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"Simple Steps to Power Steering," from my FREE monthly newsletter
From the Natural Horse Training Series:
"The Subtleties of Steering: Bearing in mind that if you can't steer your horse, you haven't got much of a horse, let's find out how well we're doing in that department. This particular tip has everything to do with "What we ask for" vs. "What we accept." How many times have you asked your horse to turn right and looked down only to realize you're "just barely doing so"? Are you turning your horse's head to the right and thinking "right," but going straight or even left? (If you can look right, but walk left, so can your horse.) Or is "the leakage" more subtle? Maybe the two of you just need a little fine tuning.
Regardless, the point of this entire article is the importance of learning (and consistently applying) single, one-dimensional concepts. To that end, your take-away at this moment is this: We don't aim our horses and hope we end up somewhere. You can train your horse to step on a precise spot when you ask him to. It's not about "turning right." It's about "put your foot exactly there, at that angle and do it with your very next step." Anything else is aiming and laziness. If you ask for a precise, 30 degree turn with the very next step, shuffling loosely over at 12 degrees is just not acceptable."
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A sample from Day 4:
"WHAT TO DO IF the horse just won't move his darn hip: First try changing the way you're using your hands. Try more pressure. Try less pressure. Try different angles, maybe faster, maybe slower.
If that doesn't work, remember, the objective is to teach the horse to "give to pressure" right? ("Give to pressure" means to not pull away from the bit, but rather to relax his muscles and to bend smoothly, fluidly.) So if you just can't get the horse to move that hip over, or you don't feel safe "forcing the issue," or if you feel like you're tring to bend a two thousand pound rock, then make it simpler for both of you: Simply pick up the rein and ask him to soften his neck muscles or drop his head as he takes a step in the same direction. Then let go, praise, repeat. What do you do if you can't get even that? (Say, the horse backs, stops, etc.) Again, make it simpler: Get that forward motion, pick up a rein, wait till the head softens or drops AND GO ANY DIRECTION, even straight. When you get that, try "softening on the turn," then work your way to getting the hip to move. It's important, though, that much more often than not, you're releasing as the horse is turning. Why? Because the horse needs to associate the reins with a change of direction."
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