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Welcome to the April 2008 issue of "Lyons Training 101," written by John Lyons Certified Trainer Keith Hosman.
Is the cost of training your horse going to break you before it does your horse? And how dangerous is your horse, really?
This month's featured article "How to Make Horse Training (More) Affordable" shows us how to diagnose, then get our horses trained without putting us in the poor house.
You'll find the article sampled below. To read it in its entirety, simply follow the link provided. If the links don't work or you're not getting the emails properly, scroll to the bottom of this page.
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Jump to the full article: "How To Make Training (More) Affordable"
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Got a horse that needs training but you can't afford it and you'd never consider giving away so much potential? The horse you saved from the packer or bred yourself or adopted at the BLM? He loves you and you love him and you gave him a really cool name. Yet you're getting the creeping feeling that you're in over your head. Flicka seems to be getting more dangerous daily and you're beginning to believe that he lies awake at night thinking of ways to torment you. But, darn it, he's got potential! Things could be so good! Flicka's bred to death; he's "out of Texas by Boxcar." He's a free spirit, gorgeous and happy. Sure, he gets grumpy when asked to do... anything... but if you could just figure out how to unlock all that potential...
And what's really driving you nuts is that everybody at the barn has an opinion. "Use a stronger bit, use a leverage bit, throw the bit away and ride with a hackamore." You'd tell them to stick their advice – but you just got dumped again and you're in no position to argue.
Unfortunately, horses get worse in these situations. They don't grow out of it like human teens (usually) do.
Your horse is going from bad to worse. If things keep progressing at this pace, you'll get kicked in the head this time tomorrow. But what to do? Professionals cost (at least) several hundred per month. Quick calculations show that it'd take somewhere around eighty-bazillion dollars to build your baby into the horse of your dreams, the one who meets you at the gate, leads beautifully and rides like a Cadillac....
keep reading this article
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from Day One:
"Is this you? On a good day your horse will get in the trailer after a few minutes of cajoling. More often than not, it's about fifteen. Today you're headed to a riding club event and the group leaves at 10am sharp. You're running a bit late, but as you lead your horse to the trailer, you're figuring you'll make it fine if the horse is having a "good-to-medium day." If he loads by 9:15; you can drive the speed limit and stop for coffee. If not, you gotta do 80 – past Starbucks. You "like" your horse at this point. Problem is, your horse has gotten up on the wrong side of the manger and he's thinking "I'll die first and take you with me." Insert your own worst nightmare here. Forty minutes later you're thinking things like "It's just a stupid trailer," "I'll drag your butt in" and "Your (expletive deleted) mother was the same way."
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