"Take your horse to an area where you won’t have to worry about interferences (barking dogs, rushing horses, slamming doors, plastic bags, etc.). The idea is: “Ride where you can, not where you can’t.” RED ALERT: That’s today’s concept: “Ride where you can, not where you can’t. Stop reading this and repeat that out loud. “I (your name here) promise to ride where I can, not where I can’t.” Say it to the dog, say it to the wall. Really mean it ‘cause it’ll keep you in one piece and keep you from rushing out with your buddies to take a trail ride you’re not ready for and rationalizing later. It means if you’re horse bucks at the blue house, you won’t ride by the blue house until you’ve done the necessary training. If you’re addicted to gambling, stay away from Vegas; if your horse is a bucker, stay away from tricky situations."
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"We clinicians teach "handling of the reins" in a particular order and emphasize certain aspects because we repeatedly see a pattern of "universal truths" from one rider to the next. We see this and we see opportunities to make marked improvements fast. Students don't realize how much pressure they're applying, that they never release, that they're actually rewarding poor behavior, etc. They're mad, the horse is mad – and they pay me to put on a black and white striped shirt and blow a whistle. "Stop fighting; go to your respective corners." This stuff is simple – but there's a pattern to it, a flow and rhythm. If you're having issues with your horse – or just want to improve as a rider, give this material a whirl.
You'll find five tips – each with "your handling of the reins" as their focal point – each guaranteed to make your friends at the barn wonder if you haven't inked a deal with the devil. This is the material I cover most often, the stuff I hit the hardest, the concepts I believe to be the most important, the undercurrent running through the rest of our training. While I won't specifically deal with the mechanics of handling your reins, ("Hold them like so") the material covered will change the way you think and so will ultimately effect the way you do hold, release, etc. Bottom line: You'll improve much faster if you first understand the "why" behind the "what, when and how.""
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PO Box 274, Alamo, NV 89001 USA
Email: realityhorsemanship*gmail.com (replace * with @), Site: www.realityhorsemanship.com
John Lyons horseman Cody Bowman lives in Southern Nevada (Lincoln county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Las Vegas, St. George, Pioche, Nellis AFB.
3485 Vicki Avenue, Las Vegas, NV 89139 USA
Email: kaiserosa*aol.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Eric Coons lives in Southern Nevada (Clark county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Las Vegas, Henderson, Spring Valley, Paradise, Bullhead City.
8188 Campbell Road, Portland, NY 14769 USA
Email: horsesandval*yahoo.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.horserepair.com
John Lyons horseman Valerie Jacques-Chestnut lives in Western New York (Chautauqua county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Erie, Buffalo, Ashtabula, Jamestown, West Seneca.
168 Tamms Road, Middletown, NY 10941 USA
Email: bob*bobjeffreys.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.bobjeffreys.com
John Lyons horseman Bob Jeffreys lives in Southeastern New York (Orange county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Poughkeepsie, Neburgh, Middletown, Paterson, New York, Hartford, New Haven.
1718 Dalton Rd, Lima, NY 14485 USA
Email: lindsaykober*yahoo.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Lindsay Kober lives in North Central New York (Livingston county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Rochester, Syracuse, Buffalo.
Full Circle Training Stables, 167 Fryer Road; Schaghticoke, NY 12154 USA
Email: mlhorse*yahoo.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Michelle Labriola lives in East Central New York (Rensselaer county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Albany, Saratoga Springs, Rotterdam, Schenectady.
2263 Griffin Road, Churchville, NY 14428 USA
Email: pgmcgowan*excite.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Peggy McGowan-Brown lives in North Central New York (Monroe county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Buffalo, Rochester, Syracuse, Toronto.
158 Walker Street, Tiffin, OH 44883 USA
Email: nathan*nathancoffman.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.nathancoffman.com
John Lyons horseman Nathan Coffman lives in North Central Ohio (Seneca county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Toledo, Findlay, Cleveland, Columbus, Detroit.
6177 W. Western Reserve Road, Canfield, OH 44406 USA
Email: info*corllhorsemanship.com (replace * with @), Site: www.corllhorsemanship.com
John Lyons horseman Mark Corll lives in Northeastern Ohio (Mahoning county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Akron, New Castle, Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland.
6177 Western Reserve Rd, Canfield, OH 44406 USA
Email: mcweld90*aol.com (replace * with @), Site: www.corllhorsemanship.com
John Lyons horseman Michelle Corll lives in Northeastern Ohio (Mahoning county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Akron, New Castle, Pittsburgh, Youngstown, Cleveland.
8781 Big Run Road, Gambier, OH 43022 USA
Email: mhbriggs*earthlink.net (replace * with @), Site: http://www.mariannebriggs.com
John Lyons horseman Marianne Hansen-Briggs lives in Central Ohio (Knox county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Columbus, Cleveland, Mount Vernon, Zanesville, Akron.
PO Box 125, Murray City, OH 43144 USA
Email: brentsemingsonhorsetraining*yahoo.com (replace * with @), Site: www.carterperformancehorses.com
John Lyons horseman Brent Semingson lives in Southeastern Ohio (Hocking county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Columbus, Athens, Parkersburg.
John Lyons horseman David Thomas lives in Central Ohio (Franklin county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Columbus, Springfield, Newark, Lancaster, Dayton, Cincinnati, Dayton.
210 S Stringtown Rd, Xenia, OH 45385 USA
Email: younggold2*aol.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Tracy Young lives in Southwestern Ohio (Greene county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Dayton, Cincinnati, Richmond, Columbus.