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"I have a 2 year old quarter horse and I want to do all the work"
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Dear Keith...
Sunday, February 12, 2006
I was wondering do you or could you send me any kind of basic training books or tell where to find such a book/magasine. I have a 2 year old quaterhorse,and i want to do all the work,but to tell you the truth i am a little weary,cause she is my very 1st horse i own,but i have rode alot in my time,i am now a 32 year old house mom,with time on my hands.but i also do not want to train her wrong.well thank you for your time.but please let me know something/also if you would like i will leave my address next time.just in case. |
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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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Suggested Article: "Solve Every Horse Problem"
This exercise, Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder, has become a "classic" exercise for one very big reason: It gives you control of your horse's stop. Every horse-related problem you can think of comes down to "going and stopping." "I can't get my horse to...
from our How to Train a Horse 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: "The First Thing I Do"
If your horse went ballistic out on the trail last week... it didn't "just happen out of the blue." He's been telling you for weeks or months that he was going to lose it when enough pressure was applied every time he resisted (however slightly)...
from our Starting a Young Horse series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "An Easy Way to Look At Training"
Use training exercises to let a little pressure leak here and there, redirecting that energy to your advantage. For example, in our Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder exercise we begin by walking forward, then pick up a rein and ask one shoulder to stop while...
from our Horse Training Basics series > read more |
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