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"How about an article about highway shyness (fear) in horses?"
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Dear Keith...
Monday, January 15, 2007
How about an article about highway shyness (fear) in horses? Fear of cars and 18 wheelers. |
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Suggested Article: "The First Thing I Do"
If your horse went ballistic out on the trail last week... it didn't "just happen out of the blue." He's been telling you for weeks or months that he was going to lose it when enough pressure was applied every time he resisted (however slightly)...
from our Starting a Young Horse series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "How to Halter a Horse"
Is he head shy? Does he have a cow when you touch his ears or chin or block his vision? Then put the halter down and use your hands to desensitize him to your touch. (Use a dressage whip at first if you feel he might throw his head about and...
from our Basic Horse Training series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Steering Your Horse"
If you get too much of a slingshot action with the horse's head, where you pull it back and they give but immediately throw it forward, then you need to move your hands a little slower. Hold on longer, move slower to give back. Make them hold a...
from our Young Horse Training series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "How Do I Get My Horse's Attention?"
I could walk by my horse all day and he doesn't have to even recognize that I'm here – and it would be a waste of my time to ask him to do anything. But if I took a stick and started poking him, then all of a sudden it becomes a whole lot more...
from our Ask a Horse Trainer series > read more |
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Suggested Article: "Horses That Want To Bolt, Buck or Blow Up"
So I ride back to the other spot, and I just keep changing directions. I keep asking and he keeps saying "Alright, alright, we'll have our wreck over here." I just keep moving him around and pretty soon, he decides it's too much trouble to blow up....
from our Learning to Ride a Horse series > read more |
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Trail Riding
Horse Trail Training: When we come to a steep bank or a hill he wants to run or buck up it |
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Fear
Nervous Rider: If I could ride a lot, for several days, I could get past most of my tenseness when I ride |
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Spook in Place and Shying
Training Young Horses: We have a 6yr old gelding who is EXTREMELY spooky |
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