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A special thank you to Erin Burnside of Elkins High
School and all the riders that came to the benefit trail ride for SWAP. As her
Senior project Erin raised over $400. for SWAP. Kudos Erin. If we had 100 kids
do this as their senior project or even just as a fund raiser, they could pay to
feed all our horses for a year!! Please consider us kids when you are doing your
volunteer projects for school or if you want to do a fund raiser this summer.
One kid with the desire to help can make a huge difference, just like Erin did.
Bravo for a job well done!!
Congratulations
to our Executor for her selection and award for the International Who's Who of
Professional and Business Women for 2006/2007. Kudos!!
Yehaa, Kudos again to our Executor for her selection to
receive the National Leadership Award by the Republican Party.
Click here to put
a horse into our adoption program
Click here to
see what we have learned over the years and with thousands of horses.
If you can't adopt, think about a gift to one or
all of our horses: supplies, tack, dewormers, a donation, fly spray, or a new
halter. Click here to be a sponsor to
one of our horses
Great Goals for 2008:
1. Spend
an hour a day with your horses, not just feeding, training and turning out, but
real quality time doing something that is enjoyable for the both of you.
Grooming or hand walking is a great way to bond with your horse and good for
both you and the horse.
2. Get
your loved ones more involved in your horses. Divorce is the biggest reason we
see horses coming back to us. Don't just share the work, share the fun too and find
something they really enjoy doing with horses.
3. Learn
a new discipline, go to a clinic, a horse show, or equine affaire. Come to one
of our clinics or watch a training video. If you are an adopter you can check
out books and video's from SWAP's Library for just shipping costs. Take a lesson at least once a month or Bring your adoption horse
here and we will help you. The better you are, the more fun you will have.
4. Make a
plan for your horse after you are gone or if you have a major injury, let your
will executor know your plans. Make a plan for emergencies or financial bumps
along the way for your horse. Have a plan if you or your horse gets injured,
even for the tough times of year like winter (or summer down south). Ask friends, family and neighbors
to be part of your plan. Most people can not resist someone when they are asking
for help for the welfare of an innocent animal.
5. Get yourself healthy and in better shape to
prevent injury, to live a long life and to more enjoy your horses. Eat 1-1-1
(one ounce of dark chocolate, one ounce of fresh walnuts, one glass of red wine
daily) and 2-2-2 (2 servings of fresh vegis, 2 of fresh fruit and get 2 sources
of fat free calcium). Drink 100 ounces of spring water a day, get a whole
house water filter. Change over to Sea-salt. Take one teaspoon of apple cider
vinegar every morning to keep your body alkaline (cancer and disease can not
grow in an alkaline body). Eat more fish and chicken and less red meat. Get a
good air cleaner and do daily deep breathing exercises, get outside in the fresh
air and sunshine for at least 1/2 hour every day. Get away from high fat food,
processed foods, fast food, can or boxed food, sugar or artificial sweeteners,
soda and don't eat anything if you can't read all the ingredients and know
exactly what is in it. Clean all vegis and fruits thoroughly, buy organic, buy
ocean caught fish, not farm raised, buy fresh meat and raw milk, not packed or
processed. Eat only natural carbs (potatoes, rice, oats) bake/broil or steam
everything. Use your microwave for only heating water, it kills the nutrition
value in food. Get 8 hours of sleep, reduce stress/risk (reduce commuting by car
pooling, tight schedules, cell phone use in the car, watch or read the news only
once a day or better yet once a week, stay clear of
negative people
and those very negative chat rooms and bulletin boards). Stop Complaining and be
Thankful for what we each have. Do one hour of walking, yoga or weight
training every day and it will make you strong, lean, look great and you'll get
wonderful complements from friends, coworkers and loved ones and the horse work
will be easier and more enjoyable.
6. Read
at least one book on training your horse and one on care each year, if for nothing
else but just inspiration. SWAP has a great
library of books/videos that adopters can check out for just the cost of mailing
it. Click here to
see our Library
7. Get
carrots/apples every time you go to the store, your horses will love you for it and
always come running when you call. Don't feed candy or anything sweeter. Carrots
are sweet enough. Get rid of the sweet feeds and you'll get rid of the hot horse
once and for all.
