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Re: [RC] Training new horse - Marv Walker

At 06:50 AM 11/29/03 -0800, sharp penny wrote: 
For a young horse there are just too many distractions out
on the trail to try to teach them any new things there. I
have found that trying to do this makes teaching the skill
harder and takes them longer to *catch on*. Why set you or
your horse up for failure? Once they have that *skill*
firmly intact then, I'll up the difficulty level and ask
for that skill on the trail. I agree once my horse has a
pretty good knowledge of that skill then using the trail to
work on and refine it is great.


I for one prefer getting a horse out on the trail as soon as
possible.  For the most part, if something goes west on
the trail my reasoning is that I'll get brushed off before it
picks up too much speed and when I land I'll hopefully land
on a few decades worth of humus.

I would grant that not everyone has the luxury of wooded
brushy trails but when you do, it's golden.

Marv "This Snigtag has been scanned for viruses." Walker
Horse Videos: http://MarvWalker.com/ebay.htm


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