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November 23, 2021

Training Tip: Remove Your Horse’s Halter Correctly

It’s often the day-to-day tasks that speak volumes about how well trained a horse is and how great of a horseman you are. One daily task that I’m extremely nitpicky about is how I put on and take off my horses’ halters. A well-broke, respectful horse will stand quietly and drop his head for you […]

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Training Tips
November 23, 2021

Teach Your Horse to Load in the Trailer Like a Veteran

If just the thought of trailering your horse causes a hard lump to form in the pit of your stomach, you’re not alone. Getting a horse to confidently get on a trailer is a problem that haunts all equestrians on their horsemanship journey at some point, including Clinton. “When I was a kid, I’d ask […]

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Training Tips
November 16, 2021

Training Tip: How to Achieve a Slow Lope Without Four-Beating

Question: How do you get a horse to do a pleasure lope and not have the horse break down to a trot on the back feet and lope on the front feet? – Cowgirlb Clinton’s Answer: The secret to getting a horse to lope slowly is to practice and practice and practice and then practice […]

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Training Tips
November 9, 2021

Training Tip: Build a Horse’s Confidence About Passing Thru Tight, Narrow Spaces

Your horse may perform like a trail-riding veteran across vast stretches of open land, but ask him to step down a narrow trail and he turns into a nutcase. With rock walls pressing in on him or tree branches and bushes brushing against his sides, he may act as if you’re forcing him to walk […]

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Training Tips
November 2, 2021

Training Tip: What If You Don’t Have an Arena to Train Your Horse?

In a perfect world, we all have a facility that meets our requirements to train our horses year-round. Reality is far from perfect, though. I’ve been there myself, some of the situations and conditions I’ve had to train horses out of throughout my career were far from desirable, but I found a way to get […]

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Training Tips
October 26, 2021

Training Tip: What If Your Arena Isn’t Big Enough

In a perfect world, we all have a facility that meets our requirements to train our horses year-round. Reality is far from perfect, though. I’ve been there myself, some of the situations and conditions I’ve had to train horses out of throughout my career were far from desirable, but I found a way to get […]

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Training Tips
October 19, 2021

Training Tip: What if You Don’t Have a Roundpen

In a perfect world, we all have a facility that meets our requirements to train our horses year-round. Reality is far from perfect, though. I’ve been there myself, some of the situations and conditions I’ve had to train horses out of throughout my career were far from desirable, but I found a way to get […]

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Training Tips
October 12, 2021

Training Tip: Don’t Create a Cinchy-Horse Problem

If thought isn’t given to how you do the cinch up, you can teach a horse to be “cinchy.” A “cinchy” or “cold-backed” horse has a tendency to overreact and possibly buck when pressure is applied around his belly or flank area. It’s normal for a horse to feel reactive whenever this area is squeezed […]

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Downunder Horsemanship - General Training Tips
October 12, 2021

Training Guide: Safely Introduce Your Horse to Being Bathed

Building a horse’s confidence about standing quietly while you bath him requires a step-by-step approach and patience. Water is scary to horses because not only does it move, but it also makes a noise when it’s sprayed on the horse’s body. Add to that the sensation the horse feels when the water hits his body, […]

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Training Tips
October 5, 2021

Training Tip: The Rule of Three When Saddling Your Horse

Properly tightening the cinch on your saddle ensures your horse’s wellbeing is taken into consideration, you’re not putting yourself in a dangerous situation and you’re not causing behavioral problems in your horse. While there’s no universal rule for how tight the cinch should be, it should be tightened in three stages. When I first saddle […]

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