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Related Letters

 

The following letters deal with training issues that are similar or related to the article you were reading "Ready for Your Next Spook?" and may offer additonal insight:
 

Active vs Reactive Rider
Horses Rearing: "My horse reared up and landed me in the hospital with back injuries"

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

How to Load a Stubborn Horse: "I have a very large 17 hand 1550 lb Holsteiner mare that DOES NOT load."

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

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

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

How to Train Mustang Horses: "Should I accept that this horse, because of breed and temperament, may not be the horse for me?"

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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."

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

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

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

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

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"

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"

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

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

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"

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

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

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"

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?"

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

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

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

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"

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

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

Sacking Out
Best Start for the Unbroke Horse: "I have always worked with older horses but have never started form scratch"

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Horse Vs Mountain Lion: "Riding with Cougars"

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"

John Lyons Reins: "Could you tell me more about the reins and bit you recommend?"

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

Hard to Catch Horse: "Can you give me any tips where he will at least let me pet him and catch him?"

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

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


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