"Throughout this second method I've described, ("A") I'm sure you saw several moments where it would have been good to employ the "motivational techniques" from yesterday. For instance, if you tap, tap, tap, and just feel like your horse is content to stand there with one leg in the trailer and three out of the trailer forever, then bring him back out and motivate him. Work on your figure-eights for several minutes before going back to the trailer. The extra motivation often breaks the stalemate. It's a very common approach to speeding this whole process up. Caution: Don't just whip the horse around in a frenzy – it's imperative that you practice something constructive. (That'll keep you objective and on your game.) Use the time to improve his ground manners, then give the horse another opportunity to take a break... inside the trailer."
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"Training a horse is pretty simple. It's four things: motivator, spot, direction, reward. That's all training a horse is. First, motivation. Do you have a job? What if I asked you to quit your job? What if I said I was going to hire you and give you two bucks an hour. Would you do it? Working with a horse is very similar. You're asking the horse to quit his job and come work for you. His job as you begin training is to get out of that arena as fast as he can, or to get back to that stall or to a buddy horse or find food. They have all kinds of jobs – and their jobs keep changing.
Our job is to create a motivator that causes the horse to quit his job and come work for us. Quit trying to get out of the gate; quit trying to get to the other horse. Quit trying to pick up your left lead and come work for me. Some horses you can hire for two bucks an hour and some will cost you forty. That's just the way it happens. Some horses you really gotta motivate; you gotta say, "No, I really want you to come work for me.""
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PO Box 3573, Evergreen, CO 80439 USA
Email: hinchey.matt*gmail.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Matt Hinchey lives in Central Colorado (Jefferson county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Denver, Colorado Springs, Lakewood, Littleton.
PO Box 1297, Craig, CO 81626 USA
Email: almostaranch*springsips.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Danita Hogue lives in Northwestern Colorado (Moffat county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Craig, Steamboat Springs, Glenwood Springs.
10078 Wildfield Ln, Littleton, CO 80125 USA
Email: Kavin4sky15*aol.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Carolyn Kavinsky lives in Central Colorado (Douglas county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Castle Rock, Littleton, Lakewood, Denver, Pueblo, Centennial, Fort Collins.
121 Bent Creek Circle, Parachute, CO 81635 USA
Email: michele*lyonslegacy.com (replace * with @), Site: www.lyonslegacy.com
John Lyons horseman Michele Lenard lives in West Central Colorado (Garfield county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Parachute, Grand Junction, Carbondale, Glenwood Springs.
729 Park Ave., Rifle, CO 81650 USA
Email: dina128*hotmail.com (replace * with @), Site: www.bar7perfhorses.com
John Lyons horseman Dina Martene Miller lives in West Central Colorado (Garfield county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Grand Junction, Vail, Breckenridge.
812 Wilfred Road, Berthoud, CO 80513 USA
Email: susanmunroe*earthlink.net (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Susan Munroe lives in North Central Colorado (Larimer county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Loveland, Longmont, Denver, Boulder, Fort Collins, Centennial, Aurora.
4726 W. Jackson Creek Road, Sedalia, CO 80135 USA
Email: gnewton*ccioh.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Cyndee Newton lives in Central Colorado (Douglas county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Castle Rock, Littleton, Lakewood, Denver, Pueblo, Centennial, Fort Collins.
5090 County Rd. 271, Westcliffe, CO 81252 USA
Email: landlovers*hughes.net (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Vince Ouellette lives in Central Colorado (Custer county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Westcliffe, Crestone, Pueblo, Beulah, Colorado Springs.
261 Terra Vista St, Brighton, CO 80601 USA
Email: skrobison*msn.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Shantelle Robison lives in Central Colorado (Adams county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Denver, Arvada, Thornton, Fort Collins, Colorado Springs, Aurora, Boulder.
P.O. Box 271049, Louisville, CO 80027 USA
Email: bevento*yahoo.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Diana Rothman lives in Central Colorado (Boulder county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Denver, Lafayette, Boulder, Longmont.
629 1825 Road, Delta, CO 81416 USA
Email: rope22*msn.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Laura Ryan lives in West Central Colorado (Delta county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Grand Junction, Delta, Montrose, Aspen.
854 W. Battlement Pkwy M106, Parachute, CO 81635 USA
Email: connysaint*hotmail.com (replace * with @), Site: www.perfectpartnerhorsemanship.com
John Lyons horseman Conny St. Laurent lives in West Central Colorado (Garfield county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Grand Junction, Rifle, Glenwood Springs.
2175 E Road, Delta, CO 81416 USA
Email: hdfarm*aol.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.hdfarm.com
John Lyons horseman Diane St. Peter lives in West Central Colorado (Delta county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Delta, Orchard City, Montrose, Grand Junction.
15750 Siesta Grove, Colorado Springs, CO 80908 USA
Email: gwenstroud*msn.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Gwen Stroud lives in Central Colorado (El Paso county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Littleton, Manitou Springs, Peyton.
