Posts Tagged ‘halter breaking’
New Tips to Halter Break Your Colt
November 13, 2019
Tiffany Schwenke
Recently, while working to halter break a colt, my dad decided to try something new. He decided to teach this one to lead with his mom in the round corral. My dad is 69 years old and been working with horses his entire life. He is a true horseman as he knows he is still […]
A Well Trained Mind Directs Circumstance. Ground Work for Weanlings
October 30, 2019
Tiffany Schwenke
Fall is here. For many that means pumpkin spice and sweaters, but for us at North Four Mile Creek it means it is time to wean the foals. Days to come will be filled with working and playing with them. The foals all have their own personalities and they all have to have some basic […]
Halter Breaking with Tom Wagoner Part 2
September 8, 2017
Lynn Kohr
In our previous article on halter breaking, we have a halter on our young horse and she is comfortable with it around her head and putting it on and off. With the halter on and Tom’s hand on the halter just above the lead, he asks her to give to pressure, first tucking her nose […]
Halter Breaking With Tom Wagoner Part 1
August 30, 2017
Lynn Kohr
In this halter breaking series with Tom Wagoner, I interviewed Tom’s wife, Toni Wagoner. The first step in halter breaking is getting your colt ready for a halter. LK: What does Tom first do with colts getting them ready to halter break? TW: Tom will put the colt in a round pen while riding a […]
Halter-Breaking While Mounted; Part 2
June 30, 2016
Savanna Simmons
In my first post I wrote about halter-breaking and the benefits of creating a soft feel while being aboard a saddle horse. Being on a saddle horse also puts the cowboy above the colt, as will be the case upon finally riding the colt. That colt gets used to a person petting on them from […]
Halter-breaking While Mounted; Part 1
June 14, 2016
by Savanna Simmons
The cowboys of the ranch by which we’re employed were contracted in February to start several colts for an outside source. Two of the cowboys started halter-breaking the colts for the first few days from atop trusty mounts. Doing so gives the human a few advantages and makes starting smoother on both horse and human. […]