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Apr 14 08 12:27 PM
wildrosepony wrote: sncc0084 wrote: I sent him to the only reputable arab trainer in my area, who did a great job with my previous arab, and they totally screwed me with him. They claimed to work with him, and I later found out they didn't do anything with him other then lunge him excessively to make him look fit. The trainer was terrified of him. There is not a single other **good** trainer in my area that will take in an arab. It's a quarter horse dominated area, my sister is the biggest AQHA trainer around here, and she wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole. I don't want to send him away to a trainer because who knows what they will be doing with him, if even riding him at all. I don't want to get ripped off again. Sorry to read about your injury, that's horrible and I hope you recover soon. this is just me, but I would never send a horse to a trainer unless I was coming out to watch the training at least once a week. Firstly, I've heard waaayyy too many people with the same complaint that nothing was done with their horse, secondly if I see for myself how the trainer is working with my horse, it makes it a lot easier on me and the horse to work together once I get him home and thirdly ( and most importantly) I learn more sbout horses in general by watching. if you're going to keep him, don't give up on finding a good trainer, there are lots around who don't advertise or have big names...just keep asking around and I'm sure you 'll be surprised at how many you hear of. I can understand a trainer deciding to be discipline specific, but refusing a particular breed is just silly. When you get down to the basics horses speak the same language regardless of breed. As for suggestion about what to do with your boy, if you are scared of him, I would sell him. Just tell potential buyers what happened and then they can decide. It will be better for the horse as they know what they're getting into, and are prepared. If he's a young horse he stands a much better chance of living to become an old horse if he's got training. Life happens and sometimes people just have to sell their horses. It''s 10 times harder to find a home for a 15 yr old unbroke horse than it it a 5 yr old unbroke horse.
sncc0084 wrote: I sent him to the only reputable arab trainer in my area, who did a great job with my previous arab, and they totally screwed me with him. They claimed to work with him, and I later found out they didn't do anything with him other then lunge him excessively to make him look fit. The trainer was terrified of him. There is not a single other **good** trainer in my area that will take in an arab. It's a quarter horse dominated area, my sister is the biggest AQHA trainer around here, and she wouldn't touch him with a ten foot pole. I don't want to send him away to a trainer because who knows what they will be doing with him, if even riding him at all. I don't want to get ripped off again. Sorry to read about your injury, that's horrible and I hope you recover soon. this is just me, but I would never send a horse to a trainer unless I was coming out to watch the training at least once a week. Firstly, I've heard waaayyy too many people with the same complaint that nothing was done with their horse, secondly if I see for myself how the trainer is working with my horse, it makes it a lot easier on me and the horse to work together once I get him home and thirdly ( and most importantly) I learn more sbout horses in general by watching. if you're going to keep him, don't give up on finding a good trainer, there are lots around who don't advertise or have big names...just keep asking around and I'm sure you 'll be surprised at how many you hear of. I can understand a trainer deciding to be discipline specific, but refusing a particular breed is just silly. When you get down to the basics horses speak the same language regardless of breed. As for suggestion about what to do with your boy, if you are scared of him, I would sell him. Just tell potential buyers what happened and then they can decide. It will be better for the horse as they know what they're getting into, and are prepared. If he's a young horse he stands a much better chance of living to become an old horse if he's got training. Life happens and sometimes people just have to sell their horses. It''s 10 times harder to find a home for a 15 yr old unbroke horse than it it a 5 yr old unbroke horse.
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