{"id":77,"date":"2008-10-17T08:07:43","date_gmt":"2008-10-17T14:07:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/?p=77"},"modified":"2008-10-17T08:07:43","modified_gmt":"2008-10-17T14:07:43","slug":"what-is-your-horse-capable-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/blog\/general\/what-is-your-horse-capable-of\/","title":{"rendered":"What Is Your Horse Capable Of?"},"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\" 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what horses were trained to do<br \/>\nhundreds of years ago to help take out enemy<br \/>\nsoldiers.<\/p>\n<p>Still, it&#8217;s incredible to watch a<br \/>\nhorse do this.<\/p>\n<p>Truly, horses are capable of great things.<\/p>\n<p>Do you know what your horse is capable of?<\/p>\n<p>Truth told, lots of people don&#8217;t.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, I find most people don&#8217;t know<br \/>\nwhat their horse needs or where there are holes<br \/>\nin his training.<\/p>\n<p>By holes, I mean that there are specific<br \/>\ntraining issues the horse needs help with.<\/p>\n<p>To know, you must evaluate your horse.<\/p>\n<p>When you evaluate your horse, there are<br \/>\nseveral things to look at.<\/p>\n<p>In fact, you&#8217;d be shocked what you should<br \/>\nlook at.<\/p>\n<p>We filmed Vickie Weigel showing how to<br \/>\ndo an evaluation to give folks a good under-<br \/>\nstanding how to do it.<\/p>\n<p>For instance, Vickie says to start by<br \/>\nlooking at attitude and personality.<\/p>\n<p>Then find out what he knows as far as<br \/>\nhis education.<\/p>\n<p>When Vickie evaluated the horse in her<br \/>\nDVD, she got in the round pen with him.<\/p>\n<p>When she did, she noted his ears were laying<br \/>\nback.<\/p>\n<p>What does that mean?<\/p>\n<p>More or less that he&#8217;s not happy.<\/p>\n<p>It could be that he&#8217;s not sure what&#8217;s going<br \/>\non today.\u00a0 Plus, he didn&#8217;t know Vickie (and she didn&#8217;t<br \/>\nknow him.)<\/p>\n<p>Another possibility?<\/p>\n<p>He may be hurting somewhere.<\/p>\n<p>A great place to start evaluating your horse,<br \/>\nthen, is to check for pain.<\/p>\n<p>Vickie started by running her hands down<br \/>\nhim to see if he flinches or runs from it.<\/p>\n<p>Will this be hard to see?<\/p>\n<p>Not really.<\/p>\n<p>If you watch you can see a horse flinch<br \/>\naway from pain.<\/p>\n<p>Next, she felt the legs and messed with them<br \/>\na little to check for swelling or soreness.<\/p>\n<p>This is an area to be very careful because<br \/>\nif you work with a horse who&#8217;s legs are not used to being<br \/>\nworked with,&#8230;you could get kicked and hurt terribly.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s also important to note that the horse<br \/>\nvickie worked with was standing free in the round<br \/>\npen.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that important?<\/p>\n<p>Because he can leave anytime he wants.<\/p>\n<p>Why is that important?<\/p>\n<p>Because if he&#8217;s hurting, you can tell he<br \/>\nwants to get away.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, if you hit a sore spot then the horse<br \/>\nwill flinch or may take off trotting&#8230;which is okay.<\/p>\n<p>Now here&#8217;s something important to get.<\/p>\n<p>If the horse took off trotting after this,<br \/>\nhe may be sore.<\/p>\n<p>If you didn&#8217;t know he was and you became<br \/>\nupset with him and made him do what you wanted<br \/>\nanyway,&#8230;can you see that you put yourself in great<br \/>\ndanger?<\/p>\n<p>What if your horse was sore and you got<br \/>\ncranky with him and saddled him anyway?<\/p>\n<p>He could bite.<\/p>\n<p>Buck.<\/p>\n<p>Rear.<\/p>\n<p>Or, he may ride fine until the very end<br \/>\nof the ride where his pain tolerance is reached<br \/>\nand just before you get off&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;WHAM!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>He bucks.<\/p>\n<p>You go bye-bye.<\/p>\n<p>Had you known he was sore you could&#8217;ve<br \/>\navoided that.<\/p>\n<p>Plus, if you didn&#8217;t know he was sore<br \/>\nyou could think this was a problem in his training<br \/>\nand he needs worked with.<\/p>\n<p>And in fact, that&#8217;s not it at all.<\/p>\n<p>Can you see the value in knowing how to<br \/>\nevaluate your horse?<\/p>\n<p>And this is just the tip of the iceberg.<\/p>\n<p>Vickie shows a lot more than this in her<br \/>\nDVD.<\/p>\n<p>If you wanna see more about it, click on<br \/>\nthe following:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-weigel.html\" title=\"Get Your Vicke Weigel DVD HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Vicke Weigel DVD HERE<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\nI might add that the owner of the horse<br \/>\nin this DVD complained that the horse likes to<br \/>\nrear up while being ridden.<\/p>\n<p>Turns out that Vickie discovered the horse<br \/>\nwas a little back sore.<\/p>\n<p>He may need a Chiropractor.<\/p>\n<p>Hmmm&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/horsetrainingresources.com\/dvd-weigel.html\" title=\"Get Your Vicke Weigel DVD HERE\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Get Your Vicke Weigel DVD HERE<\/strong><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>OK &#8211; that&#8217;s it for today.\u00a0 Stay safe around your horses!<\/p>\n<p>Charlie<\/p>\n<p>P.S. 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