another novice, just chiming in to chat. on starting a new pair - well, my first two started with one being very seasoned & reliable as single, and the other quiet & steady as single. the first time putting them together to ground drive, i had a header on the younger, with a lead rein. I had the bonus of a quiet dirt road that both are familiar with, and we went for a long slow walk, ground driving. That part was straight forward enough - probably because both were so quiet anyway. I did not have a lot of fun trying to ground drive them in circles or getting them to respond together well, while ground driving. I think i am just not coordinated enoudgh to run & steer at t he same time ; we went to hitched as pair very quickly. the carriage steadied all of us! I know people often start the very green, in pair with a more experienced horse, & in that case, I am not sure that you would want to go to the carriage so quickly, as that might be one more issue for a young horse... just my one starting experience, thus far, I am sure some of the much more knowledgable will have some other views for you. Nancy in NH _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````