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"How Far How Fast How Little," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the How to Train a Horse Series:
"The following example is appropriate for horses of any discipline. Let's say we have a reining horse – and we want to make his spin better. We have a recipe to improve his performance and there are three ingredients in this recipe. They are "further," "faster," and "less." To begin, I don't worry about anything except "further." I do whatever it takes to make something go further. (In this case, the spin "action.") So I look at his front feet and I see that the step they take covers a distance of, let's say, two feet. I make it my goal to go further, maybe to two and a half feet. I'll then spin my horse; I'll kiss or kick with both legs or do whatever it takes to make that step bigger – and that's all I'll concentrate on. I'll only work on that for about thirty seconds, just till that one step is "further." (That is, maybe it sweeps and covers three feet.) Then the next part is "faster." So now I keep the "further" – and I make it "faster." As soon as he gets faster..."
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"The key in all of the exercises is this: You've got to look for every opportunity to relax those reins. Quit pulling. Horses aren't nags, neither should you be.
Now, you may have a horse that wants to take off at a dead run if you give him back any amount of rein. If that's the case, then you need to use the exercise assigned on Day 3, "Steer the Tail." Try your level best to ride with the least amount of pressure you can and each time the horse begins to speed up, take a single rein and turn his tail "the way you don't want to go." Example: Your horse speeds up, you take the left rein and apply the pressure it takes to get the left shoulder to stop and the hip to move several steps to the right.
Or, you can do the exercise described yesterday: Pick up a single rein and simply move the hip a step or two off the track he's on. Keep moving and do this over and over. (In the first exercise, "Steer the Tail," you stop moving forward, in yesterday's you don't.)" - Print out from home
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The Best Kind of Horse Barns
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"Is A Steel Building Safe To Use As A Horse Barn?"
By Amy Nutt
More and more people are using steel buildings for many different reasons. First of all, steel buildings are very versatile because they are used as sport arenas, garages, and even homes. They are quick to build, which is great for companies needing steel buildings because of the rapid changes they undergo. There's also no more having to wait months on end for a new building to be built for incredibly large amounts of money. Steel buildings are affordable as well.
But what about the people wishing to use a steel building as a horse barn? Is it safe?
Well, let's put it this way: If a steel building can be made into a home in which people live, then there is no reason why a steel building cannot be used to house horses. That is rather amazing for a building material that was considered to be unusual just a century ago. Steel wasn't mass produced until 1855 and it still took time for the versatility and the benefits to be recognized.
The physical and the chemical characteristics of steel make it ideal for building. Simply look at its chemical composition. It has a certain percentage of carbon in it, but is mostly made up of iron. The iron itself will slide past each other if cut into sheets, which makes it very soft. When the carbon is added in, the metal becomes considerably stronger. That's what gives us steel and gives the steel manufacturers the ability to make various types of steel, which makes such structures as steel barns possible.
You want the main frame of the barn to be very strong, so that is, of course, going to require a harder type of steel. For other parts of the building, the steel doesn't need to be as hard, so there is more iron and less carbon to make the steel softer and more flexible where it needs to be.
As for horse barns, horse owners are using steel buildings because they are low maintenance and bug infestation is not an issue. That means no carpenter bees and no termites eating away at wood. Steel also cannot develop mold, mildew, or any other type of fungi that may decide it likes to grow in a horse barn. It can certainly try, but nothing is going to happen if the barn is made of steel. A steel horse barn means more attention is paid to the animals and less attention is paid to the upkeep of the barn. Other things to take into consideration when using a steel barn is that there is a low risk of it becoming infested with parasites that can make the horses ill. We've also seen the horror stories where hay or straw has caught fire and the horses have no way of getting out of the barn because the entire structure is ablaze. The good news is that the risk of such a fire is reduced significantly since steel is not combustible. Even if fire would break out, there is a good chance the roof and the walls would not collapse since steel can endure incredibly high temperatures.
This makes the only concern being what size of steel building is needed. Of course that is going to depend on how many horses you have or how many you hope to have if you’re just starting out. But what is great is that steel buildings are safe to use as horse barns and in many ways keeps your horses safer than if they were in a barn made of wood or another type of building material.
About the Author: Metal buildings are versatile, durable and easy to maintain. Weather making use of them in rural or urban areas metal buildings are easy to construct and can be designed to your specifications to blend in with your home or on your farm.
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Horse Owning: The Best Kind of Horse Barns, advice for the horse owner provided by John Lyons Certified Trainer Keith Hosman
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