[1john2 3and4]

I have ridden horses, but surely consider myself a noob....

Mebbe the 10 yr. old 'seasoned citizen' would be the best. Good advice. Told ya FReepers were the best! :)

Owned a horse back when I was a kid in Ohio. One of my chores was to lug a bucket of hot water down to the barn early in the winter morns to unfreeze the pipes!

There just happens to be a Paso breeder just up the road from where we live here in Texas. I'll ask them about that 'lifting' story too. I know I better be prepared for alot....much I couldn't even guess, were we to do this. It will be in the future, if at all, as I'm at least partially cognizant of my ignorance on the whole subject. Fregards,
john

[PayNoAttentionManBehindCurtain]

Imprint training, IMO, does make a foal more manageable for training. I've never heard it put the way the guy did to you, makes humans bigger:), I've just thought it makes them less afraid of us, more trusting.

Becky

[Beaker]

A good way to start with horses (again) is to get involved at an open and friendly barn, and take lessons, offer to muck stalls, as a sort of "refresher". That way you're in a learning environment, and if you attempt to make a mistake, there is someone there to correct it, or there's someone there that you can ask. In my humble opinion, it's very important for horse things to become second nature to you before you go and own one yourself. Horses are weird. They get sick easy, and you have to do things just right most of the time with feeding, and vetting, and shoeing. They're worse than little kids, and can give you twice the headache in worry.
I worked with horses for years before I ever owned one myself, all that experience made me very confident when I finally had one of my own.