Re: Kickers/CTR penalties

[Sue Brown <sbrown@wamedes.com>]

> You have only 3-10 seconds to do the
>correction before the horse forgets what she/he did.  However, I will add
that
>sometimes it is not safe to administer appropriate discipline, in which
case a
>sharp jerk and vocal uh-huh or no! will have to suffice....something to
let the
>horse know right now that he just screwed up.
>
The obnoxious "game show" buzzer noise works very well...it's quick, can be
said quietly (if trained at home to respond to this, they don't need a loud
correction), and can't be confused with "Ho" or "Whoa".  I use it a lot for
correction...often followed with a snarly "Don't even THINK about it!" when
I sense them getting ready for a display of bad ground manners.  (The last
part probably more for my benefit since the horse usually gets the message
with the initial growl! ;-))

Sue 

sbrown@wamedes.com
Tyee Farm
Marysville, Wa.


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