{"id":50,"date":"2008-06-16T10:06:21","date_gmt":"2008-06-16T16:06:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=50"},"modified":"2008-06-16T10:06:21","modified_gmt":"2008-06-16T16:06:21","slug":"horse-training-why-you-need-to-change-your-horses-mind","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horse-training-why-you-need-to-change-your-horses-mind\/","title":{"rendered":"Horse Training: Why You Need To Change Your Horse&#8217;s Mind"},"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;Why You Need To Change Your Horse&#8217;s Mind&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Andy Curry discussing groundwork vs. changing your horse&#8217;s mind:<\/p>\n<p>I don&#8217;t need to tell you that to<br \/>\nhave a good horse to ride, you need good ground work on him first.<\/p>\n<p>You need a system.<\/p>\n<p>There are many a system out there.<br \/>\nWhat you choose to use is okay as long as you accomplish what<br \/>\nyou&#8217;re after without hurting the horse.<\/p>\n<p>Different trainers have different<br \/>\nways.\u00a0 Whatever works for you is what works.<\/p>\n<p>Why do you want a good ground work system?<\/p>\n<p>There are lots of reasons.<\/p>\n<p>The reason I have in mind at this moment is:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Change Your Horse&#8217;s Mind&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Good ground work has lots of effects on a horse.<\/p>\n<p>One of the biggees is changing his mind.<\/p>\n<p>You see, by directing your horse&#8217;s movement, you can change his mind.<\/p>\n<p>These are the wise words from Sam Burrell, one of our featured trainers.<\/p>\n<p>Sam is big on systems.<\/p>\n<p>He likes to have a system for various<br \/>\nparts of his training.<\/p>\n<p>Sam is famous for his:<br \/>\n&#8220;How To Install An Operating System In Your Horse &#8211; And You!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>But like Sam notes, before you can install the Operating System he<br \/>\nsuggests, your horse must have good ground work in place.<\/p>\n<p>Your horse should be halter broke and broke to ride before you<br \/>\ninstall his system in your horse.<\/p>\n<p>If your horse has the good system of ground work installed,<br \/>\nyou are on the right track with him.<\/p>\n<p>What I mean is, because your ground work is sound you have the<br \/>\nability to change your horse&#8217;s mind and keep him working with you.<\/p>\n<p>To have control of your horse&#8217;s mind is to have control of his<br \/>\nnerves, muscles, and ultimately, his legs.<\/p>\n<p>When you have that kind of control, you can do amazing things<br \/>\nwith your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Like what?<\/p>\n<p>Like counter arcs where your horse bends his body one way and<br \/>\nwalks the other.<\/p>\n<p>You couldn&#8217;t teach your horse that kind of stuff if you couldn&#8217;t<br \/>\nchange his mind in the first place.<\/p>\n<p>When you want your horse to do neat stuff like counter arcs<br \/>\nand such, Sam recommends you start with the Rein Effects.<\/p>\n<p>The rein effects are:<\/p>\n<p>Direct Rein<br \/>\nIndirect Rein<br \/>\nDirect Rein of Opposition<br \/>\nIndirect Rein of Opposition<\/p>\n<p>Assuming you&#8217;ve properly convinced your horse you can get him<br \/>\ndoing what you like, you&#8217;d start with the Direct Rein.<\/p>\n<p>The Direct Rein is a direct rein to the horse and you&#8217;ll be leading<br \/>\nhim around just like you would from the ground.<\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;ll take the direct rein about half way between your hip and your<br \/>\nhorse&#8217;s eye (while you&#8217;re in the saddle of course).<\/p>\n<p>Now this is &#8220;REALLY&#8221; important because<br \/>\na green horse (or one needing re-training) can see your hand and<br \/>\nknows what it means.<\/p>\n<p>Unless the horse knows what it means, he and you will struggle to<br \/>\nmove on to the next thing.<\/p>\n<p>And you shouldn&#8217;t move on to the next thing unless your horse &#8220;gets it&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The Direct Rein is what you&#8217;ll use to teach lateral flexion.<\/p>\n<p>That will get your horse soft to give when you want his head to come around.<\/p>\n<p>But remember, your ground work must be in place before you go to this.<\/p>\n<p>Now Sam&#8217;s video doesn&#8217;t show you ground work, but it DOES show how to<br \/>\ninstall and Operating System in your horse &#8211; and you.<\/p>\n<p>Once your horse knows it (and it doesn&#8217;t take &#8216;that&#8217; long to do &#8211;<br \/>\nand it&#8217;s not difficult to do)&#8230;.then your horse will ride and guide like a dream.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to read about Sam&#8217;s video, click on the following:<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-samburrell.html\" title=\"Get The Sam Burrell Training DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get The\u00a0 Sam Burrell Training DVD<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nOne other thing I think you&#8217;ll love&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve ever rode a horse and you have his head pointing one<br \/>\nway but he&#8217;s going the other way&#8230;.but you want him going the<br \/>\nway his head is pointed&#8230;wait&#8217;ll you hear Sam say why that is.<\/p>\n<p>Sam says it&#8217;s &#8220;Energy goin&#8217; 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