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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    Well after month with the trainer it has been determined that my wild little Missy is just a little too wild and unpredictable for me to be a cart horse so she is going to work with her to find her just the right home. She also might possibly help me find a horse like my Cini that I lost...
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    Hardest Mini you ever trained to drive

    I've had one or two like that. I have had some that learned from other experienced mellow minis.
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    Hardest Mini you ever trained to drive

    I would love to hear the stories and challenges of the hardest mini you had to train to drive. What made the mini hard to train and what worked to overcome the challenges.
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    Even though our mini horse rescues of the past I have had the privilege of taking some very special minis (not all but those with the right temperament) who came to us from not so nice situations and trained them to drive to add value to them in their new owners eyes to help ensure they will not...
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    To do this right I might want to get her finished off professionally. Does anyone know a trainer they can recommend for driving in Tucson, Arizona
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    Okay this is what my hubby made. She is still in the figuring out her blinkers and bridle stage. She was fine trying to make sure it fit, but when it moved a bit she freaked out. How do you get from the freak out stage to where she will accept it? Bear in mind this is the same little mini from...
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    This would be for training
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    Does this drag along behind them. Maybe add wheels
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    As Do you have a picture or sketch of this finished?
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    PVC Training Cart Ideas

    Hi everyone: Okay, I am thinking well in advance of needing this, but since hubby will be retiring soon it would make a great "Honey To Do" item. I am looking for ideas or place to go to get a pattern to make a training cart out of PVC and wheels. Missy our new buckskin mini is coming along...
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    Looking for new friend

    She is 33inch and Buddy is 30in. She is so much more muscled and broad chest. Hoping after she gets settled and in time (not in a hurry) hope to make her a cart horse
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    Looking for new friend

    Quarantine is finally over and The day has come Buddy and Missy finally meet. Waiting was worth it . They act like old time friends
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    Looking for new friend

    Every wished you had your camera and missed that once in a life time shot? Arizona is known for its dust devil (dirt tornadoes) and we had Missy our newest little buckskin mini mare in a large turn out pen out front of our house. This very large dust devil blows through and I just opened the...
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    Looking for new friend

    After a two mile walk visiting new and scary things.
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    Looking for new friend

    I got the basics from The Click that Teaches by Alexandra Kurland. Then went from there. Each horse is different so no one method works the same. Example: On a horse that is mouthy is much easier to pick up things. One that is not scared of much would be more confident in working with things, etc
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    Looking for new friend

    Good thought. A lot of what people use in training canine also works on equine. I have used clicker training and my little Cini would do tricks and even a little sort of dance in following my turns and movements. Also taught my Buddy to pick up things and bring them to me.
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    Looking for new friend

    Trying this one and seems to be working. It does take time.
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    Looking for new friend

    My little Cini that passed was like that . She was more of a pull. But in the end she was such a doll I learned to slow down to her pace and not to be in such a hurry. On the ironic side of this was when she was free she loved to run like the wind and would try to engage Buddy to run. Sometimes...
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    Looking for new friend

    Will try it and let you know how that works out
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    Looking for new friend

    When walking her she tries to walk ahead. She is not being disrespectful, but 4 yo with a faster walk than I walk. I want her to follow my pace. When she starts walking faster I have her stop and back her up a few steps. For most parts this does work, but after a bit she will start walking...
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