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The following letters deal with training issues that are similar or related to the article you were reading "How Do I Get My Horse's Attention?" and may offer additonal insight:
 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Horse Biting Problems: "Badly damaged and highly reactive"

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

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

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

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

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

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

Starting a Young Horse: "When we ride without her tailing along she nuts up."

How to Train a Stubborn Horse: "I have an 8 year old gelding that has decided not to move forward."

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

Training Problem Horses: "Trouble is his different personality when I ride alone or with my friend teaching me..."

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

Respect from Your Horse: "Her idea is to smack the poop out of them when they misbehave to teach that respect"

Biting Horses: "Do you have any tips for a biting horse?"

Western Horse Behavior and Training: "She pins her ears back all the way and is very nervous"

Horse Herd Dynamics: "How do I solve the problem of my mare pinning her ears at other horses?"

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

Fear
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"

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

Learning Cycles
Learn About Horses: "Could you maybe send me some tips on starting?"

Horse Training School: "I need a “kick in the pants” to move me ahead onto my next stage"

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

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

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

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


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