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Newsletter, Tips and Articles Featuring the Methods of John Lyons ARTICLE ARCHIVE

These Articles Are For You If...

• You plan on attending a Lyons clinic and "hate taking notes." Collectively, the articles could be seen as a companion "text book" to our clinics or symposiums)

• You strive to keep "hip to" the latest training methods

• You train your own horse and seem to have hit a "plateau"

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Check out our list of articles (below) covering the latest training techniques from John Lyons Certified Instructor Keith Hosman. Many articles were co-written by John's son Josh Lyons.

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Some articles are quite short and attempt only to convey simple, yet important concepts. Others run into much more detail. The riding exercises, for instance, cover not only the "how-to" but also the "what-ifs."

Bookmark this page and come back often - we'll be adding more articles every few weeks. Suggestions for future articles? Why not ?

Backing Up

• Get Your Back Up

• Backing Up

Behavior

• Give Your Horse A Want-To Attitude

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

• Why Does My Horse Still Have This Problem?

• Biting Horses

• I'm Scared of My Horse, Please Help

• How to Make Horse Training (More) Affordable

Exercises

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

• Hurry Up and Stop

• 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

Ground Training

• Horses That Pull Back or Won't Stand Tied

• Cinchy Horses

• Teach a Horse to Sidepass Toward You on the Ground

Leading and Manners

• The First Thing I Do

• How to Halter a Horse

Nervous Horses

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

Reins and Their Use

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

• Reins: 5 Tips to Improve Your Use

Tack

• The Snaffle Bit vs The Shank Bit

Tips

• Horse Riding Tips

Training (General)

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

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

• Keys to Making Improvements: How Long You Should Ride

• Teaching Your Horse To Stand Still

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

• Make Your Horse Stop

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

• Slowing Your Horse

• Speed Up Your Slow Horse

• Riding Mechanics and Bad Habits

• My Horse Roots At The Bit

• How Far How Fast How Little

• Keys To Improvement

• Thought Vs Action

• An Easy Way To Look At Training Redirecting Pressure

• Good Now Bad Later Why Does This Happen?

• Rider Checklists

Turning

• Featured Riding Exercise: Steer the Tail

• The Steering the Tail Exercise: What To Do If

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

• Simple Steps to Power Steering

• How to Teach a Horse to Pivot on Its Hindquarters

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About the authors:
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 some 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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