{"id":148,"date":"2009-06-09T08:26:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-09T14:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=148"},"modified":"2009-06-09T08:26:00","modified_gmt":"2009-06-09T14:26:00","slug":"building-trust-walking-your-horse-through-obstacles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/building-trust-walking-your-horse-through-obstacles\/","title":{"rendered":"Building Trust: Walking Your Horse Through Obstacles"},"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>1. &#8220;Building Trust: Walking Your Horse Through Obstacles&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2. &#8220;It Really Works!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>===========================================================<\/p>\n<p>1. &#8220;Building Trust: Walking Your Horse Through Obstacles&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve talked about this many times before.<\/p>\n<p>Does your horse have faith in you?<\/p>\n<p>Would you know it if he did?<\/p>\n<p>For most of you who have handled horses<br \/>\nfor years you most likely have learned to<br \/>\ndevelop a trust with your horses.<\/p>\n<p>This is an important subject, so here&#8217;s a<br \/>\nfew things I want you to know.<\/p>\n<p>First, I need to back up a little.<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t know what your horse does<br \/>\nwhen he spooks, you should.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, you should be able to<br \/>\ntell when he&#8217;s about to.<\/p>\n<p>You should know the signs and how to<br \/>\ndeal with it.\u00a0 You should learn to<br \/>\nanticipate it.<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>For your safety&#8230;and your horse&#8217;s safety.<\/p>\n<p>Your horse should have faith in you<br \/>\nbecause he will look to you much like a kid<br \/>\nwould to their parent.<\/p>\n<p>If the parent is calm and cool, so will<br \/>\nthe child be.<\/p>\n<p>Same goes for the horse, more or less.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, you must teach your horse to look<br \/>\nto you.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, you need to know what his body<br \/>\nsays and does when he gets spooked.<\/p>\n<p>You learn this by watching him from the<br \/>\nground and from the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>I think the best way to do that is set<br \/>\nup an obstacle course.<\/p>\n<p>It should be controlled.<\/p>\n<p>It should start out with the most minimal<br \/>\nthreats possible.<\/p>\n<p>When we filmed Vickie Weigel doing this<br \/>\nshe started with only poles on the ground.<\/p>\n<p>She laid them roughly 30 feet apart and<br \/>\nhad the rider and horse serpentine through them.<\/p>\n<p>Carefully, she watched the horse&#8217;s reaction.<\/p>\n<p>Was he scared?<\/p>\n<p>Could he handle it?<\/p>\n<p>Should the poles be farther apart?<\/p>\n<p>Then what about you &#8211; the rider?<\/p>\n<p>Are you looking forward and not down.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a good Rule of Thumb:<br \/>\n&#8220;Look Where You Want To End Up&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>If you don&#8217;t want to end up on the ground,<br \/>\nthen don&#8217;t look there.<\/p>\n<p>Onward.<\/p>\n<p>Now before you start riding your horse through<br \/>\nthe poles, just let him look at them.<\/p>\n<p>Give him a moment to see they exist.<\/p>\n<p>You relax in the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>If your horse gets tense between poles you<br \/>\ncan kinda tell by his ears working back and forth.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the jaw often tightens.<\/p>\n<p>So&#8230;focus on where you want to be and go<br \/>\nthere.<\/p>\n<p>If that&#8217;s to the other end of the poles you&#8217;re<br \/>\nwalking through, then that&#8217;s where you focus and go<br \/>\nto.<\/p>\n<p>Remember, don&#8217;t look down &#8211; you&#8217;ll end up there<br \/>\nif you do.<\/p>\n<p>Again, this is the very stuff that Vickie shows<br \/>\nin her DVD on helping your horse conquer his horse-eating<br \/>\nmonsters.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to know more about it, click on the<br \/>\nfollowing:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-weigel-monsters.html\" title=\"Get Vicke Weigel's Horse-Eating Monster's DVD\" target=\"_blank\">Get Vickie Weigel&#8217;s Horse Eating Monsters DVD <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s another sign to look for in case you<br \/>\nthink your horse thinks the poles are too close together.<\/p>\n<p>You may see signs of anxiety like his tail coming<br \/>\nup.<\/p>\n<p>Also, his ears may do some flaky things.<\/p>\n<p>If this happens, the solution is easy.<\/p>\n<p>Put the poles farther apart.<\/p>\n<p>It makes it easier for the horse to walk through.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t feel as confined.<\/p>\n<p>Who knows &#8211; you may have to put the poles 50 feet<br \/>\napart.<\/p>\n<p>Depends on the horse.<\/p>\n<p>The idea is to NOT scare the horse.\u00a0 If you have<br \/>\nto put them 50 feet apart at first, that&#8217;s okay.