http://forum.horse.com/(c) Horse.com Forum30TRAINER: Great advice thank you! Luckily he is trained pretty well to free lounge. He listens to voice commands and will walk, trot, and lope when asked. He will also stop facing me and not come in until asked. However sometimes he does turn into the fenhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12654Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:12:47 GMT He's a pretty thing! I just love you, trainer! I can do lots of that stuff with Dani! Thank you! He is a very handsome horse!http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12653Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:06:51 GMTHe's a pretty thing! I just love you, trainer! I can do lots of that stuff with Dani!http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12633Wed, 17 Mar 2010 21:23:27 GMTYeah that was what I figured. When you free lounge him its his idea to move forward because your not directly conected to him which means if he wants to lope he can, if he wants to trot he can. Most horses with this problem will also chhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12628Wed, 17 Mar 2010 18:27:52 GMTTRAINER: Thank you so much for the advice! I lounge him almost daily. Probably not to the extent that you would. I should move it up a bit I guess...Here is another one of his things...He will not lounge on a lounge line. He free lounges great in the rouhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12626Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:46:36 GMTSorry the stud didn't work out for you. It would probably cost less to breed your mare to someone's stallion, rather than maintain a stallion of your own. As you know, stallions come with their own set of issues. That red gene ishttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12619Wed, 17 Mar 2010 09:49:55 GMTWith a FREE horse, sometimes you get what you pay for!http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12616Wed, 17 Mar 2010 07:43:42 GMTThis is one of those things that I tell rescue horse owners. Don't treat them any different just because you do or don't know their background. Start from the ground just like he was a colt getting ready to wear the saddle for the first time.http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12612Tue, 16 Mar 2010 22:35:29 GMTHe does this both in the arena and out on trails. His previous owner is a horse trainer with her own facility about 30 minutes from my barn. She was given Kid (my horse) and planned on using him as a lesson horse. However she was diagnosed wihttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12608Tue, 16 Mar 2010 16:50:19 GMTI reallly think he has the potential to be a great horse and he is absolutely beautiful and sweet. But with the economy like it is, its hard to make the decision between him and a free saddle broke horse.http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12603Tue, 16 Mar 2010 12:38:49 GMTDoes he only do this in the ring?? Or is it on trails too? (thinking ring sour possibly) Sounds like Free was Free for a reason here.http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12596Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:59:48 GMTSince he was given to you that puts it into a different category. Can you give him back? Is your friend ok if you let the horse go? Is he worth it to you to put $600 into him?http://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12595Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:56:53 GMTGood plan. My 4- year old was fine when I put his blanket on him, but scared senseless of my other horse with his blanket on the first time. The key is slow is better, if you rush you will spend more time fixing it than if you had jhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12594Tue, 16 Mar 2010 08:54:51 GMTWe have an 8 year old gelding that was given to us by a friend. He told us he was saddle and halter broke. But, we sen him to our friends for a tune up and thought it would only take 30 days to get him to be ridden but they said he wouldnt acccept any wehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12590Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:34:13 GMT I would look for a reason for him leaving his pasture. Is he hungry, is he lonely or is he being bullied and chased over the fence? The first thing to do is to get the fence fixed and a working hot wire up. I havehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12589Tue, 16 Mar 2010 00:18:22 GMTHey everyone, I'm new to the forum, but I've owned horses for a long time. I have a question for you all. I have an almost going to be 3 year old gelding (in May). The lady we board him with tells me he is a fence jumper.&nbhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12586Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:07:19 GMTThanks for the insight....I will need it! Perfect example....tonight I brought in the fly mask.....well....he's 4, but never seen a fly mask! He's ok with the velcro......but definately not the mask. So I am thinking one week of smhttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12585Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:58:51 GMTHello everyone! In November I was given a Thoroughbred gelding. I was told he was used extensively trails and was very broke. You could put anybody on him...Or so I was told... His ground manners are great! A very "in your pocket" type of horsehttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12584Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:58:16 GMTI too have a 4 yr old that came off a ranch in October. Guess what-- He is 4, calm, silly, calm, silly, deadbroke, greenbroke, calm, silly. That would be a normal ride for us. Nose in the air, nose on the ground, good headset, try to bihttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12560Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:06:11 GMTIn my book a 4 year old is still young, certainly not going to be bomb proof. I got my mare when she was 4. At that time she would happily follow on trails but would not lead. When she was 5 we had an issue with a big spider web on a trail and no ohttp://forum.horse.com/fb.ashx?m=12557Mon, 15 Mar 2010 07:45:56 GMT