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I don't specifically teach my horse to not pull back. Instead, when I'm working on "giving to the bit," what I'm teaching is to "give" in the direction of the pull, regardless of where it comes from. Up, down, whatever angle the pull comes from – it should make no difference to the horse. No matter where the pressure comes from, you want them to get to that bit, to give in that direction.

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Active vs Reactive Rider	Adaptability and Forgiveness
Adaptive Riding	Aggression
Anatomy	Attention - Getting it from Your Horse
Attitude - rider	Babies
Baby Give - see also Give to Bit	Backing Up
Bad Habits and Vices	Barn and Facilities
Barn Sour	Basic Training
Bathing	Beginners - Novice
Behavior and Characteristics	Birth
Bit Responsiveness - see also Give to Bit	Biting
Bits - Snaffle	Bits - the Right Bit
Bitting and Bitting Up	Boarding and Horse Ownership
Body Language	Bolting
Break at the Poll	Breeding
Bridling	Broodmares - see also Mares
Bucking	Buddy Sour
Build Confidence	Buying a Horse
Calm Down Cue	Cantering - also see Lope
Care - Caring for Horses	Careers with Horses
Catching and Turning Loose	Cinching Up
Cinchy	Circles
Clockwork Exercise	Clothes
Colic	Collected Canter
Collected Stops	Collected Trot
Collection	Come to You
Common Sense	Communicate
Competing - also see Showing	Conditioned Response
Confidence	Connect Rein to Ear
Connect Rein to Feet	Connect Rein to Hip
Connect Rein to Neck	Connect Rein to Nose
Connect Rein to Shoulders	Control
Cooling Out	Cribbing - aka Wind Sucking
Crossing Objects	Cues Lesson Plans Goals
Curb Bit - also see Leverage/Shank Bits	Demand Cue - see also Calm Down Cue
Dental Care	Diagonals - also see Lateral Work
Directional Control	Disease and Illness
Dog Training	Dragging Objects
Draw Reins	Driving Commands
Drop Head	Ear Clipping
Ear Pinning	Ears - Examining
Eating While Bridled	Emergencies
Emotional Training	Encouragement for Rider
Equipment	Establish Control - see Control
Evaluating Training	Exercise
Eyes - Eye Problems

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