What should I do should I train my young horse or buy a trained one?

Question

If I buy a trained horse then I have to get rid of my other horse, Spirit

Answer 1

If I were you, I'd train it myself because then it would be used to your commands and how u ride.

Answer 2

Find a horse trainer that knows what he/she is doing. I have heard of many bad accidents caused by an inexperienced rider riding an inexperienced horse. Don't take their word for it either, I know a few people around who pass themselves off as a trainer that I could do a better job of training a horse and I'm no trainer at all. Ask whose horse they have trained then call that person and see how well broke their horse was when they got it back. Remember a young horse is much more unpredictable than an older one. If you're not very experienced, I wouldn't ride a young one at all.

Answer 3

What are you looking to do with the horse? Trail riding? Showing? ??What breed is Spirit and how closely does he fit what you need to do what you want to do. You have to figure your time - which isn't just monetary - but costs of $500/month whether you do it or someone else does. If it takes six to eight months of training to get Spirit done the way you want that's $3,000-4,000 - if you sell him now and put that $ on top of his sale price you might be able to find a horse ready to go now. However Spirit might have more potential than another horse and might be worth the time and effort to finish. That is something personal you have to decide based on how attached you are to Spirit and how closely he'll fit what you want to do. If you want to do reining and he's a jumper then it's not much choice. If you want to do reining and with $2,000 of training he's headed down the winning path then obviously that is the better path as you probably won't find a good reiner for that kind of money.
If you trust him and have bonded with him I'd say stick with him and let him show you what he can do.

Answer 4

How do you feel about your own horse, the way you make it sound is like an object you just own not some thing you care for. If you care you would know the answer to this question, if you don't then you don't deserve a horse. The old saying a puppy is not just for Christmas its for life, also applies to a horse.
Train it your self get to love and look after it, the affection goes both ways you know.

Answer 5

How experianced are you? do you want to be able to do all sorts of riding NOW, or are willing and able to put the time in over the course of a year or two or three so that you end up with a horse trained a exactly the way you want? Do you have a trainer or other experianced horse person to help you?

There really isn't enough information to say one way or another, and its a personal decision

Answer 6

If you haven't grown up around horses you most likely need to buy a trained horse. There is alot of know how needed to train.

Answer 7

If you have an abundance of time, patience and knowledge about horses go ahead and train your horse yourself. If you dont, then save yourself the headache and heartbreak when your training goes awry and get one that is already trained. I had a mustang that I trained myself and a TB that was already trained. Honestly the mustang was a better horse for me and more enjoyable to take on trail, but the TB was much better in the arena. It all depends on your skill level with horses and what you wish to accomplish with them.

Answer 8

The only problem with training horses is it can be stressful and VERY expensive. Usually you have to send your horse away, so you lose precious bonding time with them (Unless you're lucky and have the trainer come to you). If you love your horse and don't want to let it go, invest in a trainer, and if you have the room, see if they will come to you.

If not, and you're not willing or able to put forth the money, I say sell the poor thing and get a pre-trained horse. Good luck.

Answer 9

I agree with most of what has already been said, I just wanted to add one thing. Take into consideration your experience and ability to train a horse correctly.