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Discussion on Training a yearling to lead & tie
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 19, 2000 - 1:44 am:
Hi All,
I have a yearling TWH. Starr is very sweet (& very intelligent!). One day while leading her she spooked and literally jumped on me! Since then, I've noticed her leading skills really aren't as good as I would like. Mainly she walks behind me when I lead her (she wasn't that day though) and doesn't seem to know to walk alongside me.
I am still hoping to get together with a trainer sometime this fall but since I don't have my own trailer that has been a problem of late.
So, does anyone have any suggestions on how to teach her to lead & to tie? I was thinking of digging out my John Lyons' books & flipping through them but also thought I'd get suggestions here.
Also, does this occur very often or if a foal is trained from when it is just a baby - under a week - does it just naturally learn to respect your space? How do you teach this? I am also stressing about this because we recently purchased 2 draft mares who are due to foal this spring. I am learning all I can before they foal because I want to train them myself.
Anyway, would love to hear any suggestions!
Laura B.
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 19, 2000 - 1:29 pm:
I believe the TTEAM folks have a nice video on working with young horses. This may give you some structure and method to your cues, handling, progressive building blocks.
The little guys do have a very short attention span, so work sessions need to be short.
TTEAM's web site is https://horsenet.com/tteam-ttouch/
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Posted on Thursday, Oct 19, 2000 - 2:18 pm:
Oops - Use this web addy for TTEAM:
https://www.tteam-ttouch.com/index.htm
I'd forgotten they had re-vamped their web site.
There are 2 videos that are young horse/foal related.
Cheers.
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