8.
Realize that if you are having a problem with your horse, more likely than not,
the problem is you. Learn more, practice more, ask in a different way, be
patient, change their environment or daily schedule to better suit them. Taking
better care of a horse always brings out the best in that horse. Good
feed/hay, time to rest in a quiet stall out of the elements, lots of fresh water, time to be with you and time to
just be a horse, time with their buddies, farrier and vet care always done is a
good start. The biggest part of this relationship puzzle is you, not the horse.
If you are struggling, then you need to learn more and get better.
9. Ride
at least once a week, regardless of weather. Use this time as your down time for
healing, your therapy, your time to relieve stress and the pressures of daily
life. Even if you don't ride, go sit and read a book in the pasture with the
horses or sit in the barn and listen to them munch on dinner, away from the
crowd and noise of your day. Enjoy the peace and quiet, enjoy hearing happy
horses eating dinner or grass in the pasture.
10. Spend
time leisurely grooming your horse once a week. Rubber curries are shine makers.
You will have a beautiful horse and a very loyal friend who will do anything for
you.
11. Come and spend a week at SWAP HQ,
volunteering and focusing on helping a horse and giving will change your life
plus it will be the best vacation you ever had. Help
an animal in need, whether fostering, being one of our state reps that goes out
to check on our horses in their homes or helps us approve adopters in their
area. Find horses in need and help us find them homes. Buy a horse at a slaughter
auction, get it fat and trained and we'll help you place it into a good home. Foster and
volunteer for your local small animal adoption program. I promise, the good
things you do will come back to you a hundred times over. Every person has a
talent they can offer and if you help one horse or one dog or cat find a good
home, you have changed their life forever.
12.
Know that every goal is obtainable and it starts with a single step.
Take that first step today!! No matter what it is or how big, YOU CAN DO IT!!
Every goal that is written down will come true (really!). Every famous person,
every great or notable scientist, author, trainer/rider, parent or friend
started out as just a thought, just a goal. Remember to take one step today to
reach your goals.
13. Start
every day with thinking about, what is the most important thing I can do
today to change my life and make it better. Do that one thing and in 30 days
your life will be totally different. Can you imagine what your life would be
like if you did that for 60, 90 or even 365 days a year. The opportunities are
endless.
14. Want to keep your horse sound for life? (That should be every horse owners
number one goal) do a
long slow warm up (cold muscle is easy to injure, a warm one is nearly
impossible to injure). The very best cool down is hand walking your horse for 1 hour after every work out.
Yes, get off the horse and walk with it. Its great exercise for you and a good
time for you to bond. Stop riding your horse during cool downs and stop using a
hot walker, do something good for you and the horse, hand walking. Its also the
best rehab for over work and injuries, the only thing better is hydro therapy
and swimming your horse. Allow soft tissue and hard tissue to
become more conditioned before going into any training program... that usually
means 3 months of at least 3 days a week for soft tissues and 10 months of work for bones to become strong
enough to jump or do any strenuous training program. Don't start any upper level
work, jumping or extensive training until the horse is fit and at least between
age 4 and 6 and has been conditioned for at least 10 months (especially if the
horse has never been jumped/worked or not been jumped or worked in the last
year).
15. Appreciate what you have and be thankful.
Instead of looking at what you don't have, look at what you do. Thank those
people who have helped you and supported you. The more you give, the more that
will come back to you. When you give something away or give something to
someone/something in need, you make space in your life for something good to
come to you. We are all very blessed, if we just take a moment to look
around and enjoy those things.
16. Get used to using favorite mantra's and visualizations
every day, simple ones that are easy to remember, like 'I can do this, I will do
this', 'this isn't going to get the best of me' or even, 'I deserve the best' or
'the gift of love, caring, and support always comes back' and take two minutes
every morning as you wake and at night as you go to sleep to visualize the life
you want, the you you want to be, Our thoughts become things, what you see
is what you get, if you expect the best, the best will happen, change your
self-talk from negative to positive and I promise your life will change for the
better..
