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"How Long Should I Ride?," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the Horse Training Problem Series:
"A person is able to keep his attention span for about 20 minutes before something else enters his head. The coffee pot he left on will come flying into his head. A saddle sore, his wife, something. So the best amount of time to ride a horse is for about 20 minutes, then give yourself a 10 or 15 minute break and ride for 20 minutes again. If you know you're going to work for 20 minutes, then you can focus and stay working hard for 20 minutes. But during that twenty minutes, you want to make something better. Ask yourself "What can I make better?" Find one thing and work to make it better.
"The key to training is to find improvement in what you're doing. That's what keeps you going, what keeps you wanting more. You should never be satisfied with what you've got or what you've done. "Satisfied" is another word for "content" and that's another word for "quitting." Then you can't go any farther. So never be satisfied and you'll find that there's always more to it, there's always more to want.
"Always raise your expectations. The whole time you're riding, you need to be looking for…"
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Round Pen First Steps
A Downloadable Book
A sample from Day 4:
"Throughout the process, do not quit rubbing "because" he moves whatever you do. That sensitizes the horse, while we're working to desensitize our horse. If your horse just can't seem to get over his fear of a particular object, either move (a step back on the intensity scale) to something less scary or ask yourself if maybe you aren't repeatedly pulling it away as he moves (sensitizing him), rather than pulling it away when he's still (desensitizing him). Keep replaying the following admonition from John Lyons in your head as you work with your horse: "The horse must be calmer at the end of the exercise than at the beginning."
As you progressively desensitize your horse to the touch of the whip on first his back, then tail and individual back legs, be on the lookout for particular angles or "pressure points" that seem to consistently elicit a negative reaction from your horse. When you find one, eliminate it as described above. See it as a challenge, as if you're hunting Easter eggs: You know there are spots that he doesn't want to be touched – ferret them out. Be careful to stay well back from the kicking zone, using your dressage whip to keep your distance and do your testing. Gradually increase the pressure: Begin to add quick movements before touching the horse. Build to spinning around, yelling "Ta-Da!" and then rubbing the whip under his tail, that sort of thing. Get creative. If you can't find an angle, a movement or combination that elicits a negative response even if I paid you a million dollars, then you're ready to move on. Trust me, you WANT to find issues – you WANT to fix your horse now rather than later. Beyond kicking, desensitizing your horse in such a manner goes a long way to keep him from bucking, bolting or otherwise "losing it" later." - Print out from home
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"Finding Horse Training Tips Online"
By IPRWire Staff Writer
You can find horse training tips just about anywhere, but how do you know that you are getting quality information that will really work with your horses? There are aspects you should desire in any program designed to teach you how to train these animals. A program without all of these parts will leave you wanting more.
First, find a program that includes both teaching and grooming instructions. In order to accurately train your animal, you must learn to take care of their physical needs first. An animal that has not been groomed or fed properly is not going to perform well. On the other hand, an animal that has the right care will want to perform for the person who provides their care.
Second, look for a program taught by someone who knows horses. With the ease of putting up a website and writing information, anyone can set up a site with horse training tips. However, not everyone has years of experience that will help you be confident in your ability to train your animals. A good program will be written by someone who has spent lots of time with horses. Look for credentials before trusting anything you read online.
Next, you want an instructional program with clear illustrations. Pictures can be a valuable teaching resource. Reading only text, you can have difficulty performing tasks discussed in a book or on a website. Photographs are great for illustrating how to train these animals. A clear photograph is worth many pages of explanation.
Another invaluable resource you should look for is online help and support. A good trainer will know that animals are unpredictable. When you come upon a behavior or habit that you need to change, but you are having trouble communicating with your animal, having an online help source is pretty helpful. You will be able to quickly get an answer to your question without too long of an interruption to your training sessions.
Finally, find a source of horse training tips that will teach you how to be more confident as a rider and a trainer. Confidence is the key to successfully teaching your animal to behave in the manner you want. A confident horse owner is a successful horse owner. The confidence (or lack thereof) that you feel is transmitted to your animal, increasing their level of confidence as well. When both human and beast are confident, the sky is the limit when it comes to what the animal can do!
If you are looking for this type of quality information, Horserealm has compiled horse training tips downloadable book written by an expert equine caretaker, Bob Howarth. Visit http://www.horserealm.com to get more information or to purchase a copy.
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