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R.J.
 IP: 56.0.84.24 Jan 31, 06 - 3:33 PM |
rooting on a two year old
I have a two year old with about 10 rides and he walks,guides,backs fine but,if I put a little pressure to ask him to stop from a slow walk after I say whoa,he roots so hard he could take the reins out of my hands.I pull on one rein after he roots,to make him go in another direction and also after asking whoa,I see saw gently from side to side before making him stop.I checked his teeth and he does have one wolf tooth out and I thought I could possibly wait till the other one is out before bringing him to the vet and have them pulled.Is two or three days long enough to wait after them have their wolf teeth pulled. 
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Dean Brown
IP: 72.2.9.145 Feb 4th, 2006 - 5:18 AM |
Re: rooting on a two year old
Usually wolf teeth will cause one to be more sensitive or flighty or just weird but not heavy in the face. Basically you are trying to stop the colt from doing something that you do not have any tools to fix. It is just like trying to build a house with a hammer. Until you can back that colt up without him rooting his nose and you can pull on him a bit and he comes back, I would not pull on him in the stop. I would just say whoa and direct him towards a corner or a wall. Lounging your colt (remembering to start of very lightly. Light to you may seem tight to him. You can always tighten it up if it is too loose) with your colt bitted up under the stirrups and behind the cantle would also help your problem immensely. At 10 rides we are not focused on whoa. We are focused on forward motion and being able to direct out colt around the arena. We would say whoa one time at the end of the ride so that word becomes a big reward for that colt. If you work on that word before you have to tools you are going to make him not like that word and it will make it harder to get him to stop. Dean Brown |
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