<\/p>\n<p>As he gets more used to them, then you can bring<br \/>\nthem closer together again.<\/p>\n<p>Vickie does an excellent job of showing this using<br \/>\njust poles and then adds other scary things like<br \/>\nballs, coats, etc.<\/p>\n<p>You can learn a lot from Vickie&#8217;s coaching techniques she<br \/>\nuses with her student as she advances through more<br \/>\ndifficult situations &#8211; all the time building trust<br \/>\nbetween the rider and horse.\u00a0 This is something<br \/>\nyou should consider doing with your horses to<br \/>\ntake that spookiness out of them.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-weigel-monsters.html\" title=\"Get Vicke Weigel's Horse-Eating Monster's DVD\" target=\"_blank\">Get Vickie Weigel&#8217;s Horse Eating Monsters DVD <\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>====================================================================<\/p>\n<p>2. &#8220;It Really Works&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>I got this note from Marilyn last week.\u00a0 She likes the email tips<br \/>\nand has been using them.\u00a0 However, she also has the Beery course<br \/>\nbooks and has been applying the techniques.\u00a0 Needless to say, she&#8217;s<br \/>\nthrilled &#8211; I&#8217;ll let her tell you why:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Dear Charlie, I have been receiving your emails for some time<br \/>\nnow and appreciate every one.\u00a0 And have been able to apply some<br \/>\nof the tips to my horse who I describe as having ADD.\u00a0 But what<br \/>\nI have really learned is he is a type 3 dominant with type 2 added<br \/>\nin for good measure.\u00a0 This has proven to be challenging to work with.<\/p>\n<p>However, everything I have tried from your tips have worked wonderfully<br \/>\nwith him.\u00a0 But\u00a0 I hadn&#8217;t really applied any of these tips to the<br \/>\nother more cooperative horses.<\/p>\n<p>I have a copy of &#8220;Illustrated Course in Horse Training&#8221;\u00a0 by<br \/>\nProf. Jesse Beery.\u00a0 I have been working with my 9 yr old son<br \/>\nand our Miniature Horse\/Mare of 9 yrs getting them ready for fair.<br \/>\nTootsie is usually cooperative but when her the Mare in her is acting<br \/>\nup she can be difficult.<\/p>\n<p>Yesterday, we were working on riding with a saddle &#8211; something she<br \/>\nhasn&#8217;t had for some time as Isaiah rides her bare back, usually with<br \/>\nand adult leading her.\u00a0 Any way this was one of these mare days, at<br \/>\none point the saddle slipped and Isaiah came down sending the rest of<br \/>\nthe saddle under her and she going nuts and running off kicking and<br \/>\nbucking all the way to the back field.<\/p>\n<p>[Editor&#8217;s note: Our Diana Quintana DVD shows an excellent method<br \/>\nto cure this problem as well using an old inner tube.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-dianaq.html\" title=\"Get Diana's \"Want to Train Your Horse\" DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Diana&#8217;s &#8220;Want To Train Your Horse&#8221; DVD <\/strong><\/a>]<\/p>\n<p>I went and collected her and put her back in the training pen,<br \/>\ntied, and removed the saddle.\u00a0 Left to come in and go back to<br \/>\nBook 1 Colt Training.\u00a0 I applied the lessons there using the<br \/>\nWar Bridle.\u00a0 Within less than an hour not only did I have her<br \/>\nleading with out pulling but she let Isaiah lead her as well\\<br \/>\nAND she listened to him.\u00a0 She also allowed him to ride<br \/>\nher all the way back to the barn which is a good distance from<br \/>\nwhere we were working in the training pen.\u00a0 I was never so<br \/>\nimpressed and amazed in my life.<\/p>\n<p>I can&#8217;t wait to put some of these other techniques, listed in<br \/>\nthis book to work on that ADD kid of mine.\u00a0 I would recommend this<br \/>\nbook to anyone who has problems with their horses. Especially the<br \/>\nproblems he talks about in these books.\u00a0 Oh and the personality<br \/>\ntraits based on heads really is quit accurate.\u00a0 I have four horses<br \/>\nand I would agree that the personalities definitely fit the head<br \/>\nforms listed.<\/p>\n<p>I am sooo glad I found this website! It has been a blessing!<\/p>\n<p>Sincerely,<br \/>\nMarilyn K., Wausau WI&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>========================================================================<\/p>\n<p>Folks &#8211; it&#8217;s notes like this that keep us going.\u00a0 Thanks Marilyn!<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a link to the Jesse Beery course:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery.html\" title=\"Prof. Jesse Beery's Illustrated Course In Horse Training\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Prof. Jesse Beery&#8217;s Illustrated Course In Horse Training<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for today &#8211; stay safe on your horses!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. You can still get your own Beery 4-Way Bit free when you<br \/>\norder the Jesse Beery Course.<\/p>\n<p>P.P.S. 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