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The following letters deal with training issues that are similar or related to the article you were reading "Horses That Want To Bolt, Buck or Blow Up" and may offer additonal insight:
 

Aggression
Horse Kicking: "My gelding attacked and killed a geriatric mare"

Horse Training Basics: "I have no idea where to begin"

Horse Bucking Rider Off: "I have a horse who is lazy, dangerous and explosive"

How Do i Train a Bucking Horse: "I just don't want the "old man" to keep getting tossed"

Problems Horses: "He has started to strike at me now when it try to fix his halter, go near him, and go in his stall to feed."

Kicking Horse: "He has gotten to the point that he tries to kick at you when you go in to the stall to feed"

Horse Ground Training: "Is there any way to curb a bossy mare and how can I teach her to be caught?"

How to Train a Green Horse: "I am wondering if I might be the problem"

Basic Horse Training: "My horse Jughead has one very dangerous vice. He bolts or attacks when he sees other horse’s."

Horse Behavior Problem: "How can I stop her from pinning her ears?"

Horses Behavior: "My gelding preceded to run her down and take bites not nips out of her"

Horse Training Basics: "She still insists on biting me and tries to kick"

Training Aggressive Horses: "I wonder if she could have a mental problem"

Pushy Horse: "HELP! My horse absolutely does not understand 'personal space'"

Tips on Training a Stubborn Horse: "My horse Lee Lou will not go for me."

Attention - horse
Horse Speeds: "As soon as I ask for a trot, he thinks he really needs to get somewhere in a hurry."

Schooling Success: Training Young Horses: "When I got on she would not listen to me; she would pay more attention to the bit"

Horse Training Problem: "Either I can't emit enough energy to get his attention or I'm not strong enough"

Horse Biting Problems: "Badly damaged and highly reactive"

Training a Stubborn Horse: "When I'm in the saddle, its a different story. Its like he can't hear me"

Training Young Horses: "I think she has A.D.D. (if that is possible) because she gets distracted very easily"

Horse Training Problem: "Is there any way to get my German Shepherd to stop constantly barking at my horses?"

Ground Horse Training: "He tends to push on my arm with his head"

Barn Sour Horse: "He is not focused and spooks at everything"

Leading Your Horse: "When I walk him he trips and falls to the ground. What causes this?"

Training a Stubborn Horse: "She is trying to get into the barn to get to the feed"

Bucking Horse Training: "At any given time, my horse will decide to buck."

Starting Young Horses: "The problem is my young horse....who needs a JOB Desperately"

How to Train a Horse: "Could you give more examples on thinking right"

Bolting
Barn Sour Horses: "He will prance, fight the bit, rear and buck and try to run to the gate."

How to Teach a Horse to Lead: "She ran away when another pasture horse decided to bolt"

Training Young Horses: "We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky"

Barrel Horse Training: "The last few rodeos we’ve had to put her on a different horse because we couldn’t get him under control."

Horse Related Career: "I would like to learn more about becoming certified and turning my farm into a training facility using your methods"

How to Stop a Bolting Horse: "She is getting to the point where she is getting hard to ride"

Bolting Horse: "He gets scared or something, bolts and there is NO STOPPING HIM"

Basic Horse Training: "My horse Jughead has one very dangerous vice. He bolts or attacks when he sees other horse’s."

Bucking
Horse Behavior Problem: "She is 10 years old and she will not load in a trailer very good"

Barrel Horse Training: "The last few rodeos we’ve had to put her on a different horse because we couldn’t get him under control."

Horse Rearing Up: "If you click and kick him hard and a lot he will buck you off"

How Do i Train a Bucking Horse: "Is there a way to truly break a horse from bucking?"

Barn Sour Horses: "He will prance, fight the bit, rear and buck and try to run to the gate."

Training Spooky Horses: "Yesterday he spooked and then bucked my husband off breaking his clavicle."

Horse Buck Stop: "My horse rides like a dream until she wants to quit. Then she has a bucking fit"

Training a Horse to Stand Still While Mounting: "I was wondering if you have any suggestions on getting him to lunge outside the round pen and to standstill"

Horse Training Aids: "I want to know if she possibly did something wrong like gave him too many cues that were contradictory..."

Horse Bucking Rider Off: "The auction was probably the only answer for him now warning any bidders that he had a problem with occasionally throwing a fit for no reason and trying to get his rider off"

Horse Trail Training: "When we come to a steep bank or a hill he wants to run or buck up it"

How to Break a Horse: "She came back to me and I didn't even know her and she acted like she didn't know me"

Cantering Horses: "I can NOT no matter what I have tried get this gelding to lope"

How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "She would do anything to get you off her back"

Horse Buck Stop: "The only bad thing about her is she will only let me ride her"

Bucking Horse Training: "When he started bucking he could look back and see his hind feet up above his head"

How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "Do you have ANY literature or information concerning how to get a horse to stop bucking?"

Bucking Horse Training: "At any given time, my horse will decide to buck."

Horse Training Problems: "She bucks, kicks, rears, and will occasionally bite"

How Do i Train a Bucking Horse: "I just don't want the "old man" to keep getting tossed"

Horse Trail Training: "When I ride my horse with other horses he will buck a bit and crow hop"

Horse Training Clinics: "I'd like your opinion on whether my horse is ready for your clinic"

Horse Bucking Rider Off: "I have a horse who is lazy, dangerous and explosive"

Calm Down Cue
Rearing Horses: "How do I keep my gelding from rearing up with a rider on his back?"

