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"He has sort of what I would consider a "sour" attitude."
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Dear Keith...
Saturday, March 3, 2007
Hi,
I was wondering if it would be possible for you to give me some suggestions on the correct way to handle some problems I have. We were just given a 6 year old mustang gelding that hasn't had any correct handling since he was adopted at 9 months old by his previous owners. He has been handled quite a bit -but only as a pet , and has obviously gotten away with a lot. He has sort of what I would consider a "sour" attitude. The previous owners kids used to ride him around the yard with the halter and lead rope, but he was never formally trained, so I assume they just hopped on and sat there, which wasn't a very good idea since he wasn't even taught any ground manners. He basically doesn't know anything, and wasn't shown the correct way to handle himself, so I cannot hold too much against him. His worst problems are when leading him, ( he doesnt "give" to the halter either), handling his feet, tying ,or basically just putting any type of pressure on him to do something, he will get really frustrated, even sometimes bite and/or strike out with his front foot, cow kick, or sometimes he will kick out to the side with a non fully extended kick. I am not sure about the correct way to deal with these issues, or if they ever can be fully corrected making him a trustworthy, useable horse -due to the fact of him being a 6 year old that has gotten away with these things for years. I do see a lot of potential in him as he seems to be pretty smart. I would like to start some training with him but I would like to correctly resolve these issues first. Any information or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much for your time.
Brenda |
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Hi, Brenda - thanks for your email.
Horses are like anything else, you get out what you put in.
While I'm sure you understand that I can't offer advice via email for a
horse I've never seen, I can suggest that you go to this page on my site:
http://www.horsemanship101.com/Horse-Training-Tools/index1001.html. It
lists over 200 training topics. Simply find a topic related to your
situation and the link will bring you to a list of relevant books,
video, audio tapes. It will also link you to free articles, when
they're available. Note that some topics (like "biting") haven't been
addressed yet. They someday will be - but right not most of our
articles mirror our riding clinics.
But, to put it bluntly, if you want to get that horse trained, you're
going to need to put some money into it. You can buy books and/or
videos to do a lot of the work yourself, you can ride in clinics or you
can hire a professional trainer.
As you know, safety is paramount, so I would first advocate that you
work with a professional. If you feel that you can do some of the work
yourself, then check out some of the following alternatives for doing
the work yourself. (I've listed them in the order in which I would
advocate them):
1) John's Ground Control Manual is excellent. It does not come with
DVDs, but I would also purchase (or borrow from a friend/the library)
all of the tapes from his first two series (the ones he did like twenty
years ago.)
You can find it listed here:
http://horsemanship101.com/Catalog/Ground-Control-Manual.html
I do have both series of older videos available; I just haven't had a
chance to post the first series; ask me if you're interested in
purchase). You can find John's videos (including the second series
"Controlling the Mind and Body of Your Horse") listed on this page:
http://horsemanship101.com/Catalog/video.html
2) Get the two series of tapes I mention in option one - and study them
till you can't see the picture anymore.
3) Pick up a copy of John's Round Pen Reasoning (I'm out of stock on it
- it's an older tape). For awhile it was the world's most popular
horse-training video - and for good reason.
Obviously, there's going to be a big difference between the knowledge
you gain between option one and option three. But how much you invest
is up to you.
You might also look for a John Lyons trainer in your area. A list of
trainers can be found here:
http://horsemanship101.com/John-Lyons-Trainer-Links/John-Lyons-Trainers
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tml.
You can find a list of our upcoming clinics here on my site:
http://horsemanship101.com/John-Lyons-Trainer-Clinics/Where-and-When.html.
Good luck and let me know how it goes.
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Hi Keith,
Thank you very much for the links you have listed below for me. I am sure that I will come across something that will be useful. I have used John Lyons Round Pen Reasoning techniques in the past and strongly believe in them, because they do work. The problem is I no longer have a round pen or access to one so I will have to try different avenues with my horse.
Anyways.. I really appreciate your time.. and I guess I better get to reading your site, and watching training videos. I will keep you posted on our progress. Thanks again!!!!
Brenda
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