Horse Training Tips: Training Troubles? This May Help….

Posted on January 24, 2008 by admin

Training Troubles? This May Help….

Trainer Andy Curry interviewed and filmed professional trainer Jim Rea and talks about it all here… see what he has to say:

Ever been frustrated and asked yourself, ‘Why does that dang horse do that!?’

Or have you ever wondered why your horse should pay attention to you with ‘both’ eyes?

I’ll give you a hint. It’s because of the way his brain is wired.

You see, when you train your horse, you want his attention. If he’s lookin’ around and twiddlin’ his thumbs (figuratively speaking), you can’t teach him anything.

Think about this.

A prey animal (ie. a horse) has their eyes on the sides of their head.

Why?

Because a prey animal is prey’d upon and they need a good warning system so they know when to escape.

Having an eye on each side of their head allows them to see a very wide open area including much of what’s behind them…all at the same time.

Us predators mostly see what’s in front of us. Then we have peripheral vision to see to the sides some – but not like horses can see on the sides.

Anyway, while the horse stands there he can see through each eye independently.

Whatever is going on to his left he can see with his left eye.

And here’s the kicker.

While his left eye is watching all this stuff happening on the left, his right eye is watching what’s going on to the right.

Frankly, I find that remarkable.

Anyway, it’s fair to say that one eye feeds half the brain. The other eye feeds the other half.

Thus, when working with your horse and you only get one eye…you only have half his brain.

That’s why you want to engage his attention so you can affect his entire brain.

You won’t always get both his eyes.

There are times he can only give you one eye-like when he’s running in the round pen for instance.

But!…you can command his attention.

Now let’s go back to my original question.

‘Training troubles?’

If you have them, you might consider learning more about your horse and his nature such as what I just described about his eyes and how they work with his brain.

If you have some kind of training trouble, it could well be you’re having trouble because there’s something about your horse you don’t understand.

It is that very reason we had Jim Rea as our featured trainer.

In it, he reveals his famous ‘Nature of The Beast’ oration.

And if you think you might need to bone up on understanding how your horse thinks, why he does what he does, and so on…I urge you to get Jim’s Video.

It’s located at:

http://www.horsetrainingresources.com/dvd-rea.html

He also shows a powerful 7-Step Safety Check system you should do with your horse every time you ride.

Stay safe around your horses,

Charlie

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Horse Training Tips: A Great Horse Says, ‘All You Have To Do Is Simply Ask!’

Posted on January 17, 2008 by admin

‘All You Have To Do Is Simply Ask!’

Trainer Andy Curry discusses training your horse so you “ASK” him, not tell him.

Let’s listen in:

If you ever wondered just how broke a broke horse should be…. here’s a good way to look at it.

A broke horse does what you ask of him, not what you tell him to do.

You shouldn’t have to help a broke horse to do something.

A broke horse will do what you ask and he’ll do it willingly and quickly.

Thing is though, when we first start out training a horse you have to help him.

But that’s when you start out training him.

After about 30 days of repetitive work to get him understanding what you want, then he begins to get beyond that.

As an example, if you’re going to teach your horse to neck rein, you can lay the rein on his neck then use the other rein to guide his head over to ‘help’ him understand the neck reining.

But the end goal is to not help him. The end goal is when that rein touches his neck he moves as you ‘ask’.

If you find yourself helping your horse do something you ask, I want you to work on that with him.

Get out there and fix it.

Get it where you only need to ask – not help.

Be very ‘Black and White’ about what you want.

No gray area.

Gray confuses. Black and white is obvious.

For instance, never let your horse come in your space one day and later keep him out and later again let him in.

Keep him out – Period!

Black and white.

That’s actually a powerful principle in getting your horse doing something you ask (and not helping him.)

You see it in the Diana Quintana video.

You can see more about the DVD by clicking on the following:

Diana Quintana Horse Training Video

Diana works with horses and knows exactly what she wants from her horse.

And if the horse doesn’t deliver, he has to keep at it until he does.

Black and white.

Black and white creates the ability to ‘Ask’ your horse and then he does it.
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Thanks Andy!

Stay safe with your horses….

Charlie

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Caution: Training Horses and Horseback Riding Can Be Harmful To Your Health!

Posted on January 16, 2008 by admin

Accidents While Horseback Riding Are Causing Thousands of Injuries and Deaths Each Year

I was quite shocked…. I knew there were lots of injuries every year to folks who ride and work around horses. But I wasn’t prepared for some of these numbers.

I’m guessing that if you’ve been around horses much at all, you’ve been bit, stepped on, kicked, bucked, reared, etc. Most of us have experienced at least some of this. One gal down the road from us has had her arm broken twice in 8 years. And she’s been riding for 20+ years.

I just read 5 different reports from the US and UK about fatal and non-fatal injuries attributed to working with horses.

One study in the US was done over a 3 year period 2001 – 2003 by KE Thomas, JL Annest, DM Bixby-Hammett. They studied the records of 66 hospitals and then extrapolated the results to the general population – so it’s not exact but still very telling!

Here’s some of the shocking numbers:
1. There were over 102,000 non-fatal horse injuries between 2001-2003 in the US.
2. Injury rates were higher in females (about 60%)
3. About 66% were injured while riding a horse – due to falling or being thrown off.
4. Most injuries were to head/neck (23%), lower extremity (22%) upper extremity (21%
5. About 25% were fractures of some kind
6. Here’s a shocker: for EACH YEAR – approx. 11,500 sustained traumatic brain injuries.

In a UK report by JR Silver for both UK and US statistics regarding spinal injuries while riding, he found that:

1. Horseback riding “is a dangerous recreation” where 1/3 of the accidents result in head injuries.
2. In 10 States in the US there were over 200 DEATHS per year.
3. Riding horses is 20 times more dangerous than riding a motorcycle based on the hours riding.
4. You are 20 times more likely to be injured if you are jumping vs. leisurely riding.
5. About 20% of those going to the hospital were admitted.
6. There were 6 head injuries for every one spinal injury.

In all the studies I looked at there were more women being injured than men. But that is to be expected – there are many more women riding than men.

Finally – another US study was by the Children’s Safety Network. Many of these numbers are sad:

1. Between 1999-2002 there were 76 fatal injuries to youth under 20 years. The most frequent cause of death and serious injury is head injuries.
2. Over 23,000 youth (under 20) are injured every year.
3. The severity of equestrian injuries is greater than other sports-related injuries.
4. Between 20% – 30% of the injuries are while dismounted – while leading, grooming or playing around the horse – and most of those are by being kicked.

Let’s bring this down to earth – what should we do about it?

Here are a few points I want to make:

1. Wear a hard shell helmet. With so many injuries and deaths caused by head trauma it can literally save your life. I know it’s not sexy and all. But why do you think football players, motorcycle riders and race car drivers wear helmets?
2. Understand how to handle horses and how to work around them.
3. Don’t put yourself in dangerous situations like in tight stalls where you can be kicked, squeezed, etc.
4. Train your horse so they respect your space, you have control over them and you can command them.
5. Train your horse so they won’t be so spooky.
6. Be able to stop and completely control your horse – don’t let them “head for the barn” at 50 mph as the fence posts go wizzing by….

It is imperative that you learn to train and control your horse from a colt on up. Your ability to command your horse and control them while leading, handling, riding, etc. is not an option. You literally are putting yourself in harm’s way if you don’t.

When it comes right down to it, the process of training your horses is not rocket science. It can be done with some good, basic instruction that anyone can learn. It not only makes handling horses safer it also raises the value of them should you ever want to trade or sell them.

I urge you to take the safety issue seriously. Wear a helmet and save your life.

Please consider our horse training program by Jesse Beery. Jesse always stated that “Any Horse Can Be Cured” and he publicly proved it hundreds of times all across the country.

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Be safe, don’t take risks, help others and do the right thing.

Charlie

P.S. You could always give up your horse and get a Harley – they’re 20 times more safer :>)

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