| Horse starting isn't as hard as some might think, but it | | | | happen? sparks would fly that would fight those new |
| does require a good bit of time and patience. From | | | | rules with every thing they had in them. The same |
| personal experience, the younger the horse is, the | | | | thing goes with a horse if you wait till they are four |
| easier it is to start them (waiting until they are four | | | | years old to try and start them it probably wont go |
| years old is a BAD idea. Once a horse has been | | | | over well. while it is possible their is a lot of |
| doing it's own little jig for a long time, they kinda get set | | | | unnecessary risk and difficulty involved). |
| in their ways. Horse and Humans are alike in a few | | | | One could begin the horse starting (or some call it |
| different was one being, it is pretty easy to teach a | | | | horse breaking) process when the foal is as young as |
| child new habits the same is true with baby horses. | | | | 5 hours old!! You may say that's ridiculous, but the first |
| A four year old horse is equivalent to a fifteen or | | | | step with starting or breaking a horse is developing a |
| sixteen year old child. Say a sixteen year old child has | | | | trust or a bond with the horse, You could do this by |
| gone their whole life so far with few rules then all of | | | | petting, loving, brushing, grooming them etc., after you |
| the sudden their parents want to start enforcing new | | | | gain their trust anything you want to teach them will be |
| rules, chores, and habits, you know what would | | | | much easier. |