Fighting Horse: "As soon as you take him anyway he turns into a fighter"

How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "Do you have ANY literature or information concerning how to get a horse to stop bucking?"

Wild Horse Training: "My neighbor would like to donate her to someone's symposium. She does not care to get her back afterwards"

Training Young Horses: "We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky"

Confidence
Fear of Horses: "I fell off my horse two years ago and have not ridden (my horse) since"

Control
How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "Do you have ANY literature or information concerning how to get a horse to stop bucking?"

Barrel Horse Training: "The last few rodeos we’ve had to put her on a different horse because we couldn’t get him under control."

Training Spooky Horses: "What is going on with my horse?"

How to Teach a Horse to Barrel Race: "Whenever my horse gets through the gate to race he prances and hops until you let him go"

Training Spooky Horses: "Yesterday he spooked and then bucked my husband off breaking his clavicle."

How to Stop a Bolting Horse: "She is getting to the point where she is getting hard to ride"

Horse Buck Stop: "My horse rides like a dream until she wants to quit. Then she has a bucking fit"

Stubborn Horse: "The 15 year old gelding he is becoming quite stubborn"

How to Teach a Horse to Lead: "She ran away when another pasture horse decided to bolt"

Barn Sour Horse: "My horse doesn't want to listen when I want her away from the barn area"

Horse Buck Stop: "The only bad thing about her is she will only let me ride her"

Fear
Training Young Horses: "We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky"

Nervous Rider: "If I could ride a lot, for several days, I could get past most of my tenseness when I ride"

Retraining Race Horses: "He states that there is nothing that he can do with the horse and that we should sell it"

Young Mare: "She acts as if she is terrified of us"

Nervous Rider: "I have recently come to know a woman who had a terrible accident on a horse."

Training a Nervous Horse: "She is very calm under saddle but is very scared and nervous about everything on the ground"

Nervous Horse: "I tried to get on and as soon as I get to her side she starts backing up, turning away from me"

Spooky Horses: "She spooks at different things and also she will try to kick at other horses"

Kicking Horse: "She kicks when surprised, cornered or touched on the back end"

Horse Fears: "He gets nervous when he feels insecure and he's gotten out of hand by fighting me and blowing up"

Spooky Horses: "How about an article about highway shyness (fear) in horses?"

How to Break a Horse: "She came back to me and I didn't even know her and she acted like she didn't know me"

Train a Horse to Trailer: "My horse has decided to exit the trailer over the breast bar, right out the escape door"

Basic Horse Training: "My horse Jughead has one very dangerous vice. He bolts or attacks when he sees other horse’s."

Horse Training Technique: "She has been hurt badly on idiot horses in the past and her confidence is down"

Training a Spooky Horse: "How do I get my spooky horse to ride in the trailer by herself without going ballistic?"

Horse Kicking: "How do you keep a horse from kicking and how do you get them to come around you with out being afraid?"

Raising a Foal: "She has never been handled and is scared to death of me"

Hip Control
Horse Training Article: "I have read the "steer the tail" and the "hip-shoulder-shoulder" exercises. Could you please explain what the difference is?"

Horse Exercises: "Would you send me the steps to the Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder exercise?"

Jig and Jigging
Training a Horse to Stand Still While Mounting: "I was wondering if you have any suggestions on getting him to lunge outside the round pen and to standstill"

Rearing Horse: "You are riding along doing just fine and he will suddenly start rearing up and spinning around in circles"

Barn Sour Horse: "He is not focused and spooks at everything"

Fighting Horse: "As soon as you take him anyway he turns into a fighter"

Basic Horse Training: "My horse Jughead has one very dangerous vice. He bolts or attacks when he sees other horse’s."

Retraining Race Horses: "He states that there is nothing that he can do with the horse and that we should sell it"

Horse Trail Training: "When I ride my horse with other horses he will buck a bit and crow hop"

Horse Fears: "He gets nervous when he feels insecure and he's gotten out of hand by fighting me and blowing up"

Trail Horse Training: "Q: How do I get her down the lane and onto the little short trail? Answer:..."

How to Teach a Horse to Barrel Race: "Whenever my horse gets through the gate to race he prances and hops until you let him go"

How to Prevent Horse from Rearing Up: "When I leaned over to adjust the stirrup the horse reared up and hit me in the nose"

Spooky Horses: "How about an article about highway shyness (fear) in horses?"

Nervous Horse
Barn Sour Horse: "He throws a fit when taken anywhere without his stablemate"

How to Teach a Horse to Barrel Race: "Whenever my horse gets through the gate to race he prances and hops until you let him go"

Horse Fears: "He gets nervous when he feels insecure and he's gotten out of hand by fighting me and blowing up"

Nervous Horse: "I tried to get on and as soon as I get to her side she starts backing up, turning away from me"

Nervous Rider
Fear of Horses: "I fell off my horse two years ago and have not ridden (my horse) since"

Nervous Rider: "If I could ride a lot, for several days, I could get past most of my tenseness when I ride"

Nervous Rider: "I have recently come to know a woman who had a terrible accident on a horse."

Safety
Horse Training Problem: "How do you train a horse to stay with a fallen rider?"

Barn Sour Horse: "What can I do about the horse left behind?"

Horse Bucking Rider Off: "The auction was probably the only answer for him now warning any bidders that he had a problem with occasionally throwing a fit for no reason and trying to get his rider off"

Horse Vs Mountain Lion: "Riding with Cougars"

Training Problem Horses: "She is awesome except she is dangerous and frankly I am very concerned. PLEASE help."

Horse Training Technique: "She has been hurt badly on idiot horses in the past and her confidence is down"


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