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Related Letters

 

The following letters deal with training issues that are similar or related to the article you were reading "Horses That Won't Go" and may offer additonal insight:
 

Behavior and Characteristics
Respect from Your Horse: "Her idea is to smack the poop out of them when they misbehave to teach that respect"

Horse Behavior - Pawing: "My 4 year old mare paws constantly"

Horses Rearing: "He has started rearing and spinning when he decides he's done"

Biting Horse: "What to do for a horse that bites?"

Horse Behavior Problems: "He tried to kick me with his back left leg. I was astonished!!!!"

Horse Behavior Problems: "She has gotten into the bad habit of pawing the pipes of her corral"

How Do i Deal with a Bucking Horse: "Do you have ANY literature or information concerning how to get a horse to stop bucking?"

Horse Training Information: "My gelding sticks his tongue out of his month when we are in the show ring"

How to Prevent Horse from Rearing Up: "When I leaned over to adjust the stirrup the horse reared up and hit me in the nose"

Emotional Training
Horse Biting Problems: "Badly damaged and highly reactive"

Wild Horse Training: "My neighbor would like to donate her to someone's symposium. She does not care to get her back afterwards"

Barn Sour Horses: "He will prance, fight the bit, rear and buck and try to run to the gate."

Horse Training Information: "I feel her issues were environment and ignorance on the part of her previous owner"

Horse Vs Mountain Lion: "Riding with Cougars"

How to Prevent Horse from Rearing Up: "When I leaned over to adjust the stirrup the horse reared up and hit me in the nose"

Bond with Your Horse: "The fine line between bonding with our horses and gaining respect"

Problems Horses: "My 4 year old BLM mare and I are having problems!"

Gaited Horses Training: "Is it possible to train a Standardbred?"

Starting Young Horses: "The problem is my young horse....who needs a JOB Desperately"

Training Problem Horses: "Trouble is his different personality when I ride alone or with my friend teaching me..."

How Do i Train a Bucking Horse: "Is there a way to truly break a horse from bucking?"

Train a Horse to Trailer: "My horse has decided to exit the trailer over the breast bar, right out the escape door"

Stubborn Horse: "The 15 year old gelding he is becoming quite stubborn"

How to Break a Horse: "She came back to me and I didn't even know her and she acted like she didn't know me"

Training a Nervous Horse: "She is very calm under saddle but is very scared and nervous about everything on the ground"

Spooky Horses: "She spooks at different things and also she will try to kick at other horses"

Horse Bucking Rider Off: "The auction was probably the only answer for him now warning any bidders that he had a problem with occasionally throwing a fit for no reason and trying to get his rider off"

Basic Horse Training: "I would love to know when you come back this way again"

Horses Rearing: "He has started rearing and spinning when he decides he's done"

Training Problem Horses: "She is awesome except she is dangerous and frankly I am very concerned. PLEASE help."

Bolting Horse: "He gets scared or something, bolts and there is NO STOPPING HIM"

Go Forward
Training Western Pleasure Horse: "She is worried that letting her horse move faster for English and jumping is going to ruin his western pleasure gaits."

How to Stop a Rearing Horse: "Our issue is rearing not striking. Can you help?"

Trail Riding Horses: "He has stopped on the middle of a very steep hill and been scared to continue on"

Horse Training Problem: "Either I can't emit enough energy to get his attention or I'm not strong enough"

Tips on Training a Stubborn Horse: "My horse Lee Lou will not go for me."

Fear of Horses: "I fell off my horse two years ago and have not ridden (my horse) since"

Horse Speeds: "I have a 5 year-old mare that throws her head whenever I bump her with my legs"

Loading a Stubborn Horse: "I have a 11 year old Oldenburg mare that I have trouble loading"

How to Train a Stubborn Horse: "I have an 8 year old gelding that has decided not to move forward."

Horse on Its Hind Legs: "He rides really good but sometimes he will raise up on his hind legs and roll over on me"

Cantering Horses: "I can NOT no matter what I have tried get this gelding to lope"

Horse Rearing Up: "I have a horse that is consistently pushing into the bit"

Rearing Horses: "How do I keep my gelding from rearing up with a rider on his back?"

Training a Stubborn Horse: "When I'm in the saddle, its a different story. Its like he can't hear me"

Trail Horse Training: "Q: How do I get her down the lane and onto the little short trail? Answer:..."

Train a Horse to Trailer: "Perhaps you will have an article about trailer unloading?"

Schooling Success: Training Young Horses: "When I got on she would not listen to me; she would pay more attention to the bit"

Starting Horses: "She just stands there and won't go anywhere"

Horses Rearing: "He has started rearing and spinning when he decides he's done"

Horse Load: "He is absolutely wonderful but no longer wants to go near a trailer."

Cure a Nervous Horse: "I have acquired a horse that has been abused and very nervous around most people"

Stubborn Horses: "She will not move when we try and ride her"

How to Break a Horse: "She came back to me and I didn't even know her and she acted like she didn't know me"

Fighting Horse: "As soon as you take him anyway he turns into a fighter"

Horses That Won't Go
Tips on Training a Stubborn Horse: "My horse Lee Lou will not go for me."

