“Why You Need To Change Your Horse’s Mind”
Here’s Andy Curry discussing groundwork vs. changing your horse’s mind:
I don’t need to tell you that to
have a good horse to ride, you need good ground work on him first.
You need a system.
There are many a system out there.
What you choose to use is okay as long as you accomplish what
you’re after without hurting the horse.
Different trainers have different
ways. Whatever works for you is what works.
Why do you want a good ground work system?
There are lots of reasons.
The reason I have in mind at this moment is:
“Change Your Horse’s Mind”
Good ground work has lots of effects on a horse.
One of the biggees is changing his mind.
You see, by directing your horse’s movement, you can change his mind.
These are the wise words from Sam Burrell, one of our featured trainers.
Sam is big on systems.
He likes to have a system for various
parts of his training.
Sam is famous for his:
“How To Install An Operating System In Your Horse – And You!”
But like Sam notes, before you can install the Operating System he
suggests, your horse must have good ground work in place.
Your horse should be halter broke and broke to ride before you
install his system in your horse.
If your horse has the good system of ground work installed,
you are on the right track with him.
What I mean is, because your ground work is sound you have the
ability to change your horse’s mind and keep him working with you.
To have control of your horse’s mind is to have control of his
nerves, muscles, and ultimately, his legs.
When you have that kind of control, you can do amazing things
with your horse.
Like what?
Like counter arcs where your horse bends his body one way and
walks the other.
You couldn’t teach your horse that kind of stuff if you couldn’t
change his mind in the first place.
When you want your horse to do neat stuff like counter arcs
and such, Sam recommends you start with the Rein Effects.
The rein effects are:
Direct Rein
Indirect Rein
Direct Rein of Opposition
Indirect Rein of Opposition
Assuming you’ve properly convinced your horse you can get him
doing what you like, you’d start with the Direct Rein.
The Direct Rein is a direct rein to the horse and you’ll be leading
him around just like you would from the ground.
You’ll take the direct rein about half way between your hip and your
horse’s eye (while you’re in the saddle of course).
Now this is “REALLY” important because
a green horse (or one needing re-training) can see your hand and
knows what it means.
Unless the horse knows what it means, he and you will struggle to
move on to the next thing.
And you shouldn’t move on to the next thing unless your horse “gets it”.
The Direct Rein is what you’ll use to teach lateral flexion.
That will get your horse soft to give when you want his head to come around.
But remember, your ground work must be in place before you go to this.
Now Sam’s video doesn’t show you ground work, but it DOES show how to
install and Operating System in your horse – and you.
Once your horse knows it (and it doesn’t take ‘that’ long to do –
and it’s not difficult to do)….then your horse will ride and guide like a dream.
If you want to read about Sam’s video, click on the following:
Get The Sam Burrell Training DVD
One other thing I think you’ll love…
If you’ve ever rode a horse and you have his head pointing one
way but he’s going the other way….but you want him going the
way his head is pointed…wait’ll you hear Sam say why that is.
Sam says it’s “Energy goin’ out of that shoulder”.
Is it fixable?
Yep. Sam shows you how.
And you’d be surprised how simple it is.
Get The Sam Burrell Training DVD
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Have a good week… stay safe around your horses!
Charlie
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