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"How Long Should I Ride?," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the Horse Training Problem Series:
"A person is able to keep his attention span for about 20 minutes before something else enters his head. The coffee pot he left on will come flying into his head. A saddle sore, his wife, something. So the best amount of time to ride a horse is for about 20 minutes, then give yourself a 10 or 15 minute break and ride for 20 minutes again. If you know you're going to work for 20 minutes, then you can focus and stay working hard for 20 minutes. But during that twenty minutes, you want to make something better. Ask yourself "What can I make better?" Find one thing and work to make it better.
"The key to training is to find improvement in what you're doing. That's what keeps you going, what keeps you wanting more. You should never be satisfied with what you've got or what you've done. "Satisfied" is another word for "content" and that's another word for "quitting." Then you can't go any farther. So never be satisfied and you'll find that there's always more to it, there's always more to want.
"Always raise your expectations. The whole time you're riding, you need to be looking for…"
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From John Lyons Trainer Keith Hosman |
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Trailer Training Horses
A Downloadable Book
A sample from Day 1:
"Stop tapping the moment you get the horse to move forward and sooner rather than later he'll begin simply stepping forward as you raise your arms. You always want to work with the least amount of motivation possible, so make it a game to see how little pressure it takes to get him moving (consistently). It'll take tapping when you first begin, and simply the raising of your arm shortly thereafter. Be the fly.
Next, I want you to get the horse moving forward and in a circle around you. Do your best to keep your feet in one place, causing the horse to walk around you in a sort of "moon-Earth" relationship. Get him moving, then apply a little "backward" pressure (a pound or less) on his nose through the lead rope, seeing if you can't get his neck to soften for just an instant – but without the horse slowing down or hesitating. Remember to release your pressure when you feel the horse relax. Get that "moving give" consistent and build on it; we're softening the whole horse, beginning with the nose. At this point getting him to soften his neck is good; getting him to drop his head is good; getting him to do both is excellent."
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Horse Gymnastics (series)
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Equine Gymnastics
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