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Refreshing Flynn
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So Flynn is now at probably his best weight, he could still gain a bit more but I need to work with his so it doesn't turn into fat. So I need a few pointers. The other day I *not in the smartest mind* used his halter and leadrope as a sort of makeshift hackamore. Surprizingly he doesn't seem to mind being sat o...
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Walking off when mounting
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Any suggestions for correcting this behaviour? My TWH is calm and respectful most of the time, but she has a bad habit of rushing off as soon as my butt hits the saddle; needless to say, this is not a comfortable start to our rides; she stands quiet at the mounting block, but takes off as soon as I sit do...
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autumn rain
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Suggestions on what career path to take!
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Ok, so Im a senior in high school this year, and really need some help deciding what I sould do next! I want a future/career with horses. Preferably to train horses for ppl or ride for a farm. I have decided not to go to collage (mainly for financal reasons). I am currently working at a spotted saddle bred f...
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GoneRidin
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Learning from other horses...... I will call it the Toby..
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My one horse is an outright idiot.... my one horse is a gem... idiot is named Oliver Gem is named Toby..... watching my horses together in nature, and giving up all human trainers to learn from my horses, a new program I am on, I learned "the toby"... No matter how utterly stupid Oliver is,...
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Jennifer Lamm
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Talking to Horses
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Do any of you explain to the horse verbally exactly: 1) what you are going to do 2) how you are going to do it 3) what you want the horse to do in response to your aids 4) and how you are going to let the horse do it? I've been thinking a bit about this lately. The first horse that I did this with was a super-se...
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Jackie Cochran
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Just a thought on Training
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Albert Einstein once said: “Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.” I am in Ontario, booked for a one-on-one with a lady for a couple of hours. She wants to work on laying her horse down. I call to confirm the date and time, she confirms and then says, “So, you...
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Gord Searle
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Parelli Bucked Off at Big Event
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http://video.aol.com/video-detail/chris-coxs-first-ride-and-pat-parelli-gettin-bucked-off-at-2011-road-to-...
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Gary Stuart
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Izzy then and now
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First saddling: No one was around for pictures of the first and second rides Third ride- w/t/c and first ride outside the round pen (please excuse my hair, the humidity was making it do crazy things) Fourth ride- added her first obstacles at the end of the ride- logs and tractor tires 9th ride was at a sho...
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tuckermmr
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Re-training the racehorse
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We thought it was a good time to discuss the sad future of some of the racehorses. I'm sure a lot of you have heard about the numerous race horses being euthanized due to the future of horse racing in Ontario. This is a great time to give some of these wonderful animals a new home and a new future. Gary has...
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Tips for a spooky horse
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http://review.barnmice.com/2667/how-to-stop-your-horse-from-shying/
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Barbara F
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Liberty Horse Training
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With this great Tommie Turvey liberty horse training video (click here) and we often see the liberty videos posted by Ayesha (click here), I'm wondering how many people on the forums train horses at liberty and what/who got you started?
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Nikki S
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Losing your temper on your horse
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Do you ever feel like losing your temper on your horse? How do you handle it? I have felt a surge of temper at times and when I do I just drop the reins, walk and think about a strategy for accomplishing my goal for that day. Sometimes I decide that I won't be accomplishing it on that particular day. Also, wh...
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Katherine F
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Suffering in Silence?
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I feel so guilty watching this. What do you think? http://www.barnmice.com/video/slow-motion
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Barbara F
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Horse Rears.
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Well, my gelding was progressing nicely and then one day as i was riding ut of the barn after saddling up, he started turning right(to the trails) of course i firmly but kindly corrected him and we tokk of toward the working flat field. as we got down there, he "popped up and turned" like a half...
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porte101
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screaming mare
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We have a mare that has an unusual habit?! Has anyone else had a horse do this and what can we do to stop it? She is a very busy young mare, so we always lunge first or let her loose in the arena to burn some energy. Sometimes she runs and screams and doesn't listen at all for a few minutes. It's not something th...
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horsemum
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Disrespectful horse
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Ok so I have a 3 1/2-4 year old mustang mare. Recently she has started this new trick of bolting and when I try a one rein stop she just turns her head and keeps going straight. eventually she will turn sideways but will continue in the way she wants. she has almost flipped a few times. also she CLIMBS the rou...
