"The key in all of the exercises is this: You've got to look for every opportunity to relax those reins. Quit pulling. Horses aren't nags, neither should you be.
Now, you may have a horse that wants to take off at a dead run if you give him back any amount of rein. If that's the case, then you need to use the exercise assigned on Day 3, "Steer the Tail." Try your level best to ride with the least amount of pressure you can and each time the horse begins to speed up, take a single rein and turn his tail "the way you don't want to go." Example: Your horse speeds up, you take the left rein and apply the pressure it takes to get the left shoulder to stop and the hip to move several steps to the right.
Or, you can do the exercise described yesterday: Pick up a single rein and simply move the hip a step or two off the track he's on. Keep moving and do this over and over. (In the first exercise, "Steer the Tail," you stop moving forward, in yesterday's you don't.)"
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"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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6353 Dana Court, Pleasanton, CA 94588 USA
Email: ivonneis*juno.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.johnlyonscertified.com
John Lyons horseman Ivonne Gutierrez lives in Northern California (Alameda county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Walnut Creek, Oakland, Livermore, Redwood City.
P.O. Box 1989, Shingle Springs, CA 95682 USA
Email: king-ranch*sbc.global.net (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Sheila Hewitt-King lives in Northern California (El Dorado county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Folsom, Rancho Cordova, Sacramento, Modesto, South Lake Tahoe, Davis, Yuba City.
5747 Dockery Ave, Clovis, CA 93619 USA
Email: ompaints*hotmail.com (replace * with @), Site: www.arikjantzen.com
John Lyons horseman Arik Jantzen lives in Central California (Fresno county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Fresno, Modesto, Visalia, Madera.
John Lyons horseman Odette Larson lives in Central California (Tulare county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Porterville, Visalia, Delano, Bakersfield, Fresno.
4725 Arcadia Lane, Santa Rosa, CA 95401 USA
Email: info*rayelochert.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.rayelochert.com
John Lyons horseman Raye Lochert lives in Northern California (Sonoma county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Santa Rosa, Rohner Park, Petaluma, Napa, San Francisco, Vallejo, Berkeley.
20170 Upper Thompson Road, Los Gatos, CA 95033 USA
Email: amberlydic*aol.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.amberlydic.com
John Lyons horseman Amber Lydic lives in Northern California (Santa Clara county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Campbell, San Jose, Santa Cruz, Los Gatos, Cupertino, Santa Clara.
35155 Toolbox Springs Rd, Mountain Center, CA 92561 USA
Email: sheryllynde*yahoo.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.sheryllyndeclinics.com
John Lyons horseman Sheryl Lynde lives in Southern California (Riverside county) within 100 miles of the following cities: La Quinta, Mecca, Cathedral City, Indio, Palm Springs, Irvine, Riverside, Rancho Cucamonga.
3900 Paradise Drive, Belvedere Tiburon, CA 94920 USA
Email: flyingmcowgirl*yahoo.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Susan Majauskas lives in Northern California (Marin county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Richmond, San Rafael, San Francisco, Los Gatos, Vallejo, Santa Rosa, Petaluma.
2 Empty Saddle Road, Palos Verdes Peninsula, CA 90274 USA
John Lyons horseman Sean Martin lives in Southern California (Los Angeles county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Long Beach, Gardenia, Torrance, Los Angeles, Palmdale, San Bernardino, Santa Clarita, Burbank, Glendale.
John Lyons horseman Jeffrey Nickerson lives in Southern California (San Diego county) within 100 miles of the following cities: San Diego, Santee, El Cajon, Lakeside, Escondido, Chula Vista.
3695 Vickrey Lane, Winters, CA 95694 USA
Email: christapetrillo*hotmail.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.christapetrillotraining.com
John Lyons horseman Christa Petrillo lives in Northern California (Yolo county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Vacaville, Parkway, Sacramento.
630 S Fifth St #3, San Jose, CA 95112 USA
Email: stephaniepopehorsetraining*gmail.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Stephanie Pope lives in Northern California (Santa Clara county) within 100 miles of the following cities: San Jose, Campbell, Sunnyvale, San Francisco, Modesto, Stockton, Salinas.
