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[RC] starting horses late - k s swigartBetty Edgar said: Something I haven't yet seen addressed is work ethic. Depending upon the particular horse this can be a very big issue. I've experienced an older unstarted horse who has been spoiled and has no interest in working. He's never had a job and he's not interested in starting one now, thank you very much. I am guessing that this horse wouldn't have had much "interest in working" even if he had been started young. The only advantage, in such a case, to starting the horse young is finding out sooner that the horse has no interest in working. However, a "spoiled" horse HAS been "started." It has just been started wrong. Quite a different animal from one that hasn't been started at all. And even horses that have been started under saddle young can also be spoiled. That said, horses that have been spoiled can also have a work ethic if they are handled by people who make demands on them; in fact, some of them will thrive on it. kat Orange County, Calif. :) =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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