{"id":119,"date":"2009-02-24T10:47:50","date_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:47:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=119"},"modified":"2009-02-24T10:47:50","modified_gmt":"2009-02-24T16:47:50","slug":"horse-training-controlling-your-horses-shoulders","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-training-controlling-your-horses-shoulders\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Training: Controlling Your Horse&#8217;s Shoulders"},"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;Controlling Your Horse&#8217;s Shoulders&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When it comes to riding a horse,<br \/>\nshoulder control is a must.<\/p>\n<p>Control the shoulders and you can do<br \/>\namazing things.<\/p>\n<p>Any time you&#8217;re riding your horse,<br \/>\nyou want his shoulders up and square.<\/p>\n<p>This goes for virtually any activity<br \/>\nyou do with your horse.<\/p>\n<p>A big reason to have this is so his<br \/>\nhips stay balanced.<\/p>\n<p>If his hips aren&#8217;t balanced, he&#8217;ll<br \/>\nmove out of kilter.<\/p>\n<p>If the hip is out of kilter, it won&#8217;t<br \/>\nmove right with the forequarters.<\/p>\n<p>For example, if his left shoulder is<br \/>\nleaning inward, it will put pressure on his<br \/>\nright hip and cause it to move outward.<\/p>\n<p>Then his front end will slow down and<br \/>\nhis hip will rush outward.<\/p>\n<p>A way to tell if your horse is dropping his<br \/>\nshoulder is by riding a circle.<\/p>\n<p>If it gets smaller and smaller as you<br \/>\nride, then chances are he&#8217;s dropping his<br \/>\ninside shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>On the other hand, if the circle got<br \/>\nbigger or oval, your horse may be dropping<br \/>\nhis outside shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>Another consideration is how we sit<br \/>\non the horse.<\/p>\n<p>If we&#8217;re not deep in the saddle and upright,<br \/>\nwe might otherwise be leaning to one side.<\/p>\n<p>Even though the horse is quite strong to carry us,<br \/>\nleaning to one side will cause him to compensate.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever carried a child on your<br \/>\nshoulders and he leaned w-a-y over to one side,<br \/>\nyou would know how difficult it was to stay<br \/>\nupright and balanced.<\/p>\n<p>You would move the direction the child<br \/>\nis leaning to compensate for being off balance.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, all this translates into having your<br \/>\nhorse broke to ride.<\/p>\n<p>To have a horse that&#8217;s good and broke to ride,<br \/>\nyou must somehow have an Operating System.<\/p>\n<p>By far, one of the best explanations we have seen<br \/>\nwas presented by Sam Burrell &#8211; one of our featured<br \/>\ntrainers.<\/p>\n<p>Sam shows how to divide your horse into sections<br \/>\n(not literally, of course) and how to get them<br \/>\nmoving independently and then in unison as needed.<\/p>\n<p>He has four zone exercises to do with a horse that<br \/>\ncomplete the Operating System.<\/p>\n<p>Zone One exercise begins with walking a circle.<\/p>\n<p>When you do, you&#8217;ll use the inside rein and leg.<\/p>\n<p>The circle should be about 12-15 feet.<\/p>\n<p>You want to be able to see your horse&#8217;s eye outline<br \/>\nbut you don&#8217;t need to see the whole eye.<\/p>\n<p>Then you&#8217;ll follow Sam&#8217;s instructions<br \/>\nto get the horse doing what you need to do.<br \/>\n(I can&#8217;t write it all down because you should<br \/>\nreally see it to get it right)<\/p>\n<p>The important thing to remember is to<br \/>\ndo this at the walk first.<\/p>\n<p>When he has it at the walk, then you<br \/>\ncan go to the next gait.<\/p>\n<p>The Zone Exercises have precise instructions and purpose.<\/p>\n<p>Once you get through them (which doesn&#8217;t take<br \/>\nall that long) and do them properly, you&#8217;ll have a<br \/>\nvery responsive and fun to ride horse.<\/p>\n<p>Before you know it, you&#8217;ll be doing all kinds of<br \/>\nneat things like counterarcs and such.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, if you haven&#8217;t read about Sam&#8217;s video,<br \/>\nyou can read about it by clicking the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-samburrell.html<\/p>\n<p>I might add that not only does Sam show you how to<br \/>\ndo this, he also reveals the mistakes often made<br \/>\nand how to correct them.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s good because if you&#8217;re having trouble,<br \/>\nthese may be the very reason why.<\/p>\n<p>Stops a lot of the frustration factor.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-samburrell.html<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230; that&#8217;s it for today.\u00a0 Stay safe around your horses!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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