Re: training question

["elfs" <elfs@c2i2.com>]

Take him completely off the grain. Once you have gotten aquainted and he is
working hard , then grain him according to the work done.
Dru

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Sent: Wednesday, November 15, 2000 8:11 AM
Subject: RC: training question


> A. Perez A,mandPerez@ureach.com
>   I rode my new horse, Cyclone, before work this morning.
> It was my third time up on him since he came home for a two-
> week trial period.  He was an idiot: he'd stand for mounting but
> wanted to take off before I was completely settled, and pitched a fit when
I asked him to stand - semi-reared, whirled, head-tossed etc. I nearly came
off just getting mounted. He also did not want to stand to wait to cross the
main road (I had to cross a heavily trafficed road, and have to wait a while
for a break in traffic). When I asked him to stand he'd tos his head,
prance, dance etc. We ended up going back and forth along the side of the
road until a break in traffic came.  Same deal on the way back, but he kept
swinging out into the roadway (into on-coming traffic) and skidding around
on the pavement, so I dismounted and led him across, and the rest of the way
home (not far, and I wanted him to cool out a bit).  I know part of his
problem is that he's at a new place, with a new rider, and we were riding
alone.  His prior owner had him on 14 % sweet-feed, a couple of pounds a
day.  I now have him on 10% and am tapering him off.  He does not need to
gain any weight, nor !
> does he need any 'jet fuel'.  One thing I'd like to do it train him to
'park out' for mounting (stand in a stretch), since it will make it easier
to get up on him (he's 16.2) and may help to keep him still until I can get
both feet in the stirrups.  The other thing I need him to do is to stand
quetly when necessary, so I figure parking out would be usefull there as
well.  Do any of you have any experience in teaching a horse to park out?
Have any of you solved the 'don't-want-to-stand' problem with your horses?
Any tips for quieting him down would be great (horsey Prozac?  ;-) ).  He's
a blast to ride, and settles down after an hour or so, but it would be nice
to be able to have a slightly more relaxed ride with out having an hour of
hissy-fits first.
> I am also considering clicker-training, but have not started yet.
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