Do you know why horses kick?
By Horse Guy | February 4, 2012
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We’ve been talking about training horses recently, and I think you’re probably figuring out by now that there is quite a bit to know if you want to become REALLY good at this…
But that’s why I’m here! And today I want to cover a common problem: Why Your Horse Kicks.
All horses will kick when threatended- It’s the primary means of defense given them by nature. That’s not rreally the issue here…what we are talking about are horses that have the tendency to kick with hardly ANY provocation…
Because it has this disposition is no reason for classing it as an outlaw and thinking it cannot be handled. Its natural tendencies will only require more patient and persevering effort to make it as obedient as those in any other type.
See, most horses do not kick on account of a bad disposition, but because their owners were ignorant and REALLY TAUGHT them to kick by poor management in colt training.
If the horse kicks when the hold-back strap breaks and leaves the cross-piece of the shafts strike the hind quarters, it is only an indication that he was not properly educated when a colt.
Kicking because the line gets under the tail is another indication of poor training when a colt.
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Originally posted 2008-06-06 10:12:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Horse Breaking
By Horse Guy | February 3, 2012
horse breaking has many different variations and after some research I have found a variety of ways to accomplish this. Here are a few resources I have found.
Horses and Horse Farm Breaking Warmbloods
So in other words, skip the shortcuts and teach your horse how to move first. Feel free to visit our other suggested links for Breaking Warmbloods and come back often for more information. We appreciate your time and suggestions for …
Publish Date: 02/24/2010 19:00
http://www.veinottehorsefarm.com/breaking-warmbloods/
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horse breaking Part 1 | Equestrian Equipment
One of the reasons natural horsemanship has become very popular, is that it can be a very quick and effective way to break a horse. This is why it has become.
Publish Date: 10/11/2009 9:55
http://www.equestrianequipments.com/horse-breaking-part-1.html
izzie at the Ranch breaking in a horse.Successful
Originally posted 2010-05-20 10:50:25. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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The Easy Way to Train Wild Horses
By Horse Guy | February 2, 2012
In-hand horse training is the capacity to teach the horse the basics. This is also the ability to teach horse movement, from one point to another in the best possible manner. By practicing in-hand training, you are preparing the horse for more to come. In a way, preparing him for the next step in horse training, and eventually, riding. In-hand training is teaching your horse everything that has to do with the basics.
There are things that you will need like a halter, a lead, bridle, obstacles such as tarp, plastic, concrete, plywood, a platform, or poles in the ground. You might also need a tractor and a flat. In short, you will need objects that the horse might normally see everyday. The point here is to get the horse acquainted with everyday objects that he may encounter. Anything they are not used to in the wild may easily startle them.
You need to set goals when training a wild horse. Your first goal is to teach your horse the first set of basics such as catching the horse easily without him getting startled, or without you running all the time. Your second goal is to be able to smoothly halter the horse without any resistance like bolting, bucking, biting, or any other bad behavior.
The third goal is to be able to turn the horse without you having to deal with rearing or wheeling.
When you and your horse have achieved these three initial goals, then you can move on to bigger and better horse training. It is essential that you and your horse feel confident with each other before you move on to other steps in horse training. If you still see any signs of behavior problems, you will need to start back from the beginning, or start from where you noticed the behavior started.
Training a wild horse will take some time. Wild horses are used to being free to graze the land in which they grew up. They are not used to humans and fences. You have to give them the time to adjust and get to know their environment better. Working with horses takes a lot of patience, understanding and commitment. You cannot just expect them to follow your every whim when freedom is still fresh in their minds. Remember how the turtle won the race? Slow and steady. You will be investing a lot of time when working with a wild horse.
Originally posted 2009-07-29 17:52:23. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Horse Training: Taking The Lead
By Horse Guy | February 1, 2012
The term lead is used in many horse training situations. The simplest way to define this terms it to say it’s a reference to the overall command you have of your animal.
For instance, you’ll use a lead rope to communicate with the horse about the direction, speed, and nature of motion you want it to take. But let’s be honest: the rope is not leading the horse, you are.
So in philosophical terms, lead really is a measure of your dominance within the relationship. It’s a reference to your leadership in all matters of directing and controlling the horse.
It’s a good idea to initiate lead training indoors, or at least in an area with minimal distraction and noise. This will make it easier for a new horse to focus on your communications.
And probably the first time you bring the horse into the training area, he/she is going to want to check everything out. You can avoid a lot of conflict and distraction by simply allowing your horse a few minutes to investigate the area, and gently assuming a dominant position over a period of a few minutes.
Over time, you will be able to direct the horse anywhere in the arena, adjusting speed and direction as you see fit, and successfully executing stops and starts at will.
Originally posted 2008-05-31 01:27:17. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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When your horse won’t take a bridle….
By Horse Guy | January 31, 2012
You may or may not know this, but some horses have an intense dislike for the bridle, and sometimes a bit of trickery is required to get them to submit to one- and train this bad habit out of them too….
