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Re: [RC] What type of training? - Dabney FinchI know the prevailing wisdom
is to slow your horse down, and do so for a good long time. The
following advice is based only on my own experience, and probably also my
love of going fast on fast horses. So, please don't listen to
me! (LOL)
As long as there are
no soundness or safety issues, I'd say let him go as fast as he
wants--but keep him out there until he asks to slow down on his own, however
long that takes. Once your guy gets over the "kid in the candy
store" attitude about going fast that he has now, he'll learn to cool his jets
when it's asked for.
I've used this method with my
real hotheads and IMHO it works much better than the constant fighting of
forcing them to walk all the time. Also, I do believe you can
ruin their forwardness with that method.
I've seen it happen to
horses that have been drilled into walking, jog trotting and a
"good stop." They lose their ability to freely and joyfully just boogey on
down the trail with a rider.
I'd much rather have to
deal with the forward momentum--like a horse from the track, or your guy.
At least then you've got some impulsion with which to school self
carriage, fluidity, independent movement, and lightness. A
really "good stop" will eventually come from that.
Dabney Finch
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Alan Kay" <alankay@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 30, 2005
2:46 AM
Subject: [RC] What type of
training? > months ago. He is very sweet and has bonded with me quite well. His > ground manners are fair, but improving (still moves around a bit when > mounting, gets a bit fussy for the farrier, gets in the trailer much > better than he did). He is attentive to me most of the time. The > biggest problem we have is when we get out on the trail. He really > wants to go, go, go. I spend much of my time trying to teach him to > walk and trot on my command, not on his desire. But he really wants to > run - he hates walking! I am a novice-intermediate rider and don't have > years of horse training skills. So my question is - what type of > training would be best for me to do with this boy to make him more > responsive to me and happy to do what I ask of him, yet not take away > his love of moving? Thanks for any advice! > > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > > Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. > Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp > Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp > > Ride Long and Ride Safe!! > > =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= > >
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