Kathleen’s Story with the Pulley Bridle + What Is Your Horse’s Lag Time?

Posted on September 19, 2008 by admin


1. What Is Your Horse’s Lag time?

2. Kathleen’s Story With the Pulley Bridle

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1. What Is Your Horse’s Lag time?

Here’s trainer Andy Curry discussing lag time in your horse:

Ever had a ‘duh’ moment?

What I mean is, has anyone ever said
something to you and you didn’t answer immediately?

There was this ‘moment of processing’
what the person just said to you.

Sometimes you may ask, ‘Now what?  Say that again…?’

Sometimes you answer with the appropriate response.

The reason I ask you this is because
a lot of people don’t understand that the horse has a
lag time in his responses too.

We often expect our horses to snap to
attention and immediately do what we ask them to do.

But asking for an instant response just isn’t appropriate.

When you ask your horse to do something, it goes from the
pressure point up to his brain and back to his leg or
whatever you’re working on.

And get this.

Sometimes, it can take as much as four seconds.

Four seconds isn’t all that long.

It may seem like it at the time, but
comparatively speaking, it’s nothing.

This is one of the important tips Linda Braddy reveals
in her DVD on ‘Getting The Right Answer From Your Horse’.

Linda goes on to say this.

You will worry your horse if you keep
asking for an instant response and he isn’t giving it.

So what?

Worry turns into confusion and confusion turns into fear.

You can’t learn anything if your mind is consumed with fear.

Anyway, your horse needs time from when you thought of it
and asked for it and when they can perform it.

And don’t forget this.

They have to be physically ready to perform it.

For example, if your horse’s head is bent to the right and
you asked his rearend to move to the right…it’d be dang
hard for him to do.

Why?

Because it’s natural for his hip to go to the left
with his head bent to the right.

He could move his hip and head to the
right if he was warmed up, ready, and knew what it was about.

But otherwise, it’s just not fair to ask your horse to do it.

This is one of the valuable lessons Linda reveals in her DVD.

If you haven’t seen it yet, I urge you to click on the following:

Get Your Copy of the Linda Braddy DVD Now

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2. Kathleen’s Story With the Pulley Bridle

I recently received the note below from Kathleen.  She had purchased
the Jesse Beery books and the Pulley Bridle.

Kathleen has a QH gelding named Casanova that wouldn’t settle down
and cow kicks the farrier.

I suggested Kathleen use the Pulley Bridle and to let me know.

Here’s her note:

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“Hi Charlie,

I took your advice & used the Pulley Bridle with Casanova.

The results were fantastic so far. He wouldn’t stand still
when I groom him & he would spook terribly at the spray bottle.

Tonight after a couple firm tugs, he stood still to be brushed.

It took a little more time to overcome his spray bottle phobia,
but every time he moved away from it, I pulled the bridle while
talking to him quietly. The end result was I was able to spray
him with fly repellent all over & he didn’t move.

I am thrilled!!!

Tomorrow we are going to work on his hooves being picked up
& cleaned. He paws the ground a lot & likes to kick a back
leg out when he’s frustrated. I’ll keep you posted.

Another positive testimony for the pulley bridle!!

Thank you again.
Kathleen”
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Thanks for sharing that, Kathleen!

Dozens of others have written with similar results (and amazement).

If you haven’t read about the Pulley Bridle, especially the
newest version we have released, then you owe it to yourself
to get the full story and see if it would work for your horse.

It won’t harm your horse and is completely humane.

In fact, it is so simple in the way it works, it is hard
to believe it could work so well.

You get fast results and fix problems that many owners
have been fighting for months, sometimes years.

Read about the Pulley Bridle by clicking the link below:

Read More About the Ultimate Pulley Bridle

We are up to full production of the Pulley Bridles now
after a slight delay in getting some of the parts produced
in volume from our machine shop.

They are ready to ship to all who want them.

