[edgewood farm]

All,

Thank you for all your input. I think I need to go to the round ring and work with Tank there. I need to do some work on voice commands and building a better relationship. Kevin, if you are willing to send me your Doc Hamill videos I would greatly appreciate them. Email me if you are still willing.
My address is
rowerbeck@yahoo.com

5291 Scuffletown Rd
Bartboursville, VA
22923

Thanks to all and I will keep you informed on my progress.

Brian

[edgewood farm]

Also, I have yet to do any round pen work with him. I addopted him from the BLM as a green broke horse. I have ridden him on trails and my wife rides him in the ring . When I got interested in driving, I just put a surcingle on and used some long lines and started to ground drive. He took to it right away and that was my beginning. So far I have just worked with him in the ring and once we went for a drive around the farm. I am unfamilure with round pen work, where should I look for info?

Brian

[edgewood farm]

Thank you all for your advice. So far my training sessions go something like this. groom and tack up in the barn. Lead tank out to the ring with the jumps and PVC. lead him around the ring and let him observe his surroundings. lead him up to one of the PVC pipes on the ground and let him sniff and wait for a lick and chew. then I place two pipes parallel to each other and walk him through them. each time I walk him through I move one end of the pipes closer together until they make a V and he still walks over them. During all this I will add diversions of picking up his feet, etc. then I connect the long lines and start to ground drive him. I repeat the same process while driving him and sometimes he will be a champ. (if so i praise him a lot and bring him back to the barn) and sometimes this is where he gets stubborn and wont go over the pipes. This is where I get frustrated, but do my best not to show it. I don’t see why he will walk around, and over them with me leading, and walk through them untill the last one where they are actually a V and he has to walk OVER them while I drive from behind. this is where he will stop. want to go left or right and when I keep him in front and continue to ask him to move forward, he moves back instead.

Brian

[edgewood farm]

John,
He is in an open bridle. No blinders. The natural color is a good idea, but that only helps with getting over the pole, what should I do about the backing up from something he wants to avoid?

Brian

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