“Driving To The Sun and Horse Training”
It’d take you 176 years.
To what?
Drive to the sun by going…
“60 mph”
And that doesn’t include pit stops.
You could shave off 35 years if you
could go 75 mph – you’d get there in 141 years.
So what?
I don’t know.
I just thought it was an interesting
statistic.
Speaking of interesting, I was re-
viewing notes of my interview with pro
trainer, J.J. Rydberg.
J.J.’s an interesting guy.
He’ll tell it to you as he sees it
and doesn’t hold back.
We discussed his philosophy in horse
training during an interview at one time.
I found his take on it very different
from what I’m used to hearing.
J.J. doesn’t spend much time on
ground work.
He says at the end of 30 days, people
want their horse loping, turning circles and
turning around. So the ground work is minimal.
Trainers can go faster in training
but a horse will only allow you to go only
so fast or you will go backwards.
J.J. thinks a horse doesn’t learn all
that much until you get on him as far as
training goes.
Horses learn a lot of manners on the
ground and give a little to bit pressure,
but that’s about it.
But J.J. does do ground work.
In fact, here’s his description of
what he does.
Depending on the horse, if he is fairly
gentle and halter broke, J.J. may spend up to
4 days with ground work.
The horse gets to wear the saddle the
first day and carry a snaffle bit.
The second day he’ll teach him to give
a little to pressure and learn to give his
head a little bit.
The third day, he will drive him from
the ground.
If he needs another day of driving, he’ll
do it if necessary.
Then the next time will likely be riding
the horse.
But here’s the clincher.
J.J. won’t pull on the horse much for
the first few rides.
He just lets them get used to him being
there.
So he’ll go for a ride and let the horse
go where he wants.
Now if you’ve been reading my tips and
paying attention over the past few months,
you may be saying to yourself,…
“That’s not right.
You don’t let the
horse dictate where
you ride to.”
And…you’d be right – sort of.
What you must remember here is J.J. is
talking about a green colt at this point.
The reason he’s not pullin’ on the
reins and he’s letting them go where they
want is because it’s all new to the horse.
After all, it’s about day 4 and there’s
someone on his back.
Pretty scary stuff to a horse.
It’s all new. If you go and throw
a bunch of new things at him while trying to
understand this new scary stuff, you’re in
for a rodeo.
So that’s why J.J. isn’t pulling on
the horse and letting him go where he wants.
After a couple lessons then they
start to settle in his brain what’s going on
and then you can start introducing new stuff.
But what if you’re not working with
a green horse? Does this matter?
Heck yeah!
It’s a great lesson in that you can
try to teach too much.
Just like J.J. said earlier that if
you go too fast, you’ll go backwards.
That applies to horses no matter
what.
You know, if you haven’t seen J.J.’s
DVD, you really should.
He’s as cowboy as they come and he’s
done this for so long, you’d be shocked what
you’ll learn.
If you want to know more, click on
the following:
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-jjrydberg.html
When J.J. started showing horses,
he was only 12 years old.
In fact, in rodeo he turned pro in
1969 until 1984. Then he went back to
training horses.
And I’m not afraid to say it…He’s
probably forgot more than I’ve learned or
will learn.
http://horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-jjrydberg.html
That’s it for today… stay safe out there!
Charlie
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“Dear Charlie,
I don’t know were to start – you have helped me in
so many ways with my horses….. I don’t have much
time with them but just the time I have I can do
so much thanks to you. I bought Jesse Beery
course & am no longer afraid of them. I can get
them to put there head down for me. They don’t
charge me when it is time to feed them. I can go
on and on for hours.
I just want to say THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR ALL OF
YOUR HELP and by making it in easy to understand
and now enjoy my horses so much more.
Once again THANK YOU.
Kathy M.”
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