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Training Tips
July 5, 2016

Training Tip: Buddy-Sour Horses

Whether your horse doesn’t want to leave his buddies on the trail or overreacts when you take him away from his buddies at shows, use these tips to regain control and focus his attention on you. When you’re dealing with a buddy-sour horse, you have to use a little reverse psychology on him. Instead of […]

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Training Tips
June 28, 2016

Training Tip: Train Both Sides of the Horse

Horses have two sides to their brains: the left brain and the right brain. Each side of your horse’s brain is like a completely separate horse. You’ve got Lefty and you’ve got Righty.

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Training Tips
June 21, 2016

Training Tip: Bridle-Shy Horses

Many horses become wary of the bit and find ways to avoid being bridled because they’ve had their mouths hurt from the bridle being taken off incorrectly, allowing the bit to hit their teeth. Taking the bridle off is something most people do without thinking and oftentimes rush through the process because they’ve finished their […]

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Training Tips
June 14, 2016

Training Tip: Use Treats as a Reward

Never give a horse a treat to bribe him to do something; only give a treat to reward a job well done. There’s a very big difference. Let’s take the example of asking the horse to load in the trailer. We’ve all seen the owner who asked their horse to get on the trailer by […]

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Training Tips
June 7, 2016

Training Tip: Should You Use a Snaffle Bit?

A lot of people wisely start the Method with a horse that’s already trained, and often times, these horses have been ridden in shank bits. When starting the Method, I encourage people to use a snaffle bit to train their horses. Of course, this brings up the question of whether or not you need to […]

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Training Tips
May 31, 2016

Training Tip: Correct a Crabby Loper

Until they’ve been taught to move forward off a gentle squeeze of your legs, some horses get crabby when asked to lope, especially those cold-blooded, lazier types. If your horse kicks up or crow hops when you ask him to lope and you feel it is more than you can ride through, do a One […]

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Training Tips
May 24, 2016

Training Tip: Curb Eating on the Trail

If you have a horse that’s too busy eyeing up his next meal on the trail rather than paying attention to you, use these steps to regain control. 1) A horse can only think about one thing at a time. He’s either got his attention on you or on his next snack. As soon as […]

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Training Tips
May 17, 2016

Training Tip: Fix the Cause, not the Symptoms

The majority of horse “problems” (such as bucking, rearing, biting and pawing) aren’t really problems at all; they are really just symptoms of a cause. Ninety-five percent of all the problems you will ever have to deal with as a horse owner will fix themselves if you do the groundwork and earn your horse’s respect. […]

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Training Tips
May 10, 2016

Training Tip: De-Worming Tip

Most people have trouble de-worming their horses because of the way they approach the horse. They sneak up to the horse and then jam the syringe in his mouth, which makes the horse defensive. Teach your horse to willingly accept de-wormer by desensitizing him with the de-wormer and teaching him to associate it with feeling […]

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Training Tips
May 3, 2016

Training Tip: Spooking on the Trail

From time to time, your horse is going to spook at objects on the trail. Having a fail-safe approach to handling a spook and remaining in control of the situation will make the incident a minor inconvenience rather than a ride-ruiner and will provide an opportunity to train your horse and make him a better […]

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