Print Out Training Articles

Did you know that you can print out lots of my training articles with a single click? Just look for the "Print This Article" link at the top of each article - and create a portable copy of all available training. Find articles at Horsemanship101.com/Articles - print pages from your own printer - carry them when you train for easy reference - leave your books on the shelf - articles are formatted to print easily Do you get on your horse and forget critical training steps? Why not print out these how-to articles and carry them with you? Want to see for yourself? Here are a few samples: (some are large files and take a moment to load) - What Not To Do When Your Horse Bucks - How Do I Get My Horse's Attention? - The Snaffle Bit vs The Shank Bit - Good Now Bad Later Why Does This Happen? All training features the easy, proven methods of John Lyons. Again, the web address for the article archive is: http://horsemanship101.com/Articles.   - - -   Do you now someone who needs a little help? Pass the word, tell a friend.

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Hurry Up And Stop

Here's a favorite horse-training tip, excerpted from our article "Hurry Up And Stop": "Have you ever trained your dog to sit? What did you say to your dog after you told it to sit? You probably told it to "stay." Why did you do that? If the dog sits, he has to stay. In the same respect, I don't have a "stop" on my horse. I only have a "go" and a "back." Now, I may only want the horse to stop – but in his mind he should be thinking "back up." If I were to ride forward and then stop – and then apply more pressure to the rein to back up, then I'm teaching three cues there. One "go," two "stop," three "back up." So in effect what I'd be doing is telling the horse "Four pounds of pressure on the rein means stop, six pounds means back up." So, if I really want to make my stops quicker, I only teach "go" and "back up." Now, for you reiners, I'm not talking about how to lengthen the slide here – I'm talking about getting a quicker, more responsive stop. I'm teaching the horse that when I say stop that means stop. My goal is to take away any hesitation time, with no pause between moving forward then moving backward. I work on "go" then "back up," "go," then "back up." Tip: Only work on this for about 10 or 15 minutes at a time. If you work too much on this the horse gets tired and it gets to be too much...." Read the entire article when you visit Horsemanship101.com/Articles. You'll find it listed under "Riding Training."   - - -   Thanks for reading! Keith Hosman, John Lyons Certified Trainer Horsemanship101.com