Re: teaching a horse to be sure-footed

[Truman Prevatt <truman.prevatt@netsrq.com>]

The same way you get to Carnegie Hall - practtice, practice, practice...  You migh try starting with ground rails in the ring.  Then next move on to uneven trails.  I best way I found to do this is very rough - uneven ground.  It only takes so many stumbles until they start payinmg attention to the trail.

Truman

guest@endurance.net wrote:

> pressure very well when I ask for it, but when there is no leg pressure she thinks she can go any where she wants. I'm concerned about this on the trail. I can't have her wandering on a narrow path. How do you teach a horse to be sure-footed on the trails? I have access to fire road trails as well as steep, hilly, and narrow trails. Thanks, Robin


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