17. Each person is put on this earth for a reason, each of
us has a mission. What is yours? Seek and you shall find, finding is a journey
... in the journey and the search you'll find your life purpose. If you died in
your sleep tonight is there something you haven't done that you need to do or
want to do? Someone you need to mend fences with, burnt bridges to fix? People
you need to tell them how much you love them? Have you fulfilled your purpose in
your life? Ask yourself, Why am I here? How can I make this better? Who do
I want to be? Who am I suppose to be? What reason was I put on this earth? What
is my purpose?
18. Be an inspiration to your family, co workers and
friends. We all fall on our face, we all make mistakes, we all get discouraged,
most times we all get up and try again.... sometimes we need a nudge. Instead of
being negative or doing negative things, be their inspiration. You do believe
they can do it, so why not tell them. If their self talk is negative, then you
be their positive self talk.... eventually they will start to say it and believe
it too. Life is self fulfilling, failure feeds on itself or causes more failure,
achieving does as well. So if you or your love ones are in a negative cycle,
break the cycle by changing your thoughts, your self talk, achieve something
small to get yourself and your family back into the cycle of achievement.
19. We all file a flight plan every single day for our
life. Where is your flight going today? Just like a pilot flying, the winds, the
gravitational pull will change your flight plan and take you off course, so you
must make small corrections along the way to make sure you make your
destination. Have you selected your destination? Have you picked the steps in
your flight plan to get there? Every goal is really that easy, pick the goal and
figure out how to get there. The easiest way to pick your flight path/plan is
find someone who has done it before you, then do what they did. Its all baby
steps you know. Just keep an eye on that destination and keep saying...."here is
my destination, this is where I'm going, this is where I am now, this is how I'm
going to get there.... I will arrive at this time on this day. You can do
it..... its just like getting in your car to go to the store, its just deciding
where you want to go and how to get there, then take that first step. You can do
it!! No matter how big or how outlandish you may think your dream to be...
it is obtainable.
20. Laugh every day and try (as hard as it is sometimes)
to find the positive and the humor in each situation (and have at least one bite
of a truly decadent desert once a week). Life is just too short to not enjoy it
thoroughly.
21. We learn the most and do our best work when we have
fallen on our face, when we are struggling, when we are worried, scared or
frustrated, when we anguishing over something or troubled by it. It is then that
you have true motivation, when you think clearer. The most brilliant ideas come
to people when they feel lost, frustrated, or at the bottom, helpless or
hopeless. Cherish these times because its when you can come up with your best
ideas to your biggest problems and challenges. You see, there is a reason for
the rainy days.
22. You can't make everyone happy, its useless to try and
wasted energy to think you can. 50% of all people will not agree with you at any
given time, don't worry about it and don't let it stop you. 50% becomes a lot of
people when you are in the public eye. As long as you are not hurting anyone and
you believe you are doing the right thing, then go ahead and do it. If you are
wondering what is the right thing to do, its usually the harder thing to do, the
toughest path to take. The easy way out is rarely the right thing to do.
Instead of worrying over what someone thinks of you or says about you, do
something amazing and outstanding to inspire them or at least have them sitting
on the side lines being jealous, secretly saying, "wow, she has guts". One
person with purpose becomes the majority, one way or another.
This should
probably be taped to your bathroom mirror where one could read it every day.
1. There
are at least two people in this world that you would die for.
2. At least
15 people in this world love you in some way.
3. The only
reason anyone would ever hate you is because they want to be just like you
4. A smile
from you can bring happiness to anyone, even if they don't like you.
5. Every
night, SOMEONE thinks about you before they go to sleep.
6. You mean
the world to someone.
7. You are
special and unique.
8. Someone
that you don't even know exists loves you.
9. When you
make the biggest mistake ever, something good comes from it.
10 When you
think the world has turned its back on you take another look.
11 Always
remember the compliments you received. Forget about the rude remarks.
