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"She has been hurt badly on idiot horses in the past and her confidence is down"
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Dear Keith...
Tuesday, December 26, 2006
A friend of mine is having problems with her trail horse. She really needs one-on-one help with her horse so this mare would be safe for her. She absolutely won't sell her and it's not that the mare is terrible, she doesn't know how to handle her safely on a trail and the horse is not consistent. Nancy really needs to be taught some techniques on how to handle when she acts up and the mare is not spooky, just bullheaded. Again, she doesn't want to show, just to be able to relax and enjoy this mare on a trail. Nancy has a good seat and good hands -she is definitely not a beginner. she has been hurt badly on idiot horses in the past and her confidence is down and she needs to be taught how to disengage the horse's hip, calm down cues, one rein stops, etc. Is this something that can be done by you working with her one on one with her horse? She is very open and really wants the help. Listening would not be a problem. She is in Indiana and would have the horse hauled out. I'm sure she would need work in the arena but someone would also need to go out on an actual trail because this is where the mare pulls her stuff. It would be great if there was someplace for Nancy to stay and relax a few hours a day too. She's in pretty desperate need of that. Anyway, any info you could recommend would be much appreciated.
Thanks for your help.
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Suggested Article: "Ready for Your Next Spook?"
"It's not a matter of "if" your horse spooks, it's "when." It's not a matter of how broke your horse is. Sooner or later it will see something that makes it spook. You can't control your environment so you can't blame your environment. If...
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Suggested Article: "What Not To Do When Your Horse Bucks Or Rears"
You want to stop a buck, bolt or rear before it ever happens. You stop it before it happens by gaining control. You gain control by practicing exercises that give you finer control of the hindquarters, better back ups, stops or turns to the left...
from our Quarter Horse Facts series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "How Do I Get My Horse's Attention?"
"I could walk by my horse all day and he doesn't have to even recognize that I'm here – and it would be a waste of my time to ask him to do anything. But if I took a stick and started poking him, then all of a sudden it becomes a whole lot more...
from our Ask a Horse Trainer series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Horses That Want To Bolt, Buck or Blow Up"
"So I ride back to the other spot, and I just keep changing directions. I keep asking and he keeps saying "Alright, alright, we'll have our wreck over here." I just keep moving him around and pretty soon, he decides it's too much trouble to blow up....
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Suggested Article: "Four Things You Need to Train Your Horse"
Training a horse is pretty simple. It's four things: motivator, spot, direction, reward. That's all training a horse is. First, motivation. Do you have a job? What if I asked you to quit your job? What if I said I was going to hire you and give you...
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