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Issue One

• Four Things You Need to Train Your Horse: Motivation, Spot, Direction, Reward

• How To Get Your Horse's Attention: Recognition, Response, Control

• An Exercise For When You Can't Ride: Teach Yourself What A Give Really Feels Like

• Featured Riding Exercise: Steer the Tail

• The Steering the Tail Exercise: What To Do If

Issue Two

• Keys to Making Improvements: How Long You Should Ride

• The Snaffle Bit vs The Shank Bit

Issue Three

• Horses That Pull Back or Won't Stand Tied

• Teaching Your Horse To Stand Still

• What To Do With Horses That Want To Bolt, Buck or Blow Up

Issue Four

• Give Your Horse A Want-To Attitude

• Make Your Horse Stop

Issue Five (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Your Horse Is Going To Spook - Are You Ready?

• Slowing Your Horse

• Speed Up Your Slow Horse

• Riding Mechanics and Bad Habits

Issue Six (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Get Better Stops and a Smoother, More Willing Horse with the Three-Step-Stop Exercise

• My Horse Roots At The Bit

Issue Seven (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Hurry Up and Stop

• Get Your Back Up

Issue Eight (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• How Far How Fast How Little

• Keys To Improvement

• Thought Vs Action

Issue Nine (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 1: Solve Every Horse Problem

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 2: Begin the Exercise

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 3: Finish the Exercise

Issue Ten (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• An Easy Way To Look At Training Redirecting Pressure

• Good Now Bad Later Why Does This Happen?

Issue Eleven (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Seeing Red... Ribbons Horses That Kick On The Trail

• Why Does My Horse Still Have This Problem?

Issue Twelve (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• What Not To Do When Your Horse Bucks Or Rears And What To Do When It Does

• Horse Riding Tips

Issue Thirteen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• The Clockwork Exercise Teach Neck Reining, Sidepassing, Backing Up, Spins & More

Issue Fourteen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Biting Horses

Issue Fifteen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• The First Thing I Do

Issue Sixteen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Backing Up

Issue Seventeen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Rider Checklists

Issue Eighteen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• Cinchy Horses

Issue Nineteen (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• I'm Scared of My Horse, Please Help

Issue Twenty (see issue as it was originally emailed)

• How to Halter a Horse

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Keith Hosman: Certified John Lyons Trainer, Keith Hosman is based near San Antonio, TX and is available for clinics, lessons and training.  He frequently travels coast-to-coast conducting clinics. Click here to find one near you. (You are presently on his site, horsemanship101.com.)

Josh Lyons: A co-writer of many articles available on this site, Josh Lyons is one of the most sought-after clinicians in the world. He offers you and your horse a second chance or an enhancement of your existing relationship. His gentle and objective methods, pioneered by his father John Lyons, have helped novice rider and pro alike. For his tour schedule or for more info, visit his site LyonsLegacy.com

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Lyons Fact #729:
I don't ask the horse to stop. I just quit riding.

Lyons Fact #367:
The more you mess with the bit, the more you restrict movement.

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Lyons Fact #719:
Don't be a passenger. Work.

Lyons Fact #3906:
If your horse bucks, if he bolts, whatever he does, as soon as you look at the ground at where you think you're going to hit, that's where you're guaranteed to land.

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