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"Where do I begin?"
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Dear Keith...
Thursday, December 29, 2005
I bought a mare and did not know she was in foal, along came Murphy. Murphy now 3 1/2 year old gelding, need to train past halter, leading, where do I begin? I am not, and do not pretend to be a trainer of any caliber, just love my horses and want to do right by them.
thanks
paula |
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Suggested Article: "Teach Neck Reining and more with the Clockwork Exercise"
This is called "The Clockwork Exercise" because you need to imagine four very large clocks, one underneath each of your horse's feet. When your horse moves any leg directly forward that leg is "stepping on twelve o'clock." When any leg moves...
from our Ask a Horse Trainer series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Steering Your Horse"
"If you get too much of a slingshot action with the horse's head, where you pull it back and they give but immediately throw it forward, then you need to move your hands a little slower. Hold on longer, move slower to give back. Make them hold a...
from our Young Horse Training series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Give Your Horse A Want-To Attitude"
"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...
from our Learning to Ride a Horse series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Back Easily With Hip Shoulder Shoulder"
When you first begin backing, back your horse at an angle (or "crooked"). Don't ask him to back up straight because you'd be pulling evenly on both of the horse's shoulders; he'll be resisting and you'll lose "lightness." He'll push into your...
from our Quarter Horse Training series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Three Step Stop Exercise"
"When you've mastered this exercise, the cool "upshot" is that if you're riding your horse, and his body is in the wrong position to pick up his lead, for instance, (maybe he's all "splayed out") then you can simply pick up the reins and drive him...
from our Ask a Horse Trainer series > read more |
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