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Posted on Tuesday, Nov 23, 1999 - 7:11 pm: My husband has started his first 2 year old this year. He has done a wonderful job. We have a couple of yearlings (coming 2) that he has been sacking out. All is going really well. He can free lunge both with a saddle on and he has sat in the saddle for a few minutes with little reaction. One of the yearlings is particularly well developed. But I am wondering about my husband going a bit too fast. Can you tell me something about the growth plates in the knees. |
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Posted on Wednesday, Nov 24, 1999 - 8:29 am: Hello Pamela,Though you hear a lot about this, I am not concerned about the growth plates in young horses brought along too fast. I have never seen a physeal disaese result from early work. What I do worry about is arthritis. I have seen several 2 year olds with advanced osteroarthritis that had a history of being started young (long yearlings) and worked hard. If we knew how many months old, weight, weight of your husband, type of work outs, length of work outs, and frequency we could give you some idea of whether you are doing too much. DrO |
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Posted on Thursday, Jan 4, 2001 - 7:45 pm: i have a question along these lines... i am "spoiling" my long yearling.... he is my first born and i hope to ride him in upper level dressage in the future...not yet 20 months old and is already just under 16 hands, (hanoverian).. i would love to send him to a western trainer to be backed and taken out in the fields, to work cow or something exciting as that... to learn manners and what it is like to be a horse not "human"... i know my faults.. so my question is when is the earliest i can send him out to be schooled without worrying about doing damage to his growing body...i would like this lesson to be only a short time and then put him back out to pasture to grow and mature some more...this past year + has been both stressful,and rewarding raising him.. dres |
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Posted on Friday, Jan 5, 2001 - 9:47 am: To see a rather passionate current discussion of this Ann see, Training Horses: Hunters & Jumpers: Forum: Age & Stress for the Hunter/Jumper. Though I know you are thinking of cows and dressage, I think the same principles apply to all horses.DrO |
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