{"id":108,"date":"2009-01-23T16:03:20","date_gmt":"2009-01-23T22:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=108"},"modified":"2009-01-23T16:03:20","modified_gmt":"2009-01-23T22:03:20","slug":"teaching-whoa-from-driving","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/teaching-whoa-from-driving\/","title":{"rendered":"Teaching &#8216;WHOA&#8217; From Driving"},"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;Teaching &#8216;WHOA&#8217; From Driving&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Let&#8217;s talk about teaching a horse to act<br \/>\non the command whoa from the ground.<\/p>\n<p>This uses the driving technique.<\/p>\n<p>There are different ways to teach a<br \/>\nhorse to stop, this is just one of them and<br \/>\nit Kenny Scott described his way to me in his<br \/>\ninterview.<\/p>\n<p>This method is very simple yet very<br \/>\neffective.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"Teaching 'WHOA' From Driving\"\" title=\"See Kenny Scott's DVD HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See Kenny Scott&#8217;s DVD HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I find more often than not that simple<br \/>\nworks the best.<\/p>\n<p>Less is more.<\/p>\n<p>So let&#8217;s say you&#8217;re driving your horse.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re in the round pen or outside in<br \/>\na bigger pen.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t have a pen, use a fence<br \/>\nthat&#8217;s safe. (In other words, don&#8217;t use a<br \/>\nbarbed wire fence)<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ve got your horse turning good<br \/>\nand backing up.<\/p>\n<p>Now drive your horse into a circle to<br \/>\nthe right. (Note: When I say pull on the rein<br \/>\nin the following description, I&#8217;m referring<br \/>\nto &#8220;driving line&#8221;)<\/p>\n<p>When you do this you&#8217;re reasonably<br \/>\nclose to the fence or rail because you&#8217;re gonna<br \/>\nuse it to stop your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Just after your horse passes by the<br \/>\nfence, pull your left rein and turn him toward<br \/>\nthe rail.<\/p>\n<p>While holding your left rein getting<br \/>\nhim going toward the rail, pull on the right<br \/>\nrein.<\/p>\n<p>Say whoa just before you pull the<br \/>\nright rein because you want to alert him you&#8217;re<br \/>\nabout to ask for something.<\/p>\n<p>While you&#8217;re holding that left rein<br \/>\nin place, pull on the right rein until he<br \/>\nstops.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t yank it.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t pull hard.<\/p>\n<p>Just pull enough to signal him.<\/p>\n<p>When he stops&#8230;all rein pressure<br \/>\nis off.<\/p>\n<p>Just stand there a few moments and<br \/>\nlet it sink in to your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t go pet him.<\/p>\n<p>Don&#8217;t say &#8220;good boy&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>Nada.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll interrupt his thought process.<\/p>\n<p>You want him to think about what just<br \/>\nhappened so he starts understanding what all<br \/>\nthis means.<\/p>\n<p>Now after he&#8217;s thought about it, back<br \/>\nhim up a step or two.<\/p>\n<p>Then take him in a circle to the right<br \/>\nagain.<\/p>\n<p>Do this two more times.<\/p>\n<p>Then circle him the opposite direction<br \/>\nand teach him whoa using the same process.<\/p>\n<p>Stop him three times.<\/p>\n<p>Why three times?<\/p>\n<p>Because three seems to be the magic<br \/>\nnumber that teaches the horse what you want<br \/>\nhim doing yet it&#8217;s not asking him to do it<br \/>\nover and over and over and over and over<br \/>\nwhere he gets sour on it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"Teaching 'WHOA' From Driving\"\" title=\"See Kenny Scott's DVD HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See Kenny Scott&#8217;s DVD HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>For safety sake, drive him the next<br \/>\nday again (after you warm him up).<\/p>\n<p>Repeat this process and see how he&#8217;s<br \/>\ndone with it.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll be able to tell if he understands<br \/>\nit and is complying.<\/p>\n<p>If he understands and complies, then<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re at a good point with him understanding<br \/>\nwhat whoa means.<\/p>\n<p>Just remember, when you get on his back<br \/>\nthen it changes things.<\/p>\n<p>So as you&#8217;re doing the &#8220;whoa&#8221; from his<br \/>\nback, do exactly what you did from ground driving.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because this is familiar to him.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re on his back doing it, it&#8217;s<br \/>\nnew to him. It can confuse.<\/p>\n<p>Confusion can turn into fear and panic.<\/p>\n<p>But do what you did from the ground and<br \/>\nhe&#8217;ll kinda think<br \/>\n&#8220;Oh&#8230;this is what we did earlier.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Then he knows.<\/p>\n<p>When you&#8217;re on his back teaching it,<br \/>\nstart at the walk first.<\/p>\n<p>Get both sides doing it.<\/p>\n<p>Do not work on whoa until he&#8217;s got it at<br \/>\nthe walk.<\/p>\n<p>Make sense?<\/p>\n<p>Good.<\/p>\n<p>Now if you wanna know more of what Kenny<br \/>\nreveals, click on the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\"Teaching 'WHOA' From Driving\"\" title=\"See Kenny Scott's DVD HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>See Kenny Scott&#8217;s DVD HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>OK &#8211; that&#8217;s it for today.\u00a0 Stay safe out there&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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