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Post by asbisforlovers on Feb 12, 2006 0:00:33 GMT -5
How can you teach a saddlebred to pick his feet up higher...like without strechies or chains if possable?? How would you teach your horse?
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Feb 12, 2006 19:04:42 GMT -5
up and down hill and lots of jogging.. and maybe thick sand or somethign to work them in
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Post by 2hot2trot909 on Feb 12, 2006 19:05:33 GMT -5
yea in the fall i trot my horse thru leafs and she picks up her feet higher also like above hills
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Post by Emily-Moe on Feb 13, 2006 17:05:18 GMT -5
I personally would just use chains. I have 6 ounces on my horse,trying to build up muscle and i can really see a difference everytime i work him.
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Post by butterfly on Feb 13, 2006 17:35:44 GMT -5
I agree. I work Misty in chains all the time, and I keep seeing huge differences everytime I ride.
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Post by Machogirl on Feb 13, 2006 18:04:47 GMT -5
I agree with everyone. Hill work, deep footing, or chains. Chains do not hurt the horse in any way, they just strengthen the muscles.
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Post by cowboycrazy on Feb 14, 2006 20:43:32 GMT -5
yeah i use chains.. i love them i usually use 3 or 4 oz but like the day before or the day of i will use 5 or so but if you do use chains make sure you greese them... if it snows you could ride him in the snow as much a possible i ride pride alot in the snow and it helps
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iced
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Post by iced on Feb 16, 2006 10:44:14 GMT -5
In the scheme of things, chains really do nothing. Think about it...are 6 ounces seriously going to build muscle? Absolutely not, they wouldn't build muscle on ME if I wore them around. Chains are used basically for the owner's own purpose...your horse will pick up their feet a little higher while they're on. It doesn't stay when they're taken off. Where chains have a true purpose is with gaited horses...the extra jingle behind will help them "step into" the gait. Or, the extra jingle up front will help them pick up a trot.
Stretchies build muscle through resistance training, just like humans that use bungees. When they're not using them for vanity reasons, most trainers actually use them to keep a horse's mind on working...when wearing stretchies, a game horse is forced to concentrate on working rather than wigging out/breaking/etc. My old horse warmed up in stretchies because otherwise he'd try to canter forever before he'd do anything else.
The only true way to truely increase motion and KEEP IT is through good shoeing. Of course, not all horses even respond to that.
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Post by butterfly on Feb 16, 2006 13:14:39 GMT -5
Chains don't necessarily do nothing . . . it will normally annoy the horse into picking their feet up. Since they're using muscle to do so, it builds it up just a bit. My mare was barely under level, so we stuck chains on her for a couple weeks and she started going level without them. It my honest opinion, I think it depends on the horse. If the horse doesn't care for them or ignores them, all they do is make them more aware of where their feet are going.
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Feb 16, 2006 22:37:34 GMT -5
i agree with sarah.. its not necesarily the chain that is building the muscle it is the fact that the horse is picking up higher which uses muscles which causes the horse to build more muscle. just like if you or i pick up our feet higher at a jog we would build more muscle... and another example.. when you do sit ups you arent using any extra weight but it builds muscles.. lol if that makes any since..
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Post by saddlebredcutie4 on Feb 21, 2006 18:55:24 GMT -5
I agree with ashley!!!
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Post by rebelwalkinhrs on Feb 22, 2006 20:50:37 GMT -5
mk, so if i would want Rebel to get more action in his gait (cause he dosnt seem to "put out" all that much), would chains on the back end help with that? Or is there something differnt i would need to do to get him to move better?
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Post by SaddlebredChick08 on Feb 25, 2006 11:43:39 GMT -5
get about a 2 ounce chain and leave them on him except when you ride him.. thats what i did with my racking horse
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Post by sandlapper on Feb 28, 2006 18:23:29 GMT -5
Just to clarify something. A chain does make a difference. A chain causes a horse to pick his feet up. He doesn't like it bouncing on his feet. It also makes him chain sore. The intent is not to build muscle. If you work him with a chain all the time except when you show him, it will cause him to have more front end. If you work him with full or upper cut blinders, it will give him more reach. I have chain racking horses. I would like to clarify something else. A six once action device is the max. that can be used in the show ring. They are weighed after the class by DQP.
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Post by rebelwalkinhrs on Feb 28, 2006 21:05:27 GMT -5
okay thanks =D
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