If your horse is not too vicious, you should go into the stall with him. Find out where he is sensitive. If he doesn’t want to be touched about the ears, work down about the nose first; as his fear stops, work up about the ears.
Touch them very gently at first and, as soon as he will stand it, stroke them faster and a little more carelessly; then lay your right arm over his neck and press down slowly until his nose is nearly to the ground, all the time keeping his attention with your left hand by stroking his nose and forehead.
Should the horse be extremely bad, take him out of the stable, catch hold of the tail with your left hand, and the halter with your right, and whirl him around eight or ten times.
This will make him so dizzy that he will stand perfectly quiet!
After you are able to put on the bridle without force, repeat several times, holding his attention by giving him a little corn. He should be bridled very carefully for a few times.
Bridling a colt is a bit different…Do not attempt to bridle the colt until you have given it the Confidence Lesson.
Take the bridle, which has neither rein nor hitching strap in the right hand, and start away from the colt’s left shoulder.
As the colt approaches you, reach out the bridle and say, “Take Bit.” Make it easy for the colt to take the bit the first few times; remove the bit, and as soon as it moves its head toward the bridle, caress it, or reward it, by giving it a little oats, apple or something it likes.
After it reaches out a time or two and takes the bit, stop working with it for that day.
The next day, take it to the same spot and continue the treatment until it will come to you at command, “Come Here,” and then at the command, “Take Bit,” it will obey.
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Originally posted 2008-06-09 10:25:37. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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A horse that’s easy to shoe is TAUGHT that
By Horse Guy | January 30, 2012
The reason there are so many horses are bad to shoe is because of carelessness and neglect in the proper handling of them when young.
Many people think that if they take their colt to the farrier and have it shod, it would assist them in training it, and it is a very common thing for the owner to think: “We want to break him next week anyway, and it will make him gentle to have the blacksmith shoe him.”
In the first place the colts feet should be handled before it ever goes into the blacksmith’s shop, or the farrier touches the feet.
It is an easier and simpler matter to handle the colt’s feet after he has been poled and taught the lessons given in Book #1 of Train Wild Horses.
Put a halter on the colt and take it out into a lot or onto the barn floor, or any place that his attention is not attracted elsewhere. Have your assistant hold the colt by the halter strap with his right hand, standing directly in front of it.
Step to the colts left shoulder and push against it with your shoulder as you stoop down to pick up the left front foot and the foot will come up almost of its own accord. Hold the foot up for a moment and then let it down carefully, holding to it until the foot rests on the ground.
Next, walk back rubbing your hand over the back and down the left hind leg, and by pressing in against the hip raise the hind foot carefully. Hold it for a moment as you did the front one and then let it down.
Now walk forward again and approach the right shoulder and raise the right front foot, as you did on the left side. Now go again to the foot you started with and work it in the different positions for shoeing.
Go only so fast as the colt can understand. If he does not fully understand what you want, and resists, do not attempt to hold the foot by “bull strength and awkwardness,”
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Originally posted 2008-06-08 10:21:00. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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What about the really fearful horses?
By Horse Guy | January 29, 2012
So far in this series we’ve talked a lot about training fairly gentle and reasonable animals- but eventually you’re going to come up against a real timid and scared horse…
One special fear that many horses develop is fear of the automobile, and there’s some simple ways to break them of this…
With a great many horses it is only necessary to make the proper approach and their habit is overcome, because with them, it is simply a case of not understanding.
Engage someone to use an automobile according to your directions. The first time you meet the machine be sure that you have plenty of room so you can get at least twenty feet away from it.
As you see it approaching, drive well out to the side of the road, take a firm grip on your lines, pull the whip out of the socket and prepare to force the horse toward the car.
Signal the driver of the car to slow down, and as the machine draws near, drive your horse directly toward it, approaching it from an angle.
Time your approach so that just as you get even with the machine the horse will be facing it and going almost straight across the road.
Use your voice: keep saying, “Take care sir,” over and over again. Just as the machine gets even with you, say “Whoa” and immediately give an action with the lines.
Have the driver go very slowly by the time you get even with him and have him stop. Allow your horse to reach out and touch the machine.
After allowing the horse to stand quietly for a moment, give an intimation with the lines, by first pulling the line NEAREST the machine, then the one on the opposite side, saying “Get Up” at the same time, and the horse will move quietly forward.
This is but a TINY sample of the potent training secrets to breaking your horse of all sorts of fears and habits…
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Originally posted 2008-06-12 10:10:07. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Horse Training Tips
By Horse Guy | January 28, 2012
Have put together some of the best horse training tips I have seen while surfing the web.