Good
friends are like stars.......
You don't
always see them, But you know they are always there.
"Whenever
God Closes One Door He Always Opens Another,
I would
rather have one rose and a kind word from a friend while I'm here than a whole
truck load when I'm gone.
Always in hope and admiration, Celeita
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 Clinics
"Share your knowledge, its one of the
few ways to achieve immortality"
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Conducts a variety of CLINICS throughout the year for those who have a
desire or need to learn more in carious particular areas of equine
management and riding.
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-Clinic Information:
All clinics are 9am to 4pm. The one day clinic is $50., two day is $100. the 5
day clinic is $250. That covers all class room materials, lunch, all
instruction and partial board for your horse. All adopters receive price
breaks in all clinics, as does persons from the same family or farm. Dress for
all types of weather, our round pen and arena is outside. All clinics are
described in detail in the stable brochure and by going to Stable Clinics on
the Website. There are audits available in nearly every clinic for half price
(audits watch during the hands on portion). Most clinics are 50% Classroom
work and 50% Hands on. Clinics are open to age 12 and up but anyone under 16
must be accompanied by an adult. The bios/experience of all clinicians is
available by request. It is recommended that a student attend Training 101
before 102 and 102 before 103, Riding 101 before 102 and 102 before 103,
especially for beginners.
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-Horse & Barn 101 is for anyone who is a new owner or person who never had
any formal training about horses or its been years since you owned a horse. It
is recommended for all adopters. So much is packed into this class . . .
grooming, daily care, feeding, farm management, horse breeds/colors/markings,
conformation, tack, tack selection & fit, equipment, farrier care, vet care,
dental care, first aid, gaits, traveling problems, lameness's, parts of a
horse, measuring height/weight, training, natural & artificial aids, trailering, selecting a horse, business vs. personal ownership, exercise &
fitness. Students do not bring horses to this clinic. The clinician is
Celeita Kramer.
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-Race Horse 101 will cover many of the things listed above but geared
toward the Race horse (Arab, QH, App., TB or Standardbred) changing careers.
This clinic’s objective is to make this transition as easy and safe as
possible for both the horse and owner. Besides many of the topics listed
above, the clinic will cover their life as a race horse, particular issues and
problems that you may have to address with a race horse, transitioning the
Harness horse to pleasure driving and riding under saddle, learning
collection, transitions, bending, moving off your leg and cantering,
transitioning the under saddle race horse, teaching the other gaits (walk,
trot, cantor), transitions, collection and picking up leads. It is not
required to bring a horse to this clinic but if any horse owner is having a
particular problem with training their former race horse, bring it along and
we will work on your problems either during or after class. The clinician is
Celeita Kramer.
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-Training 101 is breaking and training and covers from the foaling date and
imprinting to getting on the horse for the first time, we cover how a horse
learns, teaching zones, the training rules, 4 personalities of a horse, the 7
stages of training a horse, 8 principles of horsemanship, 10 qualities of a
horseman, developing respect and trust in the horse, relationship between prey
animals and predators, rehabilitation of spoiled horses, training in the round
pen, leading, loading, tying, teaching a horse to be unafraid of people and
strange objects, noises, saddling, bridling, teaching a horse to yield to
pressure, bitting, flexion, collection, tack & equipment, ground driving and
long lining, solving problems, introducing the bit, girth and saddle. We will
also discuss several of the controversial items in horse training such as hand
feeding, hitting a horse & negative reinforcement. It is not required that a
student bring a horse to this clinic, but it is encouraged. The clinician is
Celeita Kramer.
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Breaking and training clinic (TRAINING 101)
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LENGTH: 2 AND 5 DAYS (30% LECTURE & 70% PRACTICAL LAB), CLASS SIZE LIMITED TO
10 STUDENTS AND 20 AUDITS.
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TUITION:
$150.00 AND $375.00 (INCLUDES CLASSROOM REFERENCES, SUPPLIES AND LUNCH DAILY),
AUDITS ARE $75.00/$187.00 (INCLUDES EVERYTHING ABOVE EXCEPT YOU OBSERVE IN THE
PRACTICAL LAB PORTION OF THE CLASS).
