lucky lodge
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or is there anything else you can do before the cart goes on
all advice is much appreicated
As long as it takes! Some horses pick it up in a week and are dying to get into the cart, others take YEARS of work before they finally settle down and trust you enough to try being hitched. It depends completely on the individual horse. I will ground-drive until the horse is absolutely consistent and totally comfortable with all the basic commands/requirements before hitching, then go back to long-lining throughout their career to work on things it's difficult to accomplish in the cart like lateral work.lucky lodge said:How long do you long rein before putting the cart on or is there anything else you can do before the cart goes on![]()
all advice is much appreicated
There are many things that you should do before hooking a colt for the first time. Here are a couple of video links that may help you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwQmr0Mg9J8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5-9rP8sDyw...feature=related
Best of luck, I look forward to hearing updates on your progress!