JenniLynn wrote:
I don't have an issue with the trainers method. Please don't take it that way! She's a great friend of mine that has gone way out of her way to help me out. I just wanted other opinions/options on what could be done. 2 heads are better than 1, ya know. He actually has a very sweet personality and loves to be loved on. He just doesn't love to work.

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Quit hand feeding him, really that is going to solve a lot of your behavioral problems without any additional work. Check this out if you want to know why.

Just for the sake of clarification, the idea of working two or more horses together (working a SEASONED horse with a green horse) is to use that other horse to help teach the greenie what you want. Lots of horsemen do this, have done this for a long time, but it is ok if people who haven't been exposed to it are not comfortable doing it. It can help a horse gain confidence and feel more at ease if he feels he isn't the only one being singled out an picked on. It is the same reason why you would pony a green horse off a seasoned horse. Your seasoned veteran can teach your young horse how to stop, turn, transitions, how to cross a tarp, go over a jump, etc, etc.  Horses will also offer eachother support through tough spots and help eachother figure things out. This is just one suggestion, not everybody owns seasoned horses that are well socialized and/or will tolerate younger horses that are just learning.




"It's really quite amazing what a horse will do for you, if he only understands what you want. 
And it it's also quite amazing what a horse will do to you if he doesn't." ~ Bill Dorrance