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"Solve Every Horse Problem," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the How to Train a Horse Series:
"This exercise, Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder, has become a "classic" exercise for one very big reason: It gives you control of your horse's stop. Every horse-related problem you can think of comes down to "going and stopping." "I can't get my horse to cross the creek." "I can't get my horse to go in the arena." "I can't get my horse to go away from another horse." And people get hurt when they can't stop their horse: "I can't get my horse to stop bucking, stop rearing, or stop kicking." We spend most of our training time, (as in this exercise) dealing with, and practicing, "going and stopping" because that's where you need the most control.
If you pick up two reins to stop your horse, he might stop – but without the correct training he's going to get heavier and heavier on that bit. And that means his stop is going to get worse and worse. If you remember nothing else from this lesson, remember this: If it takes your horse two seconds to stop then back up, you can multiply that by eight to figure how long it'll take your horse to stop when he's running and his emotions are high. Your horse can travel a long way in those 16 seconds – maybe far enough to get you bucked off or seriously hurt. To keep you safe, you want to teach your horse to go from a walk to backing up with zero hesitation. And that's what this exercise gives you."
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Round Pen First Steps
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A sample from Day 2:
"When your horse will follow you about, when you can dodge left or right and he consistently keeps those two eyes on you, you're ready to move on. By now, you should have noticed a pretty cool bi-product of the last step: When the horse turns to you, he no longer turns his body stiffly, but rather his neck muscle softens and there's a bend throughout his entire body, like a snake rounding a tree. That's an excellent sign (the lack of stiffness and willingness) that a change is taking place in his head.
The next step is easy but it must be done exactly as outlined, as if a dance move: Have you noticed that as you back away from the horse, with his two eyes on you, that he is sort of "drawn to you" like a magnet? Okay, use that phenomena for this next part. Back away from the horse's head, sidestep to your right, then begin walking toward the horse's hind end. (You'll be just a few feet from the horse at this point.) Your horse should be following you with those two eyes, his hips moving away in order to keep looking at you (pivoting "on the forehand"). Look down at the horse's back foot, the one closest to you (the left one if you're on the traditional "leading side" of the horse). Keep the horse spinning (the head drawn to you, the hips driven away) until the hind leg closest to you, steps in front of the other. The moment it does, turn to your left, walk directly away and pause. Shutting down quickly, turning your shoulders as described and walking away, has the effect of building both a momentum and curiosity in the horse, pulling him toward us. Our goal is to get him to take at least one step toward us as we turn away."
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