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Re: [RC] Tailgating on the trail - Lif Strand

At 11:09 AM 7/6/2004, Timothy Worden wrote: 
 And in the same sense, what are
you doing to the training of the tailgating horse,
while you're "desensitizing" that other horse?

That's not how it has to happen. You don't train to not tailgate by having another horse tailgate! First you start by working in the arena - alone and with other horses - on basic communication and control, then you work on that on the trail.

Additionally, there are established methods already in place for training a horse to work in groups and there is no need to reinvent the wheel. People who do search & rescue, crowd control and mounted police work already go to clinics for this sort of thing. Seems to me all that might need to be done would be to change the focus of these clinics to trail work and competition.

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   Lif Strand      fasterhorses.com
           Quemado NM USA


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Replies
[RC] Tailgating on the trail, rides2far
Re: [RC] Tailgating on the trail, Timothy Worden