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showjumpingirl21
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Starting under saddle
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I have only been training my horses for just over a year now. I have had no prior experience. I used to ride as a child, but never owned my own horses. I have watched many tv shows to pick up hints. I have experimented with things I think will work. I am now up to the point of starting a few under saddle. I can d...
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KateGreen
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Great Advice in this Training Session with Eric Dierks and an Ex-racehorse!
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http://www.barnmice.com/video/retired-race-horse-thoroughbred-training-projec...
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Barbara F
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Question about Anderson roundpenning training
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Hi all, I am trying the Clinton Anderson training videos for my Belgian and a TWH. The first video in the fundamentals training is all using a roundpen. Well I am new at the horse owning/training area and do not have a round pen. I tried using a long lunge line with my TWH and she seems to responding fair...
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Renate
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Conventional vs Natural Training Methods
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Hey everybody, I was just reading an article on a study with some findings on conventional vs. natural horse training methods in using Arabian horses for the study (Conventional vs. Natural Training: Which is Less Stressful?). They found that the horses started under the natural horse training me...
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Nikki Salo
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Mechanical hackamore vs. bitless bridle
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I'm considering a new approach to training my mare. She is currently ridden on a simple eggbutt snffle and a pieced together hunter bridle. No gadgets here. But she was "cranked" or forced into a headset with her previous owner and that has resulted in a lot of taking off with no brakes. So I...
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horsekrazcort
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Retraining abused ponies
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I adopted a medium sized haflinger cross pony early last spring. I felt he would not find a suitable home so I brought him to mine. Before the end of his third year he had been sent to the kill pen in two different auctions, and I can count at least five different owners. It is clear that he was pushed by too m...
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Pepper
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Eventer to Hunter Confliction
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I'm going to begin this by saying each style of riding has its differences and sometimes those differences suit someone else more so than another. With that said, I moved from IL to AZ and the closest, best priced training I could find in lesson form was at a hunter/jumper barn. Let's keep in mind I'm tra...
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horsekrazcort
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Did something different with my dressage horse - Jump Chute
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Let my 4 yr old Dressage Horse through the jump chute yesterday. He has done it once before - it really confused him last time and he tried to jump out of the chute. This time - as soon as I brought him down to the chute he took of and had a blast running through it - He did it about 6 times. It was so much fun watc...
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prospect
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Sitting Trot on a Bouncy Arabian!!!
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My friend came to me for advice on how to sit the trot on her arabian mare. Sine I have an Arabian/Quarter horse gelding, she thought I would have some advice. Well my horse isn't bad so, all i had to do was just sit up in the saddle a little more and really work out the leg muscles, which over time became habit...
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porte101
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Tantrums?
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Just brought a new horse into the barn, a 6 yo half Arab/ half Dutch warmblood mare. She is 16.1hh and has the warmblood bone and I am thinking their temperament as well. I have not yet been on her back, was informed that she is trained to 1st and schooling 2nd. I am trying her out before making a decision on a...
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Fizziologie
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A biomechanical seat?
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http://www.hartetoharte.org/The_Correct_Biomechanical_Seat.pdf
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spirithorse
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Horse grabs bit and runs!!!
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I have a gelding that i love dearly, but when i urge him into a canter, he grabs the bit and runs and it takes me forever (over-exagerrating) to bring him back down into a trot. I have tried lungeing him at all gaits for 20 minutes( 5 one way 5 the other and repeat) and he is a little calmer but the moment my legs...
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porte101
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Correct Frame and Strategy for a Spooky Horse?
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This is an interesting challenge. Imagine a horse, just rising six. The horse is a very big mover and VERY spooky in his work (not so much on the trails). He spooks and spins QUICKLY, and sometimes runs off. He seems to spook at visual and auditory surprises, as well as consistently spooking in the same...
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Barbara F
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Horse that suddenly has started rearing and crow-hopping. Thoughts?
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One of the people at the barn has just moved a horse in for a few weeks. She has not done anyhting particularly new, but out of nowhere the horse is now EXTREMELY cold backed and crow-hops and rears at the mounting block. He is also rearing in his work. Apparently he has always been somewhat cold-backed,...
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Barbara F
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