{"id":32,"date":"2008-04-21T08:38:03","date_gmt":"2008-04-21T14:38:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=32"},"modified":"2008-04-21T08:46:31","modified_gmt":"2008-04-21T14:46:31","slug":"pulling-the-horses-reins-wont-make-him-stop-when-he-bolts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/pulling-the-horses-reins-wont-make-him-stop-when-he-bolts\/","title":{"rendered":"Pulling The Horse&#8217;s Reins Won&#8217;t Make Him Stop When He Bolts"},"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. Why Pulling The Horse&#8217;s Reins Won&#8217;t Make Him Stop When He Bolts<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>2. Training Foundations: Teaching The Basics for Safety and Control<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>***************************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>1. Why Pulling The Horse&#8217;s Reins Won&#8217;t Make Him Stop When He Bolts<\/p>\n<p>Andy Curry discusses the bolting or runaway horse and why pulling back<br \/>\non the reins is fruitless:<\/p>\n<p>I get quite a few questions from<br \/>\npeople perplexed over why their horse wouldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nstop once it spooked and bolted.<\/p>\n<p>They&#8217;d say, &#8220;I pulled and pulled on<br \/>\nthe reins and it didn&#8217;t stop him at all.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Another would say, &#8220;It seemed like<br \/>\nthe harder I pulled the reins, the more deter- mined he was to go.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Fact is, no one&#8230;and I mean no one&#8230;is capable of pulling the<br \/>\nreins to cause enough pain and discomfort in the horse&#8217;s mouth<br \/>\nto get him to stop.<\/p>\n<p>No one!<\/p>\n<p>That begs the question of &#8220;Why?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Seems contrary to the way it &#8220;should&#8221;<br \/>\nbe.<\/p>\n<p>Often, the way something &#8220;should be&#8221; is not<br \/>\nhow it really is in the horse world.<\/p>\n<p>This is one of those instances.<\/p>\n<p>First, the thing to remember is horses<br \/>\nlearn to stop through training&#8230;.<br \/>\nnot being pulled on by the reins.<\/p>\n<p>They aren&#8217;t brakes.<\/p>\n<p>The brake pedal on the horse is actually<br \/>\ninside his brain.<\/p>\n<p>His brain will control the legs.<\/p>\n<p>So it&#8217;s with the brain we must work with.<\/p>\n<p>A horse can get so frightened that their brain<br \/>\nis consumed, overwhelmed, and inspired ONLY with<br \/>\nsaving himself from danger.<\/p>\n<p>He can be so frightened, he&#8217;ll forget<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re on his back.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn&#8217;t know that a plastic bag rolling across<br \/>\nthe field from the wind won&#8217;t hurt him.<\/p>\n<p>He can NOT reason that like you and I.<\/p>\n<p>But he &#8220;can&#8221; associate that the bag won&#8217;t hurt him.<\/p>\n<p>And that&#8217;s done through desensitizing.<\/p>\n<p>But I digress.<\/p>\n<p>Back to pulling the reins to stop.<\/p>\n<p>A pull on the reins to stop a horse should be used<br \/>\nas a &#8220;signal&#8221; to stop &#8211; pulling on the reins is not<br \/>\nthe stopping mechanism itself.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, you have to take time to teach your horse what a stop is.<\/p>\n<p>Essentially, you&#8217;ll stop riding when you want him to stop.<br \/>\nHe feels it through your seat.<\/p>\n<p>And there are different ways to teach a horse to stop.<br \/>\nI won&#8217;t go into it here because that&#8217;s a long subject.<\/p>\n<p>We have videos where some of our trainers teach stopping.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read about them, click on the one or<br \/>\nmore of the following:<\/p>\n<p>J.J. Rydberg:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-jjrydberg.html\" title=\"J.J. Rydberg DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>J.J. Rydberg DVD\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sam Burrell:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-samburrell.html\" title=\"Sam Burrell Training DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Sam Burrell Training DVD\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Diana Quintana:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-dianaq.html\" title=\"Diana Quintana DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Diana Quintana DVD\u00a0<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>So you know, these videos show a lot of other<br \/>\ntraining as well as stopping.<\/p>\n<p>Onward.<\/p>\n<p>Now when your horse is spooked and someone&#8217;s pulling<br \/>\non his reins, pain in the mouth from the reins pulling<br \/>\nhim get overridden by the fear of his life being in danger.