Jen33 asked:


I am training my 3 year old paint gelding. He has just started out and I am finally at the point where he SOMEWHAT knows what to do. He goes just fine. Stopping is sort of a chore, but we are working on that. When turning he sometimes throws his head around to protest. I dont want this to become a habit. Is this okay and is he just doing this because he is just getting used to everything, or could this become a problem? I do not want to use a tie down, so please do not state that as an option because that will not help when training. Thanks everyone
I do not want to use a martingale…it is pretty much the same as a tie down… I would like to figure out some sort of technique
I’m using a broken bit and not pulling to hard…it just seems as if he is being stubborn (which he always is, even on the ground…but he is getting better)
he’s completely fine with stopping…he’s completely fine briddling him up and taking it off…and he does do turns….it just seems like sometimes he does this when he wants to go a different way or is getting annoyed
he has a pretty low set head… and I would perfer not to use a hackamore since he is just getting broke and he takes the bit just fine

Courtney L asked:


I have started a 3 year old Paint gelding (Davy Jones) undersaddle. I’d like to train him for jumping. His around 15.0 hands but still has a bit of growing to do. I’d like some other opinions because I dont want to really jump him until his joints fuse to avoid problems in the future. Right now I have him trotting over ground poles and such but would it be bad if I started him over jumps that were under 2 foot? Probobly not even that high?