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Re: [RC] Horse training question... - Barbara McCraryI've brought along several youngsters over the years and the main reason for heavy-on-the-forehand is lack of hindquarter muscle. Do lots of slow hill-climbing until his back end muscles up. One horse I rode for a year before my husband made him into HIS endurance horse (a good one, too) was very heavy as a 5-year-old. He was also very goosey about being touched on the rump. So I used that to my advantage and when we started to drop off the top of the mountain, I would quietly reach back and touch the top of his rump. He would immediately tuck under in response and I kept using this as his cue to collect. It worked great on him...that and of course lots of hill-climbing. Eventually, he no longer needed the cue.Barbara ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nancy Sturm" <sturmranch@xxxxxxxx> To: "Burnett, Elly" <egburnett@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Tuesday, March 25, 2008 6:17 PM Subject: Re: [RC] Horse training question... . Anyways, a friend suggested I "pop" him with a rein as soon as he gets heavy, but I'm spending way too much time jerking on the reins, and the whole ordeal makes me uncomfortable. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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