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Taylor Jo
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No he was trained at age 3 not 2. He was 3 when I got him. I agree, I'm going to take him to a trainer in a couple of weeks. Thanks.
I'm glad you brought that up, when I go to the barn and put him in his halter and reins I'm going to look at his blinders and see if their to close I NEVER thought of that. You brought up a VERY good point. Thanks so much. Oh trust me I work him out BEFORE I harness him. I learned that w/ big horses, I NEVER rode my horse till I lunged her same w/ my mini I don't do anything w/ him till he gets worked out. Gets the hibby gibby's out of him, HA...... He's a nervous ninny as it is I can't imagine if I didn't work him out.
You say that he's only 4 now...you've had him since last July and when you got him he had been driving for a year. That means he was started as a 2-year-old...
That's awfully young for any horse to start being driven, and some horses mature later than others.
I think he's way too young to give up on. You need an experienced trainer to at least evaluate him, and he may well need to be started from the beginning.
I'm glad you brought that up, when I go to the barn and put him in his halter and reins I'm going to look at his blinders and see if their to close I NEVER thought of that. You brought up a VERY good point. Thanks so much. Oh trust me I work him out BEFORE I harness him. I learned that w/ big horses, I NEVER rode my horse till I lunged her same w/ my mini I don't do anything w/ him till he gets worked out. Gets the hibby gibby's out of him, HA...... He's a nervous ninny as it is I can't imagine if I didn't work him out.
I have a horse who is just getting started in driving in the show ring and he's not a big fan on standing still in the cart. He is great on ground tie like yours.
Last show was his first to drive. He did beautifully on the gaits but when it came time to stand still he did not want to. He'd keep turning around. A harness maker there and the judge said his blinders were to close together and he couldn't see. That may be your problem.
Also what I've been doing to train him is work him with alot of trotting, get a good workout before practicing whoa. Then see if he'll stand for a few seconds. If so praise him excitedly and then have him walk off. If he dances around, tell him, 'quit, bad boy' and drive him around, do trotting get some more good work out and try whoa again. The point is to teach him that stopping is a good thing, he gets to rest not work. Today he stopped and stood still beautifully! Let us know how everything goes with yours.