Note: If you have purchased the previous version of the Pulley
Bridle and are interested in upgrading to the new “Ultimate”
design then be looking for an email from me later today.
I am putting together a couple options to get your bridle
upgraded.

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OK..  that’s enough for today!  Stay safe around your horses.

Charlie

P.s. Don’t continue to put up with your horse not doing what you
ask.  Take each problem area and figure out how to solve it.

Between the Jesse Beery course and the Pulley Bridle, there’s
just no excuse for not fixing all those peskly problems!

Read More About the Ultimate Pulley Bridle

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“Horses and the Class Clown” -and- “Handling and Training Problem Horses”

Posted on September 17, 2008 by admin

1. Horses and the Class Clown

2. Handling and Training Problem Horses
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1. Horses and the Class Clown

Here’s Andy Curry comparing the Class Clown to handling horses:

Did your graduating class have the
proverbial class clown?

Mine did.

He wasn’t serious about too many things – especially school.

In our Calculus class, the teacher would turn his back
to write on the chalk board.  When he did, the class clown
would cough and sound like a 6 year old little girl coughing.

Truth told it was FUNNY!!!

Teacher didn’t think it was.

Anyway, the teacher got pretty fired up at him one day\
and straightened him out big time.

It wasn’t long before the class clown’s grades were very good.

The question is, how did that happen?

I believe the teacher took a stance
and made the class clown shape up.

The teacher demanded respect.

The funny thing is, that did wonders
for the student.

Because he learned to respect the
teacher, he began listening and then applying himself.

He soon learned although the teacher
was tough…he was fair.

The class clown applied himself and became
one of the best students in the class.

Interestingly, that’s how it’s gonna be with you and your horses.

Until you’ve established it, you’re
gonna have trouble with your horse.

Established what?

That you’re the leader.

You MUST resolve all respect issues
on the ground.  Then you can teach the horse different things.

When I interviewed Sam Burrell, one of
the questions I asked him was: What is one of the biggest
mistakes you see people make with horses?

His answer was:

‘Leadership is not established’

If you think about it, that’s so true.

One of the problems is, horse owners don’t
always know what disrespect looks like.

As an example, you may be standing there by your
horse and he nudges you with his nose.

Some people call that cute.

I say the horse is telling you to move.

That’s something you should not allow.

And here’s a profound insight that Sam said to me during his interview.

He said:  You don’t know what a horse
really thinks of you until you try to ride him.

Amen to that!

Sam’s a sharp trainer.  If you haven’t seen his info yet,
I suggest you take a look right now.

Click the following:

Get Your Copy of the Sam Burrell DVD – Click HERE

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2. Handling and Training Problem Horses

If you are like a lot of horse owners (and parents!) you tend to
put up with a lot disrespect from your horses.

It may start as little things – like crowding you, nipping at you,
won’t stand while you mount, etc.

Or, it may be huge, dangerous things like kicking, rearing,
spooking and running out of control.

Either way, it can leave you feeling pretty discouraged and
lots of times scared.

It’s especially bad when you had a dream of owning a horse,
enjoying the companionship, enjoying grooming, caring and riding
your horse and used to look forward to spending time with him.

But when the horse is in control it starts to sour.

Many decide to sell or trade their horses and frequently find
out they’re just trading problem for problem.

Fixing problem horses can be very rewarding.  If you can take
one issue at a time, work on it, fix it and then move on to the
next thing.  In so doing you are establishing confidence in
yourself and in your horse.

Over time, you start to enjoy and look forward to spending time
and working on all those pesky issues because you know you’ll
be able to solve them.  Your outlook changes to one of
“I can do that – I can fix that” and you start working on it.

Here’s a word of caution:

Only work on one thing at a time.  Make sure your horse understands
what he’s supposed to do and reward him for right results.  Otherwise,
you’ll end up confusing him and things won’t get better.

Clear, simple lessons.  Get the right result.  Praise.  Repeat.

