{"id":123,"date":"2009-03-05T10:58:15","date_gmt":"2009-03-05T16:58:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=123"},"modified":"2009-03-05T10:58:15","modified_gmt":"2009-03-05T16:58:15","slug":"horse-training-tips-how-well-does-your-horse-turn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-training-tips-how-well-does-your-horse-turn\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Training Tips: How Well Does Your Horse Turn?"},"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;How Well Does Your Horse Turn?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a simple question really.<\/p>\n<p>How well does your horse turn?<\/p>\n<p>Is he sluggish?<\/p>\n<p>Does he move off your leg like you&#8217;d<br \/>\nmove your hand off a burning hotplate?<\/p>\n<p>I find most horse owners have horses<br \/>\nthat are in between.<\/p>\n<p>Frankly, if your horse doesn&#8217;t turn<br \/>\nlickety split, then that&#8217;s not good enough.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because he&#8217;s not being responsive to<br \/>\nwhat you&#8217;re asking.<\/p>\n<p>He could also be dull&#8230;meaning when<br \/>\nyou use a little leg pressure he may not feel<br \/>\nit like you&#8217;d think.<\/p>\n<p>So whaddya do to fix this?<\/p>\n<p>I have a great solution.<\/p>\n<p>I urge you to look to the Reining<br \/>\ntrainers.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because their horses turn like crazy.<\/p>\n<p>If you ever saw a Reining horse turn,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;d see turns and spins like nobody&#8217;s business.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s awesome to watch.<\/p>\n<p>Thing is, not every horse is going to<br \/>\nturn &amp; spin like a good reining horse is.<\/p>\n<p>A good Reining horse that does it well<br \/>\nis built for it.\u00a0 He&#8217;s athletic in the sense<br \/>\nthat he can do these maneuvers well.<\/p>\n<p>Does that mean your horse can&#8217;t do it<br \/>\nif he&#8217;s not built for it?<\/p>\n<p>Heck no!<\/p>\n<p>Your horse can still do it but maybe<br \/>\nnot as good.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p>The crucial thing is getting your horse<br \/>\nto do it and you learning &#8220;HOW&#8221; to get your horse<br \/>\nto do it.<\/p>\n<p>When we filmed Chuck Nesmith showing how<br \/>\nto get a horse to turn and spin and sliding stops,<br \/>\nhe gave an incredible, easy-to-follow, step-by-step<br \/>\nmethod.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck&#8217;s training regiment starts with every<br \/>\ntraining the same.\u00a0 He&#8217;ll flex them whether they&#8217;re<br \/>\n2 or 20.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;ll do it for 2 year olds to establish a<br \/>\nsafety stop.\u00a0 Once a horse matures, flexing is done<br \/>\nfor other reasons.<\/p>\n<p>After he&#8217;s done this (and other warm up stuff)<br \/>\nChuck starts getting into the meat of the lesson.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck warns to keep it basic and simple as<br \/>\npossible.<\/p>\n<p>He says, &#8220;I&#8217;m just looking for the horse to<br \/>\nbe able to go forward, back, left, and right. Nothing<br \/>\nfancy.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>His little secret is this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;He wants to guide them!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s what it&#8217;s about really.\u00a0 Guiding.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-nesmith.html<\/p>\n<p>For example, if he&#8217;s working the horse and<br \/>\nhe feels the horse leaning to the right, he&#8217;ll steer<br \/>\nthem to the left.<\/p>\n<p>If the horse is responsive and moves right<br \/>\naway, he&#8217;ll let him go straight again.<\/p>\n<p>Chuck doesn&#8217;t baby sit the horse where he<br \/>\nhas to hold their face all the time either.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s another secret Chuck reveals.<\/p>\n<p>Allow your horse to make the mistake. When<br \/>\nhe does, &#8220;then&#8221; you can correct it.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t allow them to make a mistake<br \/>\nthen they start relying on you for everything.\u00a0 Then<br \/>\nif you get nervous they&#8217;ll know something is wrong<br \/>\nand they&#8217;re going to act up.<\/p>\n<p>So the more you get your horse to guide, the<br \/>\nmore confident they&#8217;ll become in what they&#8217;re doing.<\/p>\n<p>And your horse (and you) need confidence.<\/p>\n<p>In a couple days, I&#8217;m going to give you an overview<br \/>\nof how Chuck gets his horse turning and spinning.<\/p>\n<p>Oh&#8230;and if you think your horse doesn&#8217;t<br \/>\nneed to know this then you would be wrong.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because it builds respect for you in your<br \/>\nhorse&#8217;s mind.<\/p>\n<p>Because it teaches him to pay attention to<br \/>\nyour more.<\/p>\n<p>Because it makes him more valuable.<\/p>\n<p>Because it makes him more responsive.<\/p>\n<p>And because you learn priceless ways to<br \/>\nget your horse doing things you never thought you<br \/>\ncould.<\/p>\n<p>An ohhhh what a feeling it is to get your<br \/>\nhorse doing cool stuff like this. (And it&#8217;s not<br \/>\nas hard as you&#8217;d think)<\/p>\n<p>This is something I &#8220;know&#8221; you can do and<br \/>\nI hope you try it.<\/p>\n<p>You can read about Chuck&#8217;s information by<br \/>\nclicking the following:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-nesmith.html<\/p>\n<p>Until next time&#8230;.stay safe out there!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>Discover the most successful<br \/>\nhorse training course ever created.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prof. Jesse Beery&#8217;s Illustrated<br \/>\nCourse in Horse Training&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>8 Volumes of pure, effective horse training<br \/>\nwisdom used by thousands around the world.<\/p>\n<p>Printed in one, easy-to-use, spiral-bound manual.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/beery.html<\/p>\n<p>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;How Well Does Your Horse Turn? 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