Cantering Horses: "I can NOT no matter what I have tried get this gelding to lope"

Problems Horses: "My 4 year old BLM mare and I are having problems!"

Stubborn Horses: "She will not move when we try and ride her"

Horse Training Problem: "Either I can't emit enough energy to get his attention or I'm not strong enough"

How to Train a Stubborn Horse: "I have an 8 year old gelding that has decided not to move forward."

Horse Leg Cues: "I've been having trouble with my horse being "dead sided""

Fear of Horses: "I fell off my horse two years ago and have not ridden (my horse) since"

How to Load a Stubborn Horse: "I have a very large 17 hand 1550 lb Holsteiner mare that DOES NOT load."

Starting Horses: "She just stands there and won't go anywhere"

Horses That Won't Slow
Western Training Bit: "How big are the cheek pieces on the full cheek snaffle bit you're selling?"

Riding with Other Horses
Horse Herd Dynamics: "How do I solve the problem of my mare pinning her ears at other horses?"

Endurance Horse Riding: "How do I establish reliable speed control in an endurance race, when every instinct the horse has says to run for your life?"

Barn Sour Horse: "What can I do about the horse left behind?"

Train a Horse to Trailer: "My horse has decided to exit the trailer over the breast bar, right out the escape door"

Starting a Young Horse: "When we ride without her tailing along she nuts up."

Basic Horse Training: "My horse Jughead has one very dangerous vice. He bolts or attacks when he sees other horse’s."

Horse Trail Training: "When I ride my horse with other horses he will buck a bit and crow hop"

Horses Rearing: "My horse reared up and landed me in the hospital with back injuries"

Training Problem Horses: "Trouble is his different personality when I ride alone or with my friend teaching me..."

Speed Control
Bolting Horse: "He gets scared or something, bolts and there is NO STOPPING HIM"

Thoroughbred Adoption: "Do you have any books or videos to help with retraining ex-racehorses?"

Horse Leg Cues: "I've been having trouble with my horse being "dead sided""

Cantering Horses: "I can NOT no matter what I have tried get this gelding to lope"

Horse Training Article: "I have read the "steer the tail" and the "hip-shoulder-shoulder" exercises. Could you please explain what the difference is?"

How Do i Train a Bucking Horse: "Is there a way to truly break a horse from bucking?"

Training Thoroughbreds: "I have a thoroughbred mare off the track that has some major fear issues"

How Do You Teach a Horse to Stop: "What can I do to get her to stop throwing her head and when I say ho she will stop?"

Barrel Horse Training: "The last few rodeos we’ve had to put her on a different horse because we couldn’t get him under control."

Horse Snaffle Bits: "Do you think I should change the bar snaffle to a different bit?"

Endurance Horse Riding: "How do I establish reliable speed control in an endurance race, when every instinct the horse has says to run for your life?"

Horse Trail Training: "When we come to a steep bank or a hill he wants to run or buck up it"

Horse Speeds: "As soon as I ask for a trot, he thinks he really needs to get somewhere in a hurry."

Horse Speeds: "I have a 5 year-old mare that throws her head whenever I bump her with my legs"

Schooling Success: Training Young Horses: "When I got on she would not listen to me; she would pay more attention to the bit"

Tips on Training a Stubborn Horse: "My horse Lee Lou will not go for me."

Problems Horses: "My 4 year old BLM mare and I are having problems!"

How to Teach a Horse to Barrel Race: "Whenever my horse gets through the gate to race he prances and hops until you let him go"

Trail Riding
Horse Trail Training: "When I ride my horse with other horses he will buck a bit and crow hop"

Trail Riding Horses: "He has stopped on the middle of a very steep hill and been scared to continue on"

Training Young Horses: "We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky"

Trail Horse Riding: "She likes to wander from one side of the road to the other"

Horse Trail Training: "When we come to a steep bank or a hill he wants to run or buck up it"

Spooky Horses: "How about an article about highway shyness (fear) in horses?"

Horses Rearing: "My horse reared up and landed me in the hospital with back injuries"

Rearing Horse: "You are riding along doing just fine and he will suddenly start rearing up and spinning around in circles"

Endurance Horse Riding: "How do I establish reliable speed control in an endurance race, when every instinct the horse has says to run for your life?"

Horse Fears: "He gets nervous when he feels insecure and he's gotten out of hand by fighting me and blowing up"

Sore Horse: "I can barely touch her and she will not let me catch her except for feeding time"

Horse Training Problem: "Is there any way to get my German Shepherd to stop constantly barking at my horses?"

Horse Training Problem: "How do you train a horse to stay with a fallen rider?"

Horse Vs Mountain Lion: "Riding with Cougars"

Trail Horse Training: "Q: How do I get her down the lane and onto the little short trail? Answer:..."

Fighting Horse: "As soon as you take him anyway he turns into a fighter"

How Do i Train a Bucking Horse: "Is there a way to truly break a horse from bucking?"

Horse Training Technique: "She has been hurt badly on idiot horses in the past and her confidence is down"

Horse Herd Dynamics: "How do I solve the problem of my mare pinning her ears at other horses?"


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