking, just wanted to be sure

Ive hired a hauler to ship my horse 2 hours away, its an emergency situation no time to train her properly for the trailer, she is very green, not good at tying, it will be a box stall trailer, shes only been hauled once, to get to me, not sure if she was tied or not. My thought is, she would be...

Lol shoulda clarified...Marty - she's nearly a yearling not technically baby. Shouldn't we be working on patience at 10 months or am I rushing her?

Tips on teaching baby patience?

makes sense

Def agree Jean, he would be working with both of us...I would just like someone here with more experience incase her and I run into trouble, I tend to freeze up and when the trainer helps he can coach me through the situation and make sure im not missing steps

Thanks everyone. She was well loved in her previous home but the lack of handling does make more challenges for us now.

So I realize I get discouraged very quickly when things go poorly while working with equines...so discouraged that I stress all day and dwell about how terrible things went! At times I could just throw in the towel and say why do I even bother? Lose sleep and get a headache. Half the time the...

Attempting to do some positive thinking!

ok, that makes sense. Ive been worried about teaching her to tie til we got over this rearing as I didnt want her to rear back when tied and break her neck or choke...so teaching to tie should be my next goal with her then?

Thanks for the ideas!

I have no idea how to deal with rearing...especially with a baby.

I was curious about the nipping.

Im thinking about clicker training my new 10 month old...im not having much luck with natural horsemanship lol, and treats have really been helping so im thinking it may be a good idea for us...anyone done this with their minis? How has your luck been with it?

lol, yes normal but at what age will she have a little more focus when training? And will she begin to get past the herdbound issue as we continue working together or will something eventually click at a certain age? for instance will the herdbound behavior last til age maybe age 2 because shes...