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"Every time I want to ride it is like starting him at square one"
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Dear Keith...
Thursday, April 5, 2007
Hi !
I am so excited about your newsletter. I have looked high and low for help with my horse. I had him green broke two years ago and when I recvd him back it took me 6 months and two friends to get him to lunge. He is a dream under saddle at a walk and sometimes a trot , I would like to take him off lunge and put him through his three paces daily or at least often and I am unsure how to transition him . Is there any books or training things you can reccomend because everytime I want to ride it is like starting him at square one - I have to lunge him for three weeks straight to remind him what a saddle is and who I am . He is sound .
I have tried to have a trainer come to me but I have no success as they all state he needs a good beat or shock . I believe in bending not breaking and most people say I need to be more heavy handed but he is the most gentle thing and really wants to please me . I just do not know what goal to set so that he knows the direction to go. I paid alot of money to have him unride able at this point and I am now determined to do it myself . I have read and practiced perelli and lyons but I must be missing something. Like step one forward.
If you have a chance , please respond.
Thanks,
Jade |
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Hi, Jade – thank you for the email.
While I'm sure you understand that I can't advice via a simple 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.
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-US.html.
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.
Keith
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Just a response is encouraging and I am devouring your site now.
Thanks Again and I will let you know how we go.
Jade
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