In This Magazine Issue:
1. Teach It First – Make It Pretty Later
2. Horseback Riding for the First Time
3. Buying Your First Horse? Be Careful!
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1. Teach It First – Make It Pretty Later
Trainer Andy Curry filmed and interviewed the Hewletts… here’s a report he filed recently…
If you’ve worked with your horse enough, you probably discovered something important and maybe didn’t know it.
When you first teach a horse something, they aren’t likely to do it with a lot of grace at first.
In other words…
‘It ain’t purty.’
So what, you ask?
Well, let’s say you’re teaching your horse a Reining maneuver like spinning.
When you first start out, you’ll spin your horse slowly because you want him to learn to be relaxed, find his balance, etc.
At some point you’ll ask him to go faster. And when you do, it’s likely he’ll jump a little, or maybe his head’ll fly up.
Not that that’s bad, but it won’t get you good scores in competitions if that is what you’re after.
The point is, now you added a degree of difficulty and he’s gotta learn it.
It’s no wonder, then, that he jumped a little or his head flew up.
But with repetition it’ll get better.
The thing I want you take away from this is this.
You got what you wanted. (ie. speeding him up when you ask). Now that you’re getting what you wanted, ‘now’ you can go back and make it pretty.
Don’t worry about it being pretty at first. Just get him doing it and then through repetition he’ll get better.
This is one of the valuable principles taught by the Hewletts.
If you want to more about what they show, click on the following:
Doug + Danie Hewlett Horse Training DVD
Remember in first grade when we learned to read and write? We didn’t do it very nicely at first.
We had to practice.
Practice, is repetition.
Repetition is the path to mastering.
Doug + Danie Hewlett Horse Training DVD
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2. Horseback Riding for the First Time
Each year thousands of men, women and children start horseback riding for the first time.
Many will jump right into lessons from an instructor right away and might spend hundreds or thousands in the process.
For those who have some knowledge and light experience with horses and riding, lessons are a preferred way to go.
However, for those who haven’t been around horses, or for those who know very little about these 1,000 packages of muscle and nerves, and for those who need to learn all the lingo, riding disciplines, general horse anatomy, care, etc…. then some studying before hand is VERY useful.
We produced this book to handle the new and beginner rider. It covers all the various areas about horses you need to know.
By discovering all these areas before you take lessons you can learn faster and understand more when you do take lessons.
You can also possibly save quite a bit of money on lessons because you’ll be starting from a position of knowledge!
Read more and get your copy here:
Horseback Riding: The Complete Beginner’s Guide
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3. Buying Your First Horse? Be Careful!
I hear lots of stories all the time about folks buying a horse, bringing it home or taking it to a boarding stable and then crying out about how to handle it!
There are so many things to consider when buying a horse – especially for those who have never owned one and do not understand what to look for.
Making the wrong selection can be very, very expensive. Discovering after the fact that the horse has medical or other problems, isn’t trained like it the previous owner had indicated, or perhaps isn’t the right horse for the type of riding you want to do could cost you thousands of dollars.
So many buy a horse on emotion… and then realize after the fact that they either don’t have the funds to support it, don’t have the time to care and train it, or find out that it needs hundreds of thousands in vet care.
After hearing all these stories we discussed how we might be able to help.
We figured the best way to help is to inform and train the potential horse owner BEFORE they ever purchase the horse in the first place.
Horse ownership can be a lot of fun, very fulfilling and an answer to a life-long dream for many. How sad it is to see so many get started on the wrong foot and get burdened with wrong horse and end up lamenting their decision.
We have taken action! We have put together a complete manual for the first-time horse buyer. It addresses everything the first-time horse owner needs to consider from questioning why they want a horse, understanding the commitment in time, care, expenses, how to look for a horse, how to ensure the horse is sound, how to read ads, helping determine where or how to board the horse, the vet issues, etc.
Along with the manual we have developed checklists to follow to assist the search and consideration of various horses.
We have added addendums to the book to cover things like horse vital signs, horse first aid, various equipment you’ll need, how to tie a horse, etc.
Our goal was to produce a working manual someone can follow to lead then down the path to the right decision.
Following the guidelines, knowing what questions to ask and how to evaluate each horse results in a decision that could easily save you thousands of dollars.
This new horse-buying manual is finished… we’re just getting it ready to put up on the website and getting it printed.
We’ll fully announce it and present it in just a few days.
Stay tuned!
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Ok… that’s enough for this issue.
Stay safe around your horses,
Charlie
P.S. Read about the Hewlett’s on reining: You will see and learn: What Exercises Get Your Horse Guiding With Feather-Lite Precision! (Plus, Why Working A Horse Like THIS Makes Him Hard To Steer And How To Avoid It!)
Why Most People Can’t Get Their Horses Neck Reining- BUT How You Can So Quickly, You’ll Amaze Yourself! (And How You Can Get Your Horse Neck Reining In Very Little Time!)
