thinkin of gettin our first horses and need some advice.

[catjac1975]

5-8 years old is a very young horse.I have had 2 horse live to be 40 or more years old. One was ridden the day before she died . The other was healthy but blind in the end. I have one horse I got at 16 and another I got at 23. They have plenty of spunk and are never sick.There are trainers who will come to your house. Is there an aggi HS or college anywhere near by? They may have students learning how to teach riding. There should be a place for beginners -everyone starts somewhere. A place that does trail riding should also give lessons. That is a different kind of barn than the ones teaching show riding. Keep looking.Is there a 4-H club? Many of the people involved may not be certified to teach but for a beginner that is not important.

I been lookin around online for places close to me that teach ridin lessons and have lesson horses that we would use since we obviously cant bring our own. Ive tried to contact a few places but havent heard anything back. Its tough to find anything in our area tho. Right now I havent found any place closer that an hour away. And alot of the places only teach things like jumping or showing. Not alot of beginner riding. Im def open to gettin an ex-lesson horse if we found one that fit our needs. Im actually not that picky at all. Id like it to be young (not too young tho maybe 5-8 yrs old), color and breed dont matter so long as they suit our purposes. I def want one that is good around cattle and has good manners. I would love a draft cross but its ok if thats not our first horse. I found a place an hour or so away that will trains horses to work cattle so after we do finally get ready for horses and find the perfect ones we will prolly take them there so we can all learn how to work cows. I wish I was able to find a good place to take lessons tho. Thats provin to be the hardest part of it all.

 

[dragonmorgan]

I would def be open to one older. Its mainly about gettin one that fits our needs, is suitable for our level of riding knowledge, and one that can do what we need it to do. It def has to do more than just be a lesiure riding horse. I dont know of any ag schools around here. I had no idea to look for those so I will start checkin. The main trouble is findin a place that has lesson horses for us to use. I found a few places that do trail ridin so we will check some of them out and see if they do lessons also. Thanks for the advice I never thought to look at some of those places for lessons either. Back on the hunt for trail riding places now.

 

[FlaRocky]

Hello,

Look up your county Ag Extension Office, they should have contact info for the local breeders and trainers. Also all the local 4-H information. Where in Alabama are you? What kind of riding are you going to do? Trail, work cows or what??
If you want pm me your contact info and I will try to find you some help. I trailride all over the southeast and show some also.

Maye