OK?  No figure out the most pressing problem, study and understand
how you’re going to fix and make time to work on it.

If you only do one thing in the next week, that’s one
thing closer to you dream horse.  It IS worth the effort!

If you need help knowing what to do – check out our Jesse Beery
course, our DVDs and the Pulley Bridle.

That’s why we exist:  to offer resources to help you fix your horse problems.

If you have some real breakthroughs, write and let me know about it.

Sharing successes with others helps all of us.

http://www.HorseTrainingResources.com

All the best….  stay safe around your horses!

Charlie

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Is Your Horse In Condition For Training?

Posted on August 25, 2008 by admin

1. Is Your Horse In Condition For Training?

2. Excessive Motivation In The Round Pen

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1. Is Your Horse In Condition For Training?

Normally common sense goes a long way. Think about yourself…
Do you enjoy learning, concentrating or doing lots of physical effort
when you’re tired, run down or just came in from an emotionally draining situation?

Well, that’s the same case with your horse.

If your horse is tired from other training, has just been ridden a while,
or is in bad shape then he isn’t going to respond as well as you would like.

A healthy and vigorous body leads to healthy nerves and his brain will
retain much more of what you want to teach him.

If your horse is dull or listless then be sure to warm him up and take
the training slowly.

Don’t do long periods of training under these situations. Your efforts will
not be rewarded if he’s tired and worn out.

And, think about yourself if someone is trying teach or show you something –
if they speak kindly and soft to you vs. harshly and threatening you with a
whip, wouldn’t you react differently?

Seriously, your horse will respond much better to pleasant, encouraging
words with caressing or rub downs rather than harsh, loud words.

Talking harsh, screaming, whipping, etc. just saps the energy from a horse –
just like it would you and me.

So… if your horse isn’t responding to your training or he seems down
and dull then you might try talking gently to him, leading him around a
little, and let him “warm up” to you some before you do any heavy training.

He’ll be much more likely to give you his attention if he’s not tired and alert.

For more information about the most successful horse training course
in history, click the link below:

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2. Excessive Motivation In The Round Pen

Here’s trainer Andy Curry discussing different methods trainers use:

Different trainers, as you likely
know, have different ways of doing things with horses.

For example, a trainer may use a rope
to toss toward the horse to get him to step forward and get motion out of him.

Other trainers use a whip.

Of course, we don’t strike the horse with the whip.

It’s used in several different ways
as an effective tool.

One way is to have it hit the ground
behind the horse to drive him forward.

Not so close to him that he fears it,
and not so far away from him that it doesn’t motivate him to move.

And you dang sure don’t wanna accidentally hit him with it.

If you’re kinda new to it, you should
practice directing it first before you use it.

It takes a little finesse…but it can
be learned pretty quickly.

Now here’s a very important point.

Once the horse moves, take away the whip.

“Hide” it under your arm so it’s not
constantly in their face and threatening them.

I find many a horse owner doesn’t know their horse feels the threat
even though the horse owner isn’t meaning to threaten.

We must remember the horse is a 1,000+
pounds of “raw” emotion and is easily frightened and we
have to treat them accordingly.

Diana Quintana shows the correct use of the whip if you’re interested.

You can read about it by clicking the following:

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In her DVD, she reminds us about trying to teach a horse something
while they’re still full of energy.

Let your horse lope some of it off.

One of the worse things you can do is
teach a horse something new when he is still full of energy.

It’s kinda like recess in elementary
school.

Those kiddos need to release some energy or they’ll
struggle to learn something.

They get to burn off energy and settle
back down for more learning.

So consider your horse out to recess for a little bit before
trying to teach him something new.

Besides, when you get him moving it keeps adding to the “Cup of Respect”
for you so he learns to pay attention to you and be watchful of what you want.

Get Diana Quitanna’s Training DVD

That’s it for today…. Stay safe around your horses!

Charlie

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