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CLINIC
DATES:
SEE THE ATTACHED MANE EVENTS SCHEDULE
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*PRIVATE CLINICS AND HORSE BREAKING/TRAINING CAN BE SCHEDULED SEPARATELY
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SCHEDULE:
9:00AM - 4:00PM DAILY
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CURRICULUM:
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-INTRODUCTION -ADMINISTRATIVE AND STABLE PROCEDURES
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-PHILOSOPHY OF TRAINING -SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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-4 PERSONALITIES OF THE HORSE
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-HOW A HORSE LEARNS, THE TEACHING ZONES AND TRAINING RULES
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-7 STAGES OF BREAKING AND TRAINING A HORSE
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INCLUDES THE FOLLOWING:
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-TRAINING IN ROUND PENS AT LIBERTY, USE OF LUNGE WHIP
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-HALTER BREAKING (LEADING, LOADING, STAND CALMLY)
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-GENTLING AND SACKING OUT (TEACHING A HORSE TO BE UNAFRAID OF PEOPLE, STRANGE
OBJECTS, NOISES, SADDLING, BRIDLING, THE WEIGHT OF THE SADDLE)
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-TEACHING A HORSE TO YIELD TO PRESSURE (FORWARD, BACKWARD, SIDEWAYS)
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-BITTING, FLEXION AND COLLECTION
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-DRIVING (TEACHING THE HORSE TO TURN, STOP, AND GO BACK WITH THE USE OF THE
LONG REINS BEFORE THE HORSE IS RIDDEN)
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-8 PRINCIPLES OF HORSEMANSHIP -10 QUALITIES OF A HORSEMAN
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-RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREY ANIMALS AND PREDATORS
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-OPPOSITION REFLEX -IMPRINTING FOALS
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-REHABILITATION OF SPOILED HORSES
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REQUIRED
SUPPLIES FOR TRAINING:
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-COMFORTABLE BOOTS OR SHOES WITH SURE FOOTING
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-RIDING GLOVES, RIDING HELMET OR BICYCLE HELMET
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-COMFORTABLE, ALL-WEATHER CLOTHES
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-TRAINING IS BOTH INSIDE AND OUTSIDE
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-ATTENDEES CAN BRING THEIR PERSONAL HORSES FOR THE 6 DAY CLINICS
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-ATTENDEES WITH HORSES MUST SHOW PROOF OF CURRENT SHOTS, COGGINS AND HEALTH
CERTIFICATE
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-SEND
APPLICATION WITH DEPOSIT (CLINICS FILL UP QUICKLY) REMAINING DUE THE FIRST DAY
OF CLASS
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PERSONAL
COSTS:
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-IF
REQUIRED, A HOTEL, NIGHTLY DINNER AND MILEAGE TO/FROM THE STABLE (SEE ATTACHED
LIST OF HOTELS AND A MAP)
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WHO SHOULD
ATTEND:
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-ANYONE
AGE 12 & OLDER, INTERESTED IN LEARNING ABOUT HORSES, ANYONE WHO WANTS TO BE
ABLE TO TRAIN THEIR OWN HORSE/COLT OR FILLY, ANYONE WHO HAS A SPOILED HORSE OR
WANTS A BETTER HORSE UNDER SADDLE (TRAINING COVERS FROM BIRTH TO GETTING UNDER
SADDLE, IN ADDITION TO IMPROVING THE HORSE YOU NOW RIDE). ANYONE UNDER 16
SHOULD BE ACCOMPANIED BY AN ADULT.
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CROSSED SABERS STABLE
2 DAY CLINIC: TRAINING 101
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9AM- 4PM DAILY
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(CLASS WORK GOES UNTIL 6PM)
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$100.00 TUITION
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HALF PRICE FOR 2ND WIND ADOPTERS & 2ND PERSON FROM FAMILY/FARM
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PRICE INCLUDES HANDOUTS, EQUIPMENT USED, LUNCH AND PARTIAL BOARD ON YOUR HORSE
- IF YOU DECIDE TO BRING IT, NOT REQUIRED.
