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News Archive
Training Tips
December 2, 2014
Training Tip: Understand Trailering From Your Horse’s Perspective
To help your horse overcome his trailering fears, you have to look at trailering from his perspective. As prey animals, with a flight or fight response, horses prefer to be in big open spaces where they can easily see predators approaching them and then be able to make a quick getaway. You’ll never see a […]
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Training Tips
November 25, 2014
Training Tip: There Are No Shortcuts
Too often, I meet people at tours or we’ll receive letters in the office saying that they have a problem that needs fixed. Everyone wants a quick fix, a magic cure that they can give their horse to have their problems disappear. Believe me, if I had such a magic cure, I would sell it […]
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Clinton Anderson Downunder Horsemanship - General
November 25, 2014
Serious Horse Power
This year, Clinton decided to get serious about his passion for reining and cow horses and devoted more time to training his personal horses and competing on them. In fact, the only way Clinton will personally train a horse for a customer is if they own one of his performance horses. His program has taken […]
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Sponsors
November 25, 2014
SmartPak Goodies
Our friends at SmartPak are getting in the holiday mood and have shipped a bunch of goodies to our warehouse to share with all of you! If you place an order starting on Black Friday through Christmas, check your package for a surprise from the standout equine company. Clinton teamed up with SmartPak in 2013, […]
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Training Tips
November 18, 2014
Training Tip: A Tip for Trouble-Free Blanketing
The biggest mistake people make when trying to blanket a spooky horse is sneaking the blanket up on the horse. If you reach the blanket up towards the horse and he has a heart attack, repeat the same motion another hundred times. When he relaxes, retreat and rub him.
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Training Tips
November 11, 2014
Training Tip: Conquer Your Horse’s Fear of the Arena
When you’re working with an arena-shy horse, don’t think, “How can I make him get in the arena?” Think, “How can I make it uncomfortable for him not to go in the arena?” You’ll do that by working the horse hard where he wants to be (outside the arena) and letting him rest where you […]
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Training Tips
November 4, 2014
Training Tip: Move Those Feet
Horses establish dominance by being able to move each other’s feet. The most dominant horse in a herd can make all the other horses move their feet forwards, backwards, left and right. Horses use that same principle when they are around us. Anytime you can move your horse’s feet forwards, backwards, left and right, you […]
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Downunder Horsemanship - General No Worries Club
November 4, 2014
Are You Boring Your Horse?
Imagine that when you were in school you were forced to do nothing but write and recite the alphabet repeatedly every day for an entire year. Doesn’t sound like much fun, right? In fact, after you’d learned the alphabet and could write it and repeat it out loud forward and backward, you were ready to […]
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Training Tips
October 28, 2014
Training Tip: Three Ingredients to a Truly Broke Horse
Many horses are rideable, but few are truly well broke. I define a well broke horse as one who is quiet, dependable, soft and responsive, in any situation – in the arena or on the trail. Of course, many factors go into how far a horse’s training can go, including breeding, temperament and the method […]
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