{"id":133,"date":"2009-03-28T10:44:22","date_gmt":"2009-03-28T16:44:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=133"},"modified":"2009-03-28T10:44:22","modified_gmt":"2009-03-28T16:44:22","slug":"horse-hesitates-heres-what-he-wants-from-you","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-hesitates-heres-what-he-wants-from-you\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Hesitates? Here&#8217;s What He Wants From You"},"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;Horse Hesitates?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s What He Wants From You&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In the past I&#8217;ve sent out info on helping your<br \/>\nhorse conquer his fear of those<br \/>\nhorse-eating monsters.<\/p>\n<p>We all know how scary it is to be<br \/>\nriding a horse while he turns into the Tazmanian<br \/>\nDevil and you&#8217;re hangin&#8217; on for dear life.<\/p>\n<p>To solve that frightening problem,<br \/>\nI want to share some info from\u00a0 Vickie Weigel<br \/>\nto show you how to handle this.<\/p>\n<p>So here goes&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>As you&#8217;re working your horse through<br \/>\nyour obstacle course, you&#8217;ll notice your horse<br \/>\nbeing leery of different things.<\/p>\n<p>As you serpentine in and out of the<br \/>\npoles, walk by the balls, and more&#8230;your<br \/>\nhorse may do the classic&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Hesitation&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Think of it this way.<\/p>\n<p>You have a 5 year old boy or girl.<\/p>\n<p>You tell &#8217;em to go to bed.<\/p>\n<p>But they&#8217;re scared.<\/p>\n<p>why?<\/p>\n<p>Cuz they saw &#8220;sumthin'&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>As the parents, we know there&#8217;s<br \/>\nnothing there.<\/p>\n<p>But, because the child thinks there<br \/>\nis&#8230;then there is.<\/p>\n<p>That is the child&#8217;s perception and<br \/>\nis therefore his or her reality.<\/p>\n<p>It is the same with your horse.<\/p>\n<p>You know it&#8217;s nothing &#8211; but that&#8217;s<br \/>\nnot your horse&#8217;s reality.<\/p>\n<p>Back to the child.<\/p>\n<p>Being a savvy parent, you rise up<br \/>\nout of the couch and take your child&#8217;s hand<br \/>\nand go with them back to the scary room.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Because you&#8217;re child is needing someone<br \/>\nto take charge.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;re looking to you to tell them that<br \/>\nit&#8217;s A-OK.<\/p>\n<p>If you weren&#8217;t there to show them&#8230;to lead<br \/>\nthem&#8230;would they go forward?<\/p>\n<p>I doubt it.<\/p>\n<p>But because you&#8217;re there and showing them<br \/>\nthat &#8220;Hey&#8230;it&#8217;s cool.\u00a0 Look, there&#8217;s nothing that&#8217;ll<br \/>\nget you.&#8221; &#8211; then they are assured and the move<br \/>\nforward.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s basically what&#8217;s going on with<br \/>\nyour horse.<\/p>\n<p>When he hesitates, it&#8217;s like the child<br \/>\ngoing, &#8220;Ooooo&#8230;there&#8217;s something scary.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>So, you gotta take charge just like you<br \/>\nwould for your child.<\/p>\n<p>When or if the horse hesitates or stops,<br \/>\nyou have to urge him forward.<\/p>\n<p>Notice I said &#8220;urge&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>You can get &#8220;assertive&#8221;&#8230;but getting<br \/>\naggressive may cause the horse to get<br \/>\noverwhelmed with fear.<\/p>\n<p>And the idea is &#8220;NOT&#8221; to scare him &#8211; although<br \/>\nwe want to expand his boundaries.<\/p>\n<p>So if the horse won&#8217;t go over or by something,<br \/>\ndo this.<\/p>\n<p>Call 911. (Not really&#8230;just kiddin&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>Just put your horse into a small circle and<br \/>\nurge him forward again.<\/p>\n<p>As you do, check &#8220;YOUR&#8221; jaw.\u00a0 Is it clinched<br \/>\nup?\u00a0 Are your teeth gritted?<\/p>\n<p>If so, your horse will mirror you.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;ll instill more fear in him.<\/p>\n<p>So the answer is to take a breath and<br \/>\nchill.<\/p>\n<p>When you unclinch your jaw, ungrit your<br \/>\nteeth, and relax&#8230;so will your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, he&#8217;s following the leader.<\/p>\n<p>Show him there&#8217;s nothing to be scared<br \/>\nabout and he&#8217;ll work with that.<\/p>\n<p>If you show him there &#8220;IS&#8221; something to<br \/>\nget nervous about (clinch your jaw, grit<br \/>\nyour teeth), and he WILL get nervous.<\/p>\n<p>And think about this.<\/p>\n<p>Those reins are like a conductor of<br \/>\nelectricity only they conduct your emotions<br \/>\nto the horse.<\/p>\n<p>So do you want to conduct fear or<br \/>\nleadership?<\/p>\n<p>Well, those are some of the basics of<br \/>\nwhat Vickie reveals.<\/p>\n<p>Click on this link to read more about<br \/>\nVickie&#8217;s methods she has on her DVD:<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-weigel-monsters.html<\/p>\n<p>Vickie shows you lots of ways to overcome<br \/>\nthose &#8220;horse-eating monsters&#8221; and ways to<br \/>\nde-spook your horse.<\/p>\n<p>The whole idea is to build confidence in<br \/>\nyour horse to not be afraid while trusting<br \/>\nyou as you lead him through them.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, you and your horse will enjoy<br \/>\nriding more and you be doing it much<br \/>\nmore safely.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-weigel-monsters.html<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;go ride and ride safe.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>www.HorseTrainingResources.com<\/p>\n<p>++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<\/p>\n<p>Discover the most successful horse training<br \/>\ncourse ever created.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Prof. Jesse Beery&#8217;s<br \/>\nIllustrated Course in Horse Training&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>8 Volumes of pure, effective horse training wisdom<br \/>\nused 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;Horse Hesitates?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Here&#8217;s What He Wants From You&#8221; In the past I&#8217;ve sent out info on helping your horse conquer his fear of those horse-eating monsters. 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