"This goes for every interaction with your horse — and it goes double for lessons the horse has never had before.
Because this approach kills thoughts like: "This darn horse is gonna screw this up. I might as well cut to the chase and start by giving him a good crank." That attitude will keep you from advancing — ever. Begin each request with a business-like, pleasant attitude that your horse will appreciate. He'll then show his appreciation by accepting your training, becoming a happy, trained horse much, much faster."
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"How many times do you think you've ridden your horse? A thousand? Five hundred? Just guess. What if every time you got on, you improved something, no matter how small? If you could just see some little improvement for each of those thousand times you've been on that horse, that's a thousand percent improvement. After all, you can't get the horse trained all at once; the key is to make some small improvement every time you get in that saddle. Your mindset, when you get in that saddle, is that something is going to get better. Now, it might not be what you'd planned on working on because it's not a matter of what you want to work on that day – your horse decides for you. You may want to work on your right lead, but the horse says "No, I'm just going to run away." So you may not work on leads at all; you may just work on..."
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335 53rd Drive North, West Palm Beach, FL 33415 USA
Email: bojangles4*msn.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Jodi Burnsed lives in South Eastern Florida (Palm Beach county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Wellington, Greenacres, Riviera Beach.
3613 Horne Hollow Rd, Crestview, FL 32539 USA
Email: chandlerc001*msn.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Cheryl Chandler lives in Nort Western Florida (Okaloosa county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Fort Walton Beach, West Pensacola, Freeport.
2160 SW 107th Place, Ocala, FL 34476 USA
Email: lynndfarms*hughes.net (replace * with @), Site: http://www.lynndfarms.com/
John Lyons horseman Steven Duchac lives in Central Florida (Marion county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Gainesville, Ocala, Orlando, Tampa, Daytona Beach.
John Lyons horseman Cherish Hood lives in Central Florida (Marion county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Chillicothe, Xenia, Newark, Dayton, Cincinnati.
15330 Cemetery Road, Fort Myers, FL 33905 USA
Email: kksmandy*aol.com (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Kellie Kauffman lives in Southwestern Florida (Lee county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, Cape Coral, East Naples.
5840 217th St E, Bradenton, FL 34211 USA
Email: jamesjmalcolm*mac.com (replace * with @), Site: www.JamesMalcolmHorsemanship.com
John Lyons horseman James Malcolm lives in West Central Florida (Manatee county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Sarasota, St Petersburg, Bradenton, Tampa, Lakeland, Clearwater.
13955 113th St., Fellsmere, FL 32948 USA
Email: seahorse*quixnet.net (replace * with @)
John Lyons horseman Cindy McDevitt lives in East Central Florida (Indian River county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Palm Bay, Melbourne, Fort Pierce.
1951 Colony Way, Jupiter, FL 33478 USA
Email: patty*paintedprincess.com (replace * with @), Site: http://www.paintedprincessfarm.com
John Lyons horseman Patty Russell lives in Southeastern Florida (Palm Beach county) within 100 miles of the following cities: Jupiter, Palm Beach, Lake Worth, Greenacres, Boca Raton, Miami, Fort Lauderdale.
John Lyons horseman Jessie Shepherd lives in South Western Florida (Lee county) within 100 miles of the following cities: North Fort Myers, Port Charlotte, East Naples.