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ALL PROCEEDS GO TO THE SECOND WIND ADOPTION PROGRAM
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40% CLASSROOM, 60% HANDS ON
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TRAINING
101CLINIC BRIEFINGS
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“A CLINIC CAN NOT GIVE YOU THE HOW TO,
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IF YOU DON’T HAVE THE WANT TO”
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INTRODUCTION
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-INTRODUCTION
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-OBJECTIVES OF CLINIC
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Train your own horse, continuing education, exposure to a new idea, confirm
what you already know, learn while you do and learn while you watch, mistakes
are an important part of learning
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ADMINISTRATIVE & STABLE PROCEDURES
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-STABLE HANDOUTS & CLASS HANDOUTS (BRIEFING OUTLINE)
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-LIABILITY RELEASE, APPLICATION, CLINIC CRITIQUE, TRAINING LOG
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fill out release, application, critique at end & use training log in training
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-DRINKS, BREAKS, LUNCH
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cottage corner, need drivers
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-HOURS, CLASS/LAB, CLASS ROSTER
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9-4, 66% lab/ 33% hands on, for roster fill in name, address, phone number,
e-mail
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-OPEN/TWO WAY COMMUNICATION W/ INSTRUCTOR & STUDENTS
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-BATHROOMS, PHONES, FAX, INTERNET, COPIER
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no bathrooms in barn (go in restaurant or house)
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-DAILY CLEAN UP OF AREA
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put away tack/equipment
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SAFETY AND EMERGENCY PROCEDURES
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-EMERGENCY NUMBER 873-2222
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-DIRECTIONS TO STABLE FOR EMT
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beside phone in barn
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-PHONE, FIRST AID KITS, FIRE EXTINGUISHERS
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in lounge at barn, first aid kits for both people/horses
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-NO SMOKING IN HOUSE OR BARN, STABLE FIRE
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visitors hold horses outside well away from barn, stable employees will pull
out horses, cover head
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-MAKE NO ASSUMPTIONS ABOUT HORSES/PERSONS TRAINING
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we have both our horses and adoption horses in various states of training and
temperaments
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-AWARENESS OF HORSES POSITION
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in doorways, gates, stalls, don’t get between horse and wall
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-RESPECT FOR HORSES SIZE & STRENGTH
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5 to 10 times heavier, 10 times stronger
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-SPEAK UP IF YOU FEEL THREATENED OR UNCOMFORTABLE
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this is suppose to be a good experience
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EQUIPMENT & FACILITIES
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-30’-50’ ROUND PEN FOR WEANLINGS, 50’-66’ FOR 2 YR OLDS
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balance between what’s good for horse, good for trainer & functional
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-5’-8’ SOLID WALL , AWAY FROM DISTRACTIONS
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-LUNGE WHIP, GLOVES, SURCINGLE, LONG REINS
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-BRIDLE WITH D RING OR O RING SNAFFLE BIT, NO HARSH BITS, MAYBE EVEN A
HACKAMORE OR BOSAL
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-RIDING HELMET, DROP LEAD, “PROGRESS STRING”
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-TRAILER OR SOME TYPE OF SIMULATION
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-LUNGE LINE & SIDE REINS (MORE ADVANCED TRAINING)
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TYPICAL TRAINING SCHEDULE
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-IMPRINTING (1ST TO 3RD DAY)
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-15 TO 30 DAYS OF BREAKING & TRAINING
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-DONE AS SOON AS WEANED (PHASE 1 - 3)
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-DONE BETWEEN 1 & 2 YEARS OLD (Phase 4-6)
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can be done at any time but the optimum is the earlier the better remembering
not to strain a young horse or over train too early, both physically and
mentally
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-60 DAYS OF RIDING DAILY
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-DONE AT 2-4 YEARS OLD DEPENDING ON DEVELOPMENT
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mental & physical development, knees, legs, has grown a brain, bones and bone
structure