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s like pain doesn&#8217;t even exist.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, if you pull harder, the horse may run harder.<br \/>\nThat pain can turn into adrenaline and really fire him up.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a little trick.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re observant, while riding your<br \/>\nhorse you will nearly always see his body movements<br \/>\nbefore he takes off.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, his head may come up.  That&#8217;s a classic<br \/>\nsign of &#8220;Oh my gosh&#8230;DANGER!&#8221; in the horse&#8217;s mind.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;d be a great time to talk to him and get<br \/>\nhis mind directed back to you.<\/p>\n<p>If both his ears are pointing forward because his radar<br \/>\nis locked into that strange sound, talking to him can<br \/>\nget an ear back to you so he pays attention to you<br \/>\ninstead of some weed-eating monster.<\/p>\n<p>Also, being quick to turn him in a circle before<br \/>\nfreaks out is a good tip.<\/p>\n<p>That gives him something to do and takes his mind<br \/>\noff the spooky object.<\/p>\n<p>And since a horse can only think of one thing at a time,<br \/>\ngiving him something positive think about is a great tactic.<\/p>\n<p>********************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>2. Training Foundations: Teaching The Basics for Safety and Control<\/p>\n<p>Are you training a colt or have a horse that needs some basic training<br \/>\nso you can ride safely and have complete control?<\/p>\n<p>Trying to ride a horse that is out of control is just dangerous!  It<br \/>\nis especially dangerous if you haven&#8217;t been around horses much and<br \/>\naren&#8217;t sure what to do when the horse blows up underneath you.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve published a few articles about how dangerous horse riding and<br \/>\nhorse handling is.  The statistics tell the story &#8211; THOUSANDS of<br \/>\nfolks get hurt, broken bones, concussions, severe disabilities,<br \/>\nand even die every year.<\/p>\n<p>If you can&#8217;t completely control your horse then your taking a risk.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a few foundational basics that you must be able to do<br \/>\nbefore your horse is considered safe:<\/p>\n<p>1. Teach the basic commands &#8220;Get UP&#8221; and &#8220;Whoa&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>2. Be able to handle your colt or horse on both sides without them<br \/>\nmoving or shying.<\/p>\n<p>3. Teach them to come to you and take a bridle or halter without<br \/>\nthrowing their heads or moving away.<\/p>\n<p>4. De-spook the horse and teaching the horse to overcome fear<br \/>\nof things flapping in the wind, noises, etc.<\/p>\n<p>5. Be able to safely mount the horse without it moving away.<\/p>\n<p>6. Safely handle the horse without it crowding you.<\/p>\n<p>7. Teach basic reining.<\/p>\n<p>Once you can safely handle your horse and are able to completely<br \/>\ncommand them, then you can ride safely and go on to more<br \/>\nadvanced training.<\/p>\n<p>Would you get in a car and drive off through hills in a car<br \/>\nwith no brakes or no steering?  Sort of ridiculous, isn&#8217;t it?<\/p>\n<p>Why people would get on a horse they can&#8217;t stop, can control,<br \/>\nthat bucks or rears, shys at everything on the trail, or<br \/>\nthat they simply can&#8217;t control is beyond me.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s nothing less than an accident waiting to happen.<\/p>\n<p>This is exactly why we offer the Jesse Beery Horse Training Course.<\/p>\n<p>Everything you need to know, including curing all those bad habits<br \/>\nand much more, is taught in the complete, 8 volume course.<\/p>\n<p>We offer it in printed books, as downloads, as books on CD, and<br \/>\neven have all 8 volumes as audio books in MP3 format.<\/p>\n<p>The audio books were professionally recorded by the<br \/>\n&#8220;Voice of The Outdoor Channel&#8221; and sound great.<\/p>\n<p>You owe it to yourself anyone who may be around your horses to do<br \/>\nthe proper basic training.  See the Beery Course here:<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.horsetrainingresources.com\/beery.html\" title=\"Prof. Jesse Beery Course in Horse Training\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>\u00a0Prof. Jesse Beery Course in Horse Training\u00a0 <\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;-<\/p>\n<p>Ok..  enjoy your horses &#8211; just do it safely.<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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