Western Riding, 2nd Edition | Basic Horse Training
Posted by Basic Horse Training on May 19th, 2010. ISBN13: 9781931993173; Condition: NEW; Notes: Brand New from Publisher. No Remainder Mark. Product Description Covers the fundamentals with step-by-step instructions, complete with helpful glossaries … by how completely it covered all the topics. It is a great book for the beginning rider. It helps that it is very specific. I found the tips for problem horses helpful. The only thing I found lacking is general horse care. …
Publish Date: 05/18/2010 23:38
http://www.basichorsetraining.com/western-riding-2nd-edition/
Morgan Horses | Horse Training Tips – No Results Without Focus
There are probably a few thousand people out there training horses for a living. Some of them are excellent and worth every penny. Some are doing ok – and if you do not know much about training, they .. more … Share/Bookmark.
Publish Date: 05/14/2010 7:58
http://petsgo.org/?p=2139
Starting Out: Some Basic Horse Training Tips
Each horse, just like each person, is a unique individual. A horse will have its own personality and learning ability, different from that of another horse. With that in mind, here are some fundamental horse training tips to remember: …
Publish Date: 05/10/2010 13:19
http://horsetrainingguide.org/starting-out-some-basic-horse-training-tips
While surfing I found a couple good videos too.
Beginner Horsemanship with a Less-Trained Horse : Minimizing a Break in Gait: Horse Training Tips
A horse breaking gait is one of the biggest offenses a horse can present to the rider. Learn how to minimize the horse’s tendency to break gait in thisfree horse training video. Expert: Kathy Kentala Bio: Kathy Kentala owns the Bee Cave Riding Center…
Horse Training – Stand Still to Mount
www.HorseTrainingVideos.com. Reining and cutting horse trainer, Larry Trocha shows how to train your horse to stand still while you get on. For more free horse training tips to to www.HorseTrainingVideos.com s499.photobucket.com
Let me know if you like them by leaving a comment and look for more horse training tips here in the future as I find great resources.
Originally posted 2010-05-19 16:53:42. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Problems With Your Horse’s Canter
By Horse Guy | January 27, 2012
A horse canters when it moves slightly faster than a trot but slower than a gallop.
Confused? Imagine how the horse must feel!
Seriously, the various canters are among the most difficult horse training feats because of their somewhat unnatural demands. Here’s what I mean:
Imagine taking a young child out to play, getting them excited and ready to run, but then insisting they adjust their pace to slower than a full run but faster than a slow jog. This is the same dilemma horse trainers face when teaching their animals to obey various canter leads.
Often, a horse will have difficulty taking the right lead when it is nervous. And this can happen when the rider is nervous and the horse picks up on it.
Also, a problem with canter can be a simple matter of the horse being stubborn. Remember this is a very disciplined range of motion; otherwise it wouldn’t be required for show horses in the first place.
As with many difficulties that arise in the horse training process, canter issues can be overcome with extra time spent building trust and creating a relaxed experience. And again, nervous energy is most often transferred to the horse from the rider, so it’s imperative that you learn to relax in the saddle while working through your canter problems.
Originally posted 2008-06-02 01:26:32. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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Wild Horse Training Tutorial
By Horse Guy | January 26, 2012
Wild Horse Training is not as easy as we imagined it to be. But there are easy ways as to how wild horse training is to be done.
Firstly, there is the so-called “In-hand” Wild Horse Training. In- hand training of wild horses is the ability to teach the horse the basics. By using this training, the trainer should prepare the horse. In- hand training is also the ability to get the horse in the best possible and trained manner from one point to another. In-hand training is the basic training and the first step of training the horse to take the second step and that is the riding.
Secondly, to ride a horse one should need these things that are necessarily helpful to accustom the horse with the basics: halter, lead, bridle, obstacles like tarp, platform, and plywood, concrete, plastic and or poles in the ground. Some obstacles that can also be used are the flat and a tractor.
Thirdly, goals are important in wild horse training. First goal is the First Set of Basics. This type of training will enable the horse to be taught in many ways. The in-hand training is the first step training that a horse should be taught. The second goal is that the way on how you can smoothly halter the horse. This would most likely means without bucking, bolting, and biting. Third goal is the skill of safely turning the horse loose. In this, one will not have to deal with the wheeling or the rearing. These are the stepping stones to move on the bigger and better preparation- the moving forward.
This is the next step of goals- Moving Forward. This step is much difficult. This will require a great deal of time and patience. Moving forward is where the walking and some of the maneuvers, trotting, stopping and turning left or right back come into play.
Some horses get spooked sometimes when the ground levels are changed or other elements are presented. So starting with obstacles is very much helpful if you want to easily lead your horse with a bridle or halter and this would take away from the others without having troubles.
When this is mastered, another step would be helpful again by taking them the past obstacles such as the fences, tractors or the flags.
Wild horse training needs an individual skill and valuable knowledge of the trainer and it also needs extensive groundwork for an easy key to success under the saddle and one should always remember that every encounter of the horse includes training.
Originally posted 2009-06-08 14:40:11. Republished by Blog Post Promoter
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