The Makeover of a Mustang
…process with Joshua. “He had no good training or bad training before me to start with-he was a real blank slate.” Cindy found Joshua had a highly tuned flight instinct…
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Incredible, Edible Rewards for Your Horse
…consistent, and connect it to the food reward. Reinforce politeness, discourage rudeness, and use a safety barrier when training pushy horses. Watch carefully and time your bridge precisely, rewarding only…
Learned Helplessness—The Dark Side of 21st Century Horse Training
Ask yourself, what is our goal in training horses? Are we trying to create robots that do nothing unless directed by us, that respond dutifully, but with no enthusiasm, to…
Overcoming Training Problems
…as possible causes, the rider will need to think carefully about his training methods: Has the horse’s training been too one-sided recently? During the training sessions is there more time…
USEF Announces 2011 Eventing High Performance Training Lists
…will receive training grants from the USEF and priority during training sessions. Capt. Phillips will continue to arrange personal training with the A listed riders at their own farms throughout…
Horse & Rider Magazine 2009 Articles Index
…Changes,” Bob Avila’s Winning Insights, May, pg. 38 Training, Clinton Anderson “Flex Time,” Clinton Anderson’s Do-It-Yourself Training, Jan., pg. 24 “Back-End Over,” (yield hindquarters), Clinton Anderson’s Do-It Yourself Training, Feb.,…
Get Ready To Jump ?Cross-Country?
…knows how to jump this.? EXERCISES YOU CAN SET UP. There really isn?t any limit to the variety of training exercises you can set up in your ring, as long…
Going Forward, Thinking Back
…you spend practicing these exercises is going to depend on you, not on your horse. The exercises themselves aren’t physically demanding for him. In fact, he’s really only about 20%…
Putting Movement Together (Part I)
…their brain. In the following exercises, the horse will be further away from us than in the basics of movement exercises, therefore the way we ask for disengagement will be…
Controlling Movement (Part I)
…week’s article, I am going to stick to desensitization exercises. I will introduce sensitization exercises next week. Because the horses’ prey animal instinct brings about a natural suspicion of us…