{"id":68,"date":"2008-09-17T20:59:53","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T02:59:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=68"},"modified":"2008-09-17T20:59:53","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T02:59:53","slug":"horses-and-the-class-clown-and-handling-and-training-problem-horses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/horses-and-the-class-clown-and-handling-and-training-problem-horses\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;Horses and the Class Clown&#8221;  -and- &#8220;Handling and Training Problem Horses&#8221;"},"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>1. Horses and the Class Clown<\/p>\n<p>2. Handling and Training Problem Horses<br \/>\n&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;&#8212;<br \/>\n1. Horses and the Class Clown<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s Andy Curry comparing the Class Clown to handling horses:<\/p>\n<p>Did your graduating class have the<br \/>\nproverbial class clown?<\/p>\n<p>Mine did.<\/p>\n<p>He wasn&#8217;t serious about too many things &#8211; especially school.<\/p>\n<p>In our Calculus class, the teacher would turn his back<br \/>\nto write on the chalk board.\u00a0 When he did, the class clown<br \/>\nwould cough and sound like a 6 year old little girl coughing.<\/p>\n<p>Truth told it was FUNNY!!!<\/p>\n<p>Teacher didn&#8217;t think it was.<\/p>\n<p>Anyway, the teacher got pretty fired up at him one day\\<br \/>\nand straightened him out big time.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t long before the class clown&#8217;s grades were very good.<\/p>\n<p>The question is, how did that happen?<\/p>\n<p>I believe the teacher took a stance<br \/>\nand made the class clown shape up.<\/p>\n<p>The teacher demanded respect.<\/p>\n<p>The funny thing is, that did wonders<br \/>\nfor the student.<\/p>\n<p>Because he learned to respect the<br \/>\nteacher, he began listening and then applying himself.<\/p>\n<p>He soon learned although the teacher<br \/>\nwas tough&#8230;he was fair.<\/p>\n<p>The class clown applied himself and became<br \/>\none of the best students in the class.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly, that&#8217;s how it&#8217;s gonna be with you and your horses.<\/p>\n<p>Until you&#8217;ve established it, you&#8217;re<br \/>\ngonna have trouble with your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Established what?<\/p>\n<p>That you&#8217;re the leader.<\/p>\n<p>You MUST resolve all respect issues<br \/>\non the ground.\u00a0 Then you can teach the horse different things.<\/p>\n<p>When I interviewed Sam Burrell, one of<br \/>\nthe questions I asked him was: What is one of the biggest<br \/>\nmistakes you see people make with horses?<\/p>\n<p>His answer was:<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;Leadership is not established&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>If you think about it, that&#8217;s so true.<\/p>\n<p>One of the problems is, horse owners don&#8217;t<br \/>\nalways know what disrespect looks like.<\/p>\n<p>As an example, you may be standing there by your<br \/>\nhorse and he nudges you with his nose.<\/p>\n<p>Some people call that cute.<\/p>\n<p>I say the horse is telling you to move.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s something you should not allow.<\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s a profound insight that Sam said to me during his interview.<\/p>\n<p>He said:\u00a0 You don&#8217;t know what a horse<br \/>\nreally thinks of you until you try to ride him.<\/p>\n<p>Amen to that!<\/p>\n<p>Sam&#8217;s a sharp trainer.\u00a0 If you haven&#8217;t seen his info yet,<br \/>\nI suggest you take a look right now.<\/p>\n<p>Click the following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-samburrell.html\" title=\"Get Your Copy of the Sam Burrell DVD\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Copy of the Sam Burrell DVD &#8211; Click HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>*********************************************************************<\/p>\n<p>2. Handling and Training Problem Horses<\/p>\n<p>If you are like a lot of horse owners (and parents!) you tend to<br \/>\nput up with a lot disrespect from your horses.<\/p>\n<p>It may start as little things &#8211; like crowding you, nipping at you,<br \/>\nwon&#8217;t stand while you mount, etc.<\/p>\n<p>Or, it may be huge, dangerous things like kicking, rearing,<br \/>\nspooking and running out of control.<\/p>\n<p>Either way, it can leave you feeling pretty discouraged and<br \/>\nlots of times scared.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s especially bad when you had a dream of owning a horse,<br \/>\nenjoying the companionship, enjoying grooming, caring and riding<br \/>\nyour horse and used to look forward to spending time with him.<\/p>\n<p>But when the horse is in control it starts to sour.<\/p>\n<p>Many decide to sell or trade their horses and frequently find<br \/>\nout they&#8217;re just trading problem for problem.<\/p>\n<p>Fixing problem horses can be very rewarding.\u00a0 If you can take<br \/>\none issue at a time, work on it, fix it and then move on to the<br \/>\nnext thing.\u00a0 In so doing you are establishing confidence in<br \/>\nyourself and in your horse.<\/p>\n<p>Over time, you start to enjoy and look forward to spending time<br \/>\nand working on all those pesky issues because you know you&#8217;ll<br \/>\nbe able to solve them.\u00a0 Your outlook changes to one of<br \/>\n&#8220;I can do that &#8211; I can fix that&#8221; and you start working on it.<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a word of caution:<\/p>\n<p>Only work on one thing at a time.\u00a0 Make sure your horse understands<br \/>\nwhat he&#8217;s supposed to do and reward him for right results.\u00a0 Otherwise,<br \/>\nyou&#8217;ll end up confusing him and things won&#8217;t get better.<\/p>\n<p>Clear, simple lessons.\u00a0 Get the right result.\u00a0 Praise.\u00a0 Repeat.<\/p>\n<p>OK?\u00a0 No figure out the most pressing problem, study and understand<br \/>\nhow you&#8217;re going to fix and make time to work on it.<\/p>\n<p>If you only do one thing in the next week, that&#8217;s one<br \/>\nthing closer to you dream horse.\u00a0 It IS worth the effort!<\/p>\n<p>If you need help knowing what to do &#8211; check out our Jesse Beery<br \/>\ncourse, our DVDs and the Pulley Bridle.<\/p>\n<p>That&#8217;s why we exist:\u00a0 to offer resources to help you fix your horse problems.<\/p>\n<p>If you have some real breakthroughs, write and let me know about it.<\/p>\n<p>Sharing successes with others helps all of us.<\/p>\n<p>http:\/\/www.HorseTrainingResources.com<\/p>\n<p>All the best&#8230;.\u00a0 stay safe around your horses!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1. 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