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• You strive to keep "hip to" the latest training methods

• You train your own horse and seem to have hit a "plateau"

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Check out our list of articles (below) covering the latest training techniques from John Lyons Certified Instructor Keith Hosman. Many articles were co-written by John's son Josh Lyons.

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Some articles are quite short and attempt only to convey simple, yet important concepts. Others run into much more detail. The riding exercises, for instance, cover not only the "how-to" but also the "what-ifs."

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Training (General)

• Four Things You Need to Train Your Horse: Motivation, Spot, Direction, Reward

• How To Get Your Horse's Attention: Recognition, Response, Control

Reins and Their Use

• An Exercise For When You Can't Ride: Teach Yourself What A Give Really Feels Like

Turning

• Featured Riding Exercise: Steer the Tail

• The Steering the Tail Exercise: What To Do If

Training (General)

• Keys to Making Improvements: How Long You Should Ride

Tack

• The Snaffle Bit vs The Shank Bit

Ground Training

• Horses That Pull Back or Won't Stand Tied

Training (General)

• Teaching Your Horse To Stand Still

• What To Do With Horses That Want To Bolt, Buck or Blow Up

Behavior

• Give Your Horse A Want-To Attitude

Training (General)

• Make Your Horse Stop

• Your Horse Is Going To Spook - Are You Ready?

• Slowing Your Horse

• Speed Up Your Slow Horse

• Riding Mechanics and Bad Habits

Exercises

• Get Better Stops and a Smoother, More Willing Horse with the Three-Step-Stop Exercise

Training (General)

• My Horse Roots At The Bit

Exercises

• Hurry Up and Stop

Backing Up

• Get Your Back Up

Training (General)

• How Far How Fast How Little

• Keys To Improvement

• Thought Vs Action

Exercises

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 1: Solve Every Horse Problem

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 2: Begin the Exercise

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 3: Finish the Exercise

Training (General)

• An Easy Way To Look At Training Redirecting Pressure

• Good Now Bad Later Why Does This Happen?

Behavior

• Seeing Red... Ribbons Horses That Kick On The Trail

• Why Does My Horse Still Have This Problem?

Nervous Horses

• What Not To Do When Your Horse Bucks Or Rears And What To Do When It Does

Tips

• Horse Riding Tips

Turning

• The Clockwork Exercise Teach Neck Reining, Sidepassing, Backing Up, Spins & More

Behavior

• Biting Horses

Leading and Manners

• The First Thing I Do

Backing Up

• Backing Up

Training (General)

• Rider Checklists

Ground Training

• Cinchy Horses

Behavior

• I'm Scared of My Horse, Please Help

Leading and Manners

• How to Halter a Horse

Ownership

• How to Make Horse Training (More) Affordable

Turning

• Simple Steps to Power Steering

• How to Teach a Horse to Pivot on Its Hindquarters

Ground Training

• Teach a Horse to Sidepass Toward You on the Ground

Reins and Their Use

• Reins: 5 Tips to Improve Your Use

• How to Pick Up Your Reins Like a Pro

Basic Training

• Train Your Horse to Travel Straight

Leg Yielding

• Leg Yields Without the Legs

Behavior

• Horses That Won't Go

Leading and Manners

• Leading A Stubborn Horse

Manners

• Lower Your Horse's Head

Training (General)

• 6 Easy Ways to Improve Your Training

Ground Training

• Whoever Moves First Loses

Buying or Selling Horses

• When Buying a Horse: 5 First-Timer Tips

Neck Reining

• Neck Reining How-To

Ground Training

• Lungeing a Horse: How, When & Why

Turning

• Turning Horses: How to Fix Leaning Shoulders

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Lyons Fact #729:
I don't ask the horse to stop. I just quit riding.

Lyons Fact #367:
The more you mess with the bit, the more you restrict movement.

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Lyons Fact #719:
Don't be a passenger. Work.

Lyons Fact #3906:
If your horse bucks, if he bolts, whatever he does, as soon as you look at the ground at where you think you're going to hit, that's where you're guaranteed to land.

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