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"The one I am working with has a problem stopping and backing"
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Dear Keith...
Friday, May 11, 2007
I raise Mustangs and the one I am working with now has a problem stopping and backing. He raises his head and fights the bit. |
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Suggested Article: "Stop Your Horse With Hip Shoulder Shoulder"
The most common problem we see: Keeping your horse moving may prove to be your biggest challenge. Sluggish horses that look for any excuse to slow down will stop dead in their tracks when you first pick up a rein and ask for such a sharp maneuver....
from our Ask a Horse Trainer series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Hurry Up and Stop"
"Have you ever trained your dog to sit? What did you say to your dog after you told it to sit? You probably told it to "stay." Why did you do that? If the dog sits, he has to stay. In the same respect, I don't have a "stop" on my horse. I only...
from our Horse Riding Tip series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Make Your Horse Stop"
"As soon as he does something I don't want him to do, I'm going to replace that action with what I want. I don't discipline for what he did as much as, in my mind, think about replacing it with something I do want. If I don't want him to stand...
from our Horse Riding Instruction series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Slowing Your Horse"
"To help slow my horse, I hum. I hum because it naturally changes my seat. So when I'm practicing loping, and my horse is going faster than I want, then I sit down and I count or hum. So, I'll pick up speed and I'll say go faster, then I'll sit...
from our Horse Riding Instruction series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Three Step Stop Exercise"
"When you've mastered this exercise, the cool "upshot" is that if you're riding your horse, and his body is in the wrong position to pick up his lead, for instance, (maybe he's all "splayed out") then you can simply pick up the reins and drive him...
from our Ask a Horse Trainer series > read more |
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Stops
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Backing Up
Teach a Horse to Backup: He doesn't want to back up. He starts rearing his head up |
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Head Tossing
Article Horse Training: Would a snaffle bit keep my horse from chewing and chomping on the bit? |
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