Dreamer update

[buttercup132]

It wont make her worse it will make her better. She will be having lots of contact with you in training. Doing training dosent make them fearful of you it teaches them that your boss. Like taking a puppy the obedience class.

[dab_20]

It wont make her worse it will make her better. She will be having lots of contact with you in training. Doing training dosent make them fearful of you it teaches them that your boss. Like taking a puppy the obedience class.

I know what you mean, but I have to gain trust first, before I start any training with a trainer.

Miss Z... Thanks SO much for the info. Yes, Dreamer is unbroken and she is 2yrs old. We can't walk her with Jack yet because she is acctually worse when he's around for some reason. They don't get along and buck at each other, but I think that's just a matter of time. I will show my dad and I will tell you what we plan to do. Thanks again everyone!

[king2005]

Heres an idea, What if you lock her in her stall & leave a TV on? about 5-10 feet infront of her stall.

I remember watching the discovery channel & farmers were installing tvs for their horses & cows to watch & listen to. I would put it on a calm channel like the weather network.

I did this for Axle my snapping turtle, as everyone knows they can be VERY agressive when scared. So with all the TV & radio I played hes NOT scared of any noise & has never tried to hurt me. I can even give him a nose to nose kiss & touch his face & anything else.

[Vela]

You guys are expecting way too much out of a young green baby who has probably hardly ever been handled in her lifetime. You have to start small and work your way up. A lead shank with a chain will NOT solve this. Working with her and training her will not make her worse, it's the only thing that will help. Actually Miss Z is spot on with what will help. She needs to be worked with daily, if not by you then by your dad. She doesn't know what is going on, she has to learn what things are and that they won't hurt her. You need to maybe read Parelli Natural Horsemanship, you can get it from the library and even rent it on DVD/VHS. It will help you learn how to get your horse to trust you and give you "games" to play with her that will help train her and have her trust you so that anything you ask of her later she is willing to accept. Horses don't come knowing everything, just like puppies, they have to learn. Up until now she is learning worse an worse behavior by getting away with acting how she wants to be left alone. Really really look into the Parelli stuff and if that doesn't work there are others, John Lyons, Clinton Anderson, etc. You can read about their techniques and learn how to use them, or your dad can. You can hire a professional trainer but you will do better to learn how to apply it yourself.

[Miss Z]

You guys are expecting way too much out of a young green baby who has probably hardly ever been handled in her lifetime. You have to start small and work your way up. A lead shank with a chain will NOT solve this. Working with her and training her will not make her worse, it's the only thing that will help. She doesn't know what is going on, she has to learn what things are and that they won't hurt her. Horses don't come knowing everything, just like puppies, they have to learn. Up until now she is learning worse an worse behavior by getting away with acting how she wants to be left alone.

Exactly what I was getting at Vela, thanks

Maybe Jack and Dreamer just got started off on the wrong foot (or hoof, in their case ). Perhaps when Dreamer calms down Jack will accept her and then Dreamer will build some confidence on him. I wish you all the best with Dreamer and hope everything works out. Glad to be of help

[dab_20]

Thank you sooo much!! I will tell my dad. It's true, if Dreamer won't cooperate, my dad will leave her alone. I will print off this page.

king2005... She lives at my house. If you look in my bio, every single one of those animals lives in the same barn. So if I put a tv in there, it would be covered in bird poop and smashed by the goats.

[Roxyluvsme13]

Aww, Good Luck Danielle! I dont have any advice, but good Luck with Dreamer, she is gorgeous!

[buttercup132]

Thank you sooo much!! I will tell my dad. It's true, if Dreamer won't cooperate, my dad will leave her alone. I will print off this page.

king2005... She lives at my house. If you look in my bio, every single one of those animals lives in the same barn. So if I put a tv in there, it would be covered in bird poop and smashed by the goats.

Noo tell your dad if she acts up DONT leave her DONT let her win or she'll be walking all over you and get much worse! Grain will also make her alot more hyper so try to feed it to her when shes out in the padock for the day so that when your leadin her to the padock she isnt as crazy and when you leader her in shes isnt crazy for eating her grain. I know she needs to trust you but letting her walk all over you is going to solve nothing. If she acts up get the end of the lead rope and give her a smack on the shoulder to tell her to smarten up and listen. A lead shank is a better idea because it restrains them when they rear up or take off. None of this HURTS the horses it wakes them up and straitens them out. A lead shank is like using a choke collar it dosent hurt them. And no its not like putting one on a puppy because she isnt a foal She's full grown. Vela have you HAD horses before or been with a horse who is bad before? Cause the info your giving is kind of wrong. I would suggest getting a trainer brought up to just LOOK and see what the problem is and see what they suggest doing. I think out of everyone on PT Tobey's my baby knows the most about horses he would be the one to listen to also miss Z