{"id":112,"date":"2009-02-05T13:46:56","date_gmt":"2009-02-05T19:46:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=112"},"modified":"2009-02-05T13:46:56","modified_gmt":"2009-02-05T19:46:56","slug":"horse-training-where-shoulder-resistance-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-training-where-shoulder-resistance-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Training: Where Shoulder Resistance Starts"},"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>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;Where Shoulder Resistance Starts&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Your horse should have it.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re barrel racing, trail riding,<br \/>\nDressage,&#8230;whatever.<\/p>\n<p>What is &#8220;it&#8221;?<\/p>\n<p>It is the ability to move his shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>He should also be able to have his hip<br \/>\nin place, his head, etc.<\/p>\n<p>But the shoulders thing is really<br \/>\nimportant.<\/p>\n<p>J.J. Rydberg, one of our trainers, says,<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Anytime a horse<br \/>\ndoesn&#8217;t want to<br \/>\nrock his shoulders,<br \/>\nhe&#8217;s resisting.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>And it&#8217;s the resistance, obviously, we<br \/>\ndon&#8217;t want.<\/p>\n<p>But here&#8217;s something that may surprise<br \/>\nyou.<\/p>\n<p>If your horse&#8217;s shoulders are resistant,<br \/>\nyou don&#8217;t fix it in the shoulders.<\/p>\n<p>Seems contrary, doesn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>So where IS the problem?<\/p>\n<p>The bridle.<\/p>\n<p>J.J. says the resistance starts at the<br \/>\nbridle.<\/p>\n<p>And guess what.<\/p>\n<p>If he resists there&#8230;the shoulders lock<br \/>\nup like the rusted Tin Man in Wizard of Oz.<\/p>\n<p>If his shoulders lock up, he won&#8217;t turn<br \/>\naround worth a hoot.<\/p>\n<p>If you wanna know more of what J.J. says,<br \/>\nclick on the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-jjrydberg.html<\/p>\n<p>Thus, the solution lies in the bridle.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s where it has to be fixed first.<\/p>\n<p>In his DVD, J.J. shows the coolest example<br \/>\nof how this happens.\u00a0 I wish I could describe it to<br \/>\nyou because it makes so much sense.<\/p>\n<p>But I&#8217;m not gifted enough to describe it<br \/>\nwith words.<\/p>\n<p>If you own the DVD already, be sure to<br \/>\nwatch it.<\/p>\n<p>One more thing J.J. reminds us of.<\/p>\n<p>Once a horse gets resistant, soften WAY<br \/>\nup.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because too much pressure is applied and<br \/>\nthe horse doesn&#8217;t like it.<\/p>\n<p>That means if he&#8217;s resistant in the bridle,<br \/>\nthen it might just be you need to soften up.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-jjrydberg.html<\/p>\n<p>OK?\u00a0 That&#8217;s wisdom for today&#8230;.\u00a0 stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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