{"id":203,"date":"2010-12-31T08:32:49","date_gmt":"2010-12-31T14:32:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=203"},"modified":"2010-12-31T08:32:49","modified_gmt":"2010-12-31T14:32:49","slug":"want-your-horse-to-stop-quit-riding","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/training-tips\/want-your-horse-to-stop-quit-riding\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Your Horse To Stop?   Quit Riding!"},"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><h3><strong>&#8220;Want Your Horse To Stop? \u00a0Quit Riding!&#8221;<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\":1ao\">Interestingly, you can get a horse to stop (normally) by simply&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Quit Riding&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>True.<\/p>\n<p>You see, there&#8217;s an powerful phenomenon in the horse&#8217;s brain that&#8217;s useful to us horsey people.<\/p>\n<p>Kenny Scott, one of our featured trainers, said it like this:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;A horse will move with your<br \/>\nmotion without even knowing why.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Thus, if you are &#8220;riding&#8221; (in other words, not sitting in the saddle like a lump of flesh&#8230;instead you&#8217;re actually moving your body and hips rhythmically), then your horse will move.<\/p>\n<p>If you quit, your horse will sense that and quit too.<\/p>\n<p>Not always&#8230;but generally.<\/p>\n<p>Even if he doesn&#8217;t quit, he can be taught to quit when you quit riding.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, J.J. Rydberg (another one of our excellent trainers) says in his video:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Get to the point when you hardly have<br \/>\nto pull on the reins to stop. \u00a0When you<br \/>\nsit down, he stops.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is powerful advice and here&#8217;s why.<\/p>\n<p>Any time&#8230;and I mean &#8220;any time&#8221; you don&#8217;t have to pull on a horse&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Don&#8217;t!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Why?<\/p>\n<p>Let me ask you this.<\/p>\n<p>How&#8217;d ya like to be pulled on constantly?<\/p>\n<p>Just cuz he&#8217;s a horse doesn&#8217;t mean he&#8217;s okay with it.<\/p>\n<p>It can feel like he&#8217;s bein&#8217; picked on which in turn makes him less willing to learn and cooperate.<\/p>\n<p>Now&#8230;back to the &#8220;quit riding&#8221; thing&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>I want you to try this experiment and see for yourself how powerful this advice is.<\/p>\n<p>First, hold out your right hand in front of you with palm down.<\/p>\n<p>Now put your left hand &#8220;on top&#8221; of your right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Grip the top of your right hand with your left hand just enough so that when you relax your left arm, your hand stays on your right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Now move your right hand in a circular motion forward and backward sort of like how a horse would move.<\/p>\n<p>Very quickly, you&#8217;ll find it fatigues your right arm.<\/p>\n<p>Now while your moving your right arm in that circular fashion, don&#8217;t allow your left hand to rest on top of your right hand.<\/p>\n<p>Make your left hand move with your right hand while it resides on your right hand.<\/p>\n<p>See the difference?<\/p>\n<p>The analogy is your left hand is like the rider on the horse.<\/p>\n<p>The left hand rides when it moves with the right hand.<\/p>\n<p>But when it just sits on the right hand like a lump of dough, it&#8217;s tiring. \u00a0It&#8217;s no fun.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;THAT&#8217;S&#8221; what I mean about stopping your horse.<\/p>\n<p>In other words, quit riding kind of like what your left hand does when it rests on the right hand.<\/p>\n<p>The flip side, of course, is to &#8220;ride&#8221; when you want your horse to move.<\/p>\n<p>A minute ago, I mentioned these principles came from J.J. Rydberg and Kenny Scott.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read more about them, click the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-jjrydberg.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-jjrydberg.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-kennyscott.html\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-kennyscott.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a tip that never occurs to a lot of horse owners.<\/p>\n<p>If your horse is slow to move, sluggish, or just stops after a few feet&#8230;the reason &#8220;may be&#8221; that you aren&#8217;t riding.<\/p>\n<p>Yeah&#8230;you&#8217;re in the saddle.<\/p>\n<p>But are you &#8220;riding&#8221; or just sitting?<\/p>\n<p>Ok&#8230;that&#8217;s it for today.<\/p>\n<p>Continually learn &#8211; but stay safe out there.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. Thanks for all your feedback about these emails. It helps us to know you&#8217;re reading them, using them and enjoying them. \u00a0It encourages us to keep going.<\/p>\n<p>I even had one Ph.D. who is a Director of Equine Sciences say he uses many of my tips in his training classes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div>I&#8217;m honored.<\/p>\n<p>+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++<br \/>\nJust learning, or want to learn, to ride?<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the best way to start before you mount for the first time.<\/p>\n<p>I would urge you to read about our book:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8220;Horseback Riding: The Complete Beginner&#8217;s Guide&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll learn lots in just a few hours and save many times the cost of the book in lessons.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not a substitute for lessons &#8211; it just gets you started before you start lessons. 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