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"How to Teach a Horse to Pivot on Its Hindquarters," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the How to Teach a Horse to Pivot Series:
"'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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"Both situations described above make one thing clear: Speed control is mind control. We’ll strengthen his “emotion muscle” by working and flexing it. Here are two exercises to use:
When you walk, trot or lope, would you say your horse (the bucker) thinks there’s one speed called “Walk,” “Trot” or “Lope”? He needs to learn that there are as many speeds within each gait as there are shades of color. Or does your horse go 2 miles an hour then 12 then 6 - all of it’s own accord? We’ve got to fix that, doing so will give you much more control than you now have.
In a safe environment, get on your horse and walk off. Don’t pull back on the reins, but really sit down in the seat and concentrate on slowing him down. Your “dead weight” may naturally slow him down - or not. Either way, ask yourself how many hours an hour you’re traveling and remember it. Now, lean forward a bit, “ride faster” with your seat, move your arms (and thus the reins) forward, kiss, cluck like a chicken, whatever it takes to move your horse faster. You want to push your horse up as fast as it’ll travel in a walk. If it breaks into a trot, that’s okay, just ease it back down. Now, remember that fastest speed you were just given. Let’s say the slow speed you clocked was three, the faster speed six. Your horse is capable of traveling in that range of speed (3-6) today. Your goal will be to broaden that range."
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