"Tonight’s homework calls for you to read a short article called “How To Get Your Horse’s Attention.” You’ll find that the way to get your horse’s attention is to improve his performance. That means that if you concentrate on getting your horse to step more lightly to the left ormove a back leg to the right or soften and drop his head to x-height... anything specific, you’ll find that your horse has handed you more of his “attention” as he’s gotten better at any of those things. Pick anything to practice; it doesn’t matter.
Here’s a great way to take and advance yesterday’s head-down cue: When you can drop your horse’s head at a stand still, try the same maneuver at a walk, then trot and finally a lope. Be careful to be honest and not move to a higher gait till the horse is dropping is head softly on command at the slower gait/speed. Remember that your horse will act as though he has no idea what your asking for when you move to the next higher gait. You will need to virtually re-teach the exercise at each new gait so be prepared and keep cool."
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"'Reverse Arc Circle' is a fancy way of saying 'your horse looks off to one side, but pivots on his back foot the other way.' Like I said, it's the first step to teaching the reining spin or neck reining. To continue on and teach neck reining or a reining spin, you'd begin as described, using the left rein to move right, for instance. You'd then gradually begin applying follow-up pressure with the right rein, asking the horse to look in the direction he's turning. Ideally, you'd practice the Clockwork Exercise until both your indirect and direct reins can tell the horse to step on any of the numbers of the clock. You'll work to make your direct rein (the left one if you're moving left, right if moving right) mean "step on four," just as the left rein (your indirect rein) spoke to the right leg/shoulder when you first began your lessons. Teach this and you'll have taught the horse two cues that mean "move left" or "move right." You'll have a solid means of communication and you will have built a horse that neck reins. (Becoming proficient at "spinning" requires follow-up exercises – but you have the tools now to teach the fundamentals.)"
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12809 Koeppen RD Southeast, Rainier, WA 98576 USA
Email: fuossmakayla*yahoo.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.johnlyonscertifiedhorsetrainer.com
John Lyons horseman Makayla Fuoss lives in North Western Washington (Thurston county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Tacoma, Seattle, Centralia, Longview, Portland.
P.O. Box 1242, Rochester, WA 98579 USA
Email: blackriverqhr*aol.com (replace * with @), Site: www.blackriverquarterhorseranch.com
John Lyons horseman Susan Kirk lives in Western Washington (Thurston county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Centralia, Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Olympia, Redmond, Parkland.
103 Roadrunner Lane, Port Orchard, WA 67502 USA
Email: kimlevinson*mac.om (replace * with @), Site: http://trailrideforum.com
John Lyons horseman Kim Levinson lives in North Western Washington (Reno county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Seattle, Bellevue, Tacoma, Bremerton.
P.O. Box 221, Lakebay, WA 98349 USA
Email: hfarabpt1*aol.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.hf-ranch.com
John Lyons horseman Dana Pedersen lives in West Central Washington (Pierce county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Olympia, Lakewood, Puyallup, Auburn, Redmond.
997 Slide Creek Road, Colville, WA 99114 USA
Email: lcshannon*plix.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Leeanne Shannon lives in Northeastern Washington (Stevens county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Spokane, Colville, Coeur d'Alene.
2864 S East Camano Dr, Camano Island, WA 98282 USA
Email: bsmith194*aol.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Ben Smith lives in North Western Washington (Island county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Oak Harbor, Mount Vernon, Everett, Seattle, Tacoma.
4406 226th Dr NE, Granite Falls, WA 98252 USA
Email: tayloredhorse*hotmail.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Mishelle Taylor lives in Northwestern Washington (Snohomish county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Seattle, Tacoma, Everett, Vancouver, Abbotsford, Puyallup, Bellevue.
N8464 Firelane 12, Menasha, WI 54952 USA
Email: sixdstimberlane*earthlink.net (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Linda Davidson lives in East Central Wisconsin (Winnebago county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Appleton, Neenah, Oshkosh, Milwaukee, Madison.
John Lyons horseman Richard Monheim lives in North Central Wisconsin (Vilas county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Eagle River, Rhinelander, Iron River.
9736 Serns Road, Milton, WI 53563 USA
Email: TracyPorter*centurytel.net (replace * with @), Site: http://www.tracy-porter.net
John Lyons horseman Tracy Porter lives in South Central Wisconsin (Rock county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Madison, Milwaukee, Rockford, Aurora, Chicago.
N6718 Krahn Rd, Princeton, WI 54968 USA
Email: paintedpony*meanded.com (replace * with @), Site: www.yellowhorsellc.com
John Lyons horseman Carissa Rivara lives in Central Wisconsin (Green Lake county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Madison, Milwaukee, Fond Du Lac, Portage.
