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<blockquote data-quote="cypressfarms" data-source="post: 1014840" data-attributes="member: 2653"><p>I need to start over here I think. I'm not new to training horses, but because of health issues with my parents I have a much older than normal colt to train. I don't go for the "Arabians are hot" theory. They are different, but I've seen and had had Arabians as loyal as any horse. Yes, they are very intelligent. Now to this boy. He's been in my "Front" (right behind my house) pasture since he was born. He's always stayed in that same pasture with his mom, and except for a month long meeting session with a paint gelding of mine, his whole life has been the same routine. He has been exposed to everyone in my family, even the kids. He is used to having people around. He comes to the fence and calls when he sees me. He is NOT a wild horse that has never been around people. He is used to me walking/riding in the pasture and occasionaly giving him and mom some feed and has watched me halter and handle his mom many times. However, I've never had the time to spend with him yet, until now. He has never had "hands" on him, so I expected some shyness.</p><p></p><p>I got a long time friend to come over today, that has been breeding/training and showing Arabians since the '70's. He watched me and the colt for a while and immediately recommended a course of action. In his opinion, the colt trusts me, but in his 7 months has developed a comfort zone with us. Trying to touch/brush etc. is too close for comfort for the colt. In his opinion, there isn't an easy way to get the colt to surrender this comfort zone. He recommended I put the colt in the round pen and rope him. He thinks there is no magic way to get the colt haltered and start training him properly without first forcing the issue. I'm tending to agree with him. I was looking for a non-traumatic way to start training him; but without a haltered colt with a lead line, there will be no training. This weekend we shall see.</p><p></p><p>Oh, just for the record, here's a pic of the colt just before winter. He's starting to gray out some now; I expect him to be fully gray by maturity; possibly a flea bitten </p><p></p><p><a href="http://s24.photobucket.com/user/cypressfarms/media/IMG_2991_zps52477122.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c28/cypressfarms/IMG_2991_zps52477122.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cypressfarms, post: 1014840, member: 2653"] I need to start over here I think. I'm not new to training horses, but because of health issues with my parents I have a much older than normal colt to train. I don't go for the "Arabians are hot" theory. They are different, but I've seen and had had Arabians as loyal as any horse. Yes, they are very intelligent. Now to this boy. He's been in my "Front" (right behind my house) pasture since he was born. He's always stayed in that same pasture with his mom, and except for a month long meeting session with a paint gelding of mine, his whole life has been the same routine. He has been exposed to everyone in my family, even the kids. He is used to having people around. He comes to the fence and calls when he sees me. He is NOT a wild horse that has never been around people. He is used to me walking/riding in the pasture and occasionaly giving him and mom some feed and has watched me halter and handle his mom many times. However, I've never had the time to spend with him yet, until now. He has never had "hands" on him, so I expected some shyness. I got a long time friend to come over today, that has been breeding/training and showing Arabians since the '70's. He watched me and the colt for a while and immediately recommended a course of action. In his opinion, the colt trusts me, but in his 7 months has developed a comfort zone with us. Trying to touch/brush etc. is too close for comfort for the colt. In his opinion, there isn't an easy way to get the colt to surrender this comfort zone. He recommended I put the colt in the round pen and rope him. He thinks there is no magic way to get the colt haltered and start training him properly without first forcing the issue. I'm tending to agree with him. I was looking for a non-traumatic way to start training him; but without a haltered colt with a lead line, there will be no training. This weekend we shall see. Oh, just for the record, here's a pic of the colt just before winter. He's starting to gray out some now; I expect him to be fully gray by maturity; possibly a flea bitten [url=http://s24.photobucket.com/user/cypressfarms/media/IMG_2991_zps52477122.jpg.html][img]http://i24.photobucket.com/albums/c28/cypressfarms/IMG_2991_zps52477122.jpg[/img][/url] [/QUOTE]
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