“Horses and Rabbits?”
Did you know rabbits can see forward
and backward…
“at the same time!”
Tis true.
Horses are nearly as adept in their
sight as well.
In fact, given patience and training
you can get horses doin’ all kinds of cool things.
Most of us don’t aspire to get horses
doing things that take years of training.
But what we should all do it is install
an Operating System in horses.
What’s an Operating System?
An Operating System is basically the
ability to communicate to your horse how you
would like him to move his zones.
What do I mean by zones?
Well, you can divide your horse into
4 parts.
The head and neck.
The shoulders.
The rib cage.
And the hindquarters.
We’ll begin communicating how to move
starting out with the snaffle bit and our rein
effects.
And our aids of communication for the
horse come from our hands through the reins,
our seat (weight), and our legs.
Now here’s something you should know.
Sam Burrell shows this in his DVD.
When he did, he commented on how learning
this is what gave him breakthroughs in horse
training.
In fact, Ray Hunt said to him, “The first
thing you need to know is the last thing you’ll
find out.”
What Ray meant was “It’s too bad you
didn’t know this before because it would’ve made
a startling difference in you and horse’s ability
at first instead of years later.”
And now YOU know that this is something
you should know now.
Why?
Because you’ll kick yourself if you wait
to know it later.
So how does it work?
As an overview, you first need to
understand the rein effects.
Don’t worry, they’re easy.
The first is the direct rein.
This is a direct rein to the horse.
You’ll take it half way to your hip and
be able to just see the horse’s eye. This is
very important.
On a green horse or one you’re retraining,
hold you hand out to the side more so your horse
can see it better and know what it means.
The direct rein is used to get lateral
flexion. It’s also like a lead rope where you’d
lead the horse around just like you would from
the ground.
The next is the indirect rein. (aka: Neck Rein)
This has to be taught as a cue through repetition.
And here’s a little tidbit you should know.
It takes, roughly, 300-400 repetitions for
a horse to learn a cue. And about 300-400 more to
get good at that cue.
Next is the Direct Rein of Opposition.
Here you take one rein straight back to
your hip.
Pulling both reins back directly opposes
the horse’s forward motion.
This isn’t used much…especially in the
beginning.
This is used mostly to flex at the poll
and for collection.
And you should know this is not effective
in controlling your horse. It’s mostly for
communication and should be applied lightly.
Next is the indirect rein of opposition.
This is where you take the rein across the
saddle horn to your opposite shoulder. Thus, pick
up the right rein and point it to the left shoulder.
Now as you get your horse to go through
“Zone” exercises, you’ll be using these Rein Effects.
For instance, Zone one is simply walking
in a circle. You’ll use your inside rein and leg.
Walk about a 12 to 15′ circle. Be able to
see the horse’s eye. You don’t need to see the
whole eye.. just be able to see it.
You want your horse going in a circle like
a train does on a track – bent.
Your inside leg is full of life with
touches and releases and life in the hand.
Your outside leg is “Off”.
Use lots of soft touches and releases to
keep your horse going in a circle.
You must first teach this at a walk.
Once mastered in the walk, then you can
go to a trot and eventually the lope.
Eventually, your horse will flex toward
your leg. If you touch the horse on the side
with your leg, he should look that way and bend
his rib cage away from your leg.
In a nutshell, that’s Zone one exercise.
There are several others, but you get the
idea.
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Remember what Ray Hunt said.
The first thing you need to know is the
last thing you find out.
If you don’t know how to do this, you
should make the effort to know now because you
will eliminate a LOT of frustration.
That’s it for today — stay safe around your horses!
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