{"id":101,"date":"2009-01-07T10:09:11","date_gmt":"2009-01-07T16:09:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=101"},"modified":"2009-01-07T10:09:11","modified_gmt":"2009-01-07T16:09:11","slug":"does-your-horse-know-your-bubble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/does-your-horse-know-your-bubble\/","title":{"rendered":"Does Your Horse Know Your Bubble?"},"content":{"rendered":"<link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/authover.css\" media=\"screen\" \/>\r\n\t       <link rel=\"stylesheet\" href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/css\/simplemodel.css\" media=\"screen\"\/>\r\n\t          <script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n\tsrc=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery-1.7.2.min.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/jquery.simplemodal.js\"><\/script>\r\n           <script type=\"text\/javascript\" src=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/trustjacker\/js\/authover.js\"><\/script><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\r\n\t\t\t\tvar jq = jQuery.noConflict();\r\n\t\t\t\tfunction openPopup(url,width,height,delay,useajax,iframe,exitt){\r\n\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\talert(url);\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\r\n\t\t\t\t\tauthover.configure({\r\n\t\t\t\t\tiFrameAttribute : {\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"name\" : \"autFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"id\" : \"authFrame\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"src\" : \"http:\/\/wikipedia.com\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"height\" : \"100%\",\r\n\t\t\t\t\t\"width\" : \"100%\"\r\n\t\t\t\t},\r\n\t\t\t\tmodalContent : url,\r\n\t\t\t\twidth : width,\r\n\t\t\t\theight : height,\r\n\t\t\t\tdelay : delay,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupUseAjax: 0,\r\n\t\t\t\ttargetUseIframe: iframe,\r\n\t\t\t\tpopupIsRedirect: useajax,\r\n\t\t\t\texitAlertText: exitt\r\n\t\t\t\t});\r\n\t\t\t\tauthover.triggerModal();\r\nreturn false;\r\n\t\t\t\t}\r\n\t\t\t\t<\/script><p><strong>&#8220;Does Your Horse Know Your Bubble?&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A trainer friend of mine once told<br \/>\nme about a horse owner who had a 4 month old<br \/>\ncolt.<\/p>\n<p>The horse owner taught the colt to<br \/>\nrear up and put it&#8217;s front feet on the owner&#8217;s<br \/>\nshoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Scary, huh?<\/p>\n<p>Obviously, the owner didn&#8217;t understand<br \/>\nthe horse will get bigger and will do that<br \/>\nagain and again.<\/p>\n<p>Only this time&#8230;the horse will weigh<br \/>\nhalf a ton and injure someone horribly.<\/p>\n<p>Horses are NOT dogs.<\/p>\n<p>The first lesson is, be careful what<br \/>\nyou teach your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, if it can violate your safety<br \/>\nin any way (unless you&#8217;re experienced)<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t do it.<\/p>\n<p>Second, never allow your horse to come<br \/>\ninto your bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine yourself with a 5 foot bubble<br \/>\naround you.<\/p>\n<p>Never, ever allow your horse to come<br \/>\ninto that bubble.<\/p>\n<p>Now you can go into his&#8230;but he is NOT<br \/>\nallowed to come into yours.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that?<\/p>\n<p>For one thing, horses have reflexes that<br \/>\nare lightning quick.\u00a0 Even a world champion boxer<br \/>\nwould have trouble beating the horse&#8217;s reflexes.<\/p>\n<p>Second, combine those reflexes with the<br \/>\nstrength of 20 men and a built-in panic button&#8230;<br \/>\nand you have a very serious threat facing you.<\/p>\n<p>After all, you can be run over and stomped<br \/>\non before you even knew you were.<\/p>\n<p>One of the ways to keep yourself safe<br \/>\nfrom this &#8220;not so delightful&#8221; scenario, is to<br \/>\nteach your horse to keep in his area at all<br \/>\ntimes.<\/p>\n<p>Do it enough and be consistent about it,<br \/>\nand your horse will learn where your bubble is.<\/p>\n<p>Insist that he knows.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, leading a new horse you don&#8217;t<br \/>\nknow&#8230;.it&#8217;d be a good idea to have him<br \/>\nleading behind you.<\/p>\n<p>If he spooks and jumps, he should be far<br \/>\nenough behind you for you to be out of the way and\/or<br \/>\nfor you to have time to react.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to create a safe environment<br \/>\nfor you and your horse.<\/p>\n<p>With that in mind, here is a &#8220;first lesson&#8221;<br \/>\nyou can do with the horse that comes directly from<br \/>\nPaul Esh on one of our featured videos.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-paulesh.html\" title=\"Get Your Paul Esh Video HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Paul Esh Video HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you lead him, take steps.<\/p>\n<p>Stop.<\/p>\n<p>See if the horse stops.<\/p>\n<p>If he doesn&#8217;t, raise your hand up &#8211; the<br \/>\nhand that&#8217;s holding the lead rope.<\/p>\n<p>That will get his attention and more often<br \/>\nthan not he&#8217;ll stop.\u00a0 When he stops, lower your hand.<\/p>\n<p>Let him think about it for moment.<\/p>\n<p>Then take some more steps and repeat.<\/p>\n<p>Stop often to make sure your horse is paying<br \/>\nattention to you.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you want him paying attention to you?<\/p>\n<p>Because you want him mimicking your moves.<\/p>\n<p>When you back up&#8230;.he does.<\/p>\n<p>When you step forward&#8230;he does.<\/p>\n<p>When you stop&#8230;.he does.<\/p>\n<p>If his mind is floatin&#8217; out there in La-La Land,<br \/>\nit&#8217;s pretty hard to get him doing what you want.\u00a0 A<br \/>\nstudent that doesn&#8217;t pay attention is one who doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\nlearn.<\/p>\n<p>And then if you find your horse isn&#8217;t payin&#8217;<br \/>\nattention to you, then get his attention.<\/p>\n<p>How?<\/p>\n<p>Give him a little work to do.<\/p>\n<p>Like what?<\/p>\n<p>Have him step back a step.<\/p>\n<p>Disengage his hindquarters.<\/p>\n<p>Mostly, just get him to move so his attention<br \/>\ncomes back to you.<\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s more&#8230;but you get the point.<\/p>\n<p>Paul Esh shows more in his video and if you&#8217;d<br \/>\nlike to read about it, click the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-paulesh.html\" title=\"Get Your Paul Esh Video HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Paul Esh Video HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>One other thing.<\/p>\n<p>If you find your horse isn&#8217;t paying attention,<br \/>\ncan you guess why that is?<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s bored.<\/p>\n<p>Unbore him with a little work.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;ll wake him up.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-paulesh.html\" title=\"Get Your Paul Esh Video HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Paul Esh Video HERE<\/strong><\/a>l<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today&#8230;\u00a0 stay SAFE around your horses!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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