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"Teach a Horse to Sidepass Toward You on the Ground," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the Training Horse in Hand Series:
"Stand not in front of your horse and not to his left, but in the space in between, that is, sort of facing his left shoulder. This area keeps you safer (notice the "er") from back leg kicks or tramplings. DO NOT GET IN FRONT OF YOUR HORSE where a sudden lurch can get you flattened. That would certainly take the fun out of this. Raise the lunge whip in your right hand, as if a conductor sans orchestra, up above your horse's left hip.
Now, listen and listen carefully: You must, must, must, develop a pattern and a rhythm to that pattern. It keeps you proactive and it breaks things down for your horse. If you want the horse to ever read your body language and begin sidepassing toward you, then you must be consistent with your teaching. That means that if you begin by raising your hand, pausing, clucking, and tapping, then ten minutes later you're still following that flow and pattern. As I've said many times, they've been everybody's dinner for eons and they're très fab at reading body language. But they suck at reading minds. Always holding your hand in such and such position and clucking is a clear signal to the trained horse. Thinking "x" but asking your horse to comply with inconsistent signals simply confuses and aggravates the both of you. Well-trained horses seemingly read their owner's minds, but they're either reacting to small clues given to them by their rider's body language, or they're trying things that have gotten them a release in the past, one after the other until successful."
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A sample from Day 5:
"The Horse Paws
If your horse paws as you're asking him to load, it's a good sign that he's thinking about getting in (well, at least planting a foot on the back end). It says that what you're doing is working. Just keep tapping and coaxing, ignoring the pawing for now.
If your horse paws inside the trailer, wait till he's quiet before removing him. Letting him out as he paws will only cause him to do it even quicker the next time. Get in the habit of pausing for a moment before unloading him; don't simply stop, climb out of the truck and open the trailer doors. Also, don't let your anger get the best of you: Don't scream, don't bang on the trailer, don't react to the horse's brattiness. He wants attention and will accept obscenities if it's all he can get."
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