From John Lyons Trainer Keith Hosman

Rein In Your Horse's Speed Online Course
A Downloadable Book

A sample from Day 3:

"Once I began teaching this simple concept in my clinics, it made a dramatic difference immediately. What I would first see were people who were thinking "Horse, you're not going to do this; I'm going to have to force you to do this." And then they'd yank. Again and again and again. What works exponentially better is to start with: "My horse stops on a dime every time; he's the best" (yes, even when the last four hundred times he didn't), then ask your horse to stop. If and when he blows through that stop, I want you to literally act shocked. Say out loud "I can't believe you just did that. I must not have spoken loud enough." Then find the pressures or angle it takes to get a response."

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"Stop Bucking"
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"Round Pen First Steps"
"Trailer Training"

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From the Learning to Ride a Horse Series:

"I treat the horse the same way. If I ask him to standstill, that's cleaning his room. I say "Clean your room." He says "No." I say "Fine." Now, what can I do that requires movement? It doesn't matter if I'm in the arena or the trail. In either place I can work on change of directions. I can work on his headset. I can get the horse working better off my legs or seat. And I can always work on speed control. I could do all kinds of different things. I can work on all those things when my horse wants to move. If my horse wants to move, I say, great, let's do it. Let's work on breaking at the poll, softening up your neck or following your nose; let's work on your leg speed; let's work on you moving off my legs. Let's do all these different things, and then, when I'm done, I'm going to ask the horse: "Do you want to clean your room, the garage and the patio? Or, do you want to just stand still?" These are all things I would have wanted to work on anyway…"

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