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Related Letters

 

The following letters deal with training issues that are similar or related to the article you were reading "Give Your Horse A Want-To Attitude" and may offer additonal insight:
 

Active vs Reactive Rider
Pushy Horse: "HELP! My horse absolutely does not understand 'personal space'"

How to Train Mustang Horses: "Should I accept that this horse, because of breed and temperament, may not be the horse for me?"

Horse Buck Stop: "My horse rides like a dream until she wants to quit. Then she has a bucking fit"

How to Load a Stubborn Horse: "I have a very large 17 hand 1550 lb Holsteiner mare that DOES NOT load."

Bucking Horse Training: "At any given time, my horse will decide to buck."

Horses Rearing: "My horse reared up and landed me in the hospital with back injuries"

Horse Training Problem: "Is there any way to get my German Shepherd to stop constantly barking at my horses?"

How to Train a Horse: "Could you give more examples on thinking right"

Attention - horse
Horse Speeds: "As soon as I ask for a trot, he thinks he really needs to get somewhere in a hurry."

How to Train a Horse: "Could you give more examples on thinking right"

Ground Horse Training: "He tends to push on my arm with his head"

Training a Stubborn Horse: "She is trying to get into the barn to get to the feed"

Bucking Horse Training: "At any given time, my horse will decide to buck."

Barn Sour Horse: "He is not focused and spooks at everything"

Horse Training Problem: "Is there any way to get my German Shepherd to stop constantly barking at my horses?"

Starting Young Horses: "The problem is my young horse....who needs a JOB Desperately"

Training Young Horses: "I think she has A.D.D. (if that is possible) because she gets distracted very easily"

Schooling Success: Training Young Horses: "When I got on she would not listen to me; she would pay more attention to the bit"

Horse Training Problem: "Either I can't emit enough energy to get his attention or I'm not strong enough"

Horse Biting Problems: "Badly damaged and highly reactive"

Training a Stubborn Horse: "When I'm in the saddle, its a different story. Its like he can't hear me"

Leading Your Horse: "When I walk him he trips and falls to the ground. What causes this?"

Attitude - rider
Horse Riding Instruction: "The mare's attitude has changed from good to not good"

Horse Training Information: "I feel her issues were environment and ignorance on the part of her previous owner"

Behavior and Characteristics
Respect from Your Horse: "Her idea is to smack the poop out of them when they misbehave to teach that respect"

Horse Behavior Problems: "She has gotten into the bad habit of pawing the pipes of her corral"

Horse Behavior - Pawing: "My 4 year old mare paws constantly"

Horses Rearing: "He has started rearing and spinning when he decides he's done"

Horse Behavior Problems: "He tried to kick me with his back left leg. I was astonished!!!!"

How to Prevent Horse from Rearing Up: "When I leaned over to adjust the stirrup the horse reared up and hit me in the nose"

Biting Horse: "What to do for a horse that bites?"

Horse Training Information: "My gelding sticks his tongue out of his month when we are in the show ring"

How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "Do you have ANY literature or information concerning how to get a horse to stop bucking?"

Buddy Sour
Starting a Young Horse: "When we ride without her tailing along she nuts up."

Barn Sour Horse: "What can I do about the horse left behind?"

Barn Sour Horse: "My horse doesn't want to listen when I want her away from the barn area"

Train a Horse to Trailer: "My horse has decided to exit the trailer over the breast bar, right out the escape door"

Horse Trail Training: "When I ride my horse with other horses he will buck a bit and crow hop"

Barn Sour Horse: "He throws a fit when taken anywhere without his stablemate"

Training Problem Horses: "Trouble is his different personality when I ride alone or with my friend teaching me..."

How to Train a Stubborn Horse: "I have an 8 year old gelding that has decided not to move forward."

Calm Down Cue
Fighting Horse: "As soon as you take him anyway he turns into a fighter"

Wild Horse Training: "My neighbor would like to donate her to someone's symposium. She does not care to get her back afterwards"

Rearing Horses: "How do I keep my gelding from rearing up with a rider on his back?"

Training Young Horses: "We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky"

How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "Do you have ANY literature or information concerning how to get a horse to stop bucking?"

Conditioned Response
Training a Nervous Horse: "She is very calm under saddle but is very scared and nervous about everything on the ground"

Training Spooky Horses: "Yesterday he spooked and then bucked my husband off breaking his clavicle."

Barn Sour Horse: "My horse doesn't want to listen when I want her away from the barn area"

Horse Leg Cues: "I've been having trouble with my horse being "dead sided""

Bitless Bridles for Horses: "What is your advise regarding bitless bridles vs. a bridle with the snaffle bit?"

Training Young Horse: "I have a 2 year old that I am fixing to start working with. What should I start off with first?"

Ear Pinning
Horse Training Clinics: "I'd like your opinion on whether my horse is ready for your clinic"

Horse Behavior Problem: "How can I stop her from pinning her ears?"

Respect from Your Horse: "Her idea is to smack the poop out of them when they misbehave to teach that respect"

Horse Herd Dynamics: "How do I solve the problem of my mare pinning her ears at other horses?"

Biting Horses: "Do you have any tips for a biting horse?"

Western Horse Behavior and Training: "She pins her ears back all the way and is very nervous"

Fear
How to Break a Horse: "She came back to me and I didn't even know her and she acted like she didn't know me"

Nervous Rider: "If I could ride a lot, for several days, I could get past most of my tenseness when I ride"

Nervous Rider: "I have recently come to know a woman who had a terrible accident on a horse."

Spooky Horses: "How about an article about highway shyness (fear) in horses?"

Train a Horse to Trailer: "My horse has decided to exit the trailer over the breast bar, right out the escape door"

Basic Horse Training: "My horse Jughead has one very dangerous vice. He bolts or attacks when he sees other horse’s."

Horse Training Technique: "She has been hurt badly on idiot horses in the past and her confidence is down"

Training a Spooky Horse: "How do I get my spooky horse to ride in the trailer by herself without going ballistic?"

Horse Kicking: "How do you keep a horse from kicking and how do you get them to come around you with out being afraid?"

Raising a Foal: "She has never been handled and is scared to death of me"

Retraining Race Horses: "He states that there is nothing that he can do with the horse and that we should sell it"

Training a Nervous Horse: "She is very calm under saddle but is very scared and nervous about everything on the ground"

Young Mare: "She acts as if she is terrified of us"

Nervous Horse: "I tried to get on and as soon as I get to her side she starts backing up, turning away from me"

Kicking Horse: "She kicks when surprised, cornered or touched on the back end"

Horse Fears: "He gets nervous when he feels insecure and he's gotten out of hand by fighting me and blowing up"

Training Young Horses: "We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky"

Spooky Horses: "She spooks at different things and also she will try to kick at other horses"

Positive Horse Training - see Active vs Reactive
How to Train a Horse: "Could you give more examples on thinking right"

How to Start a Horse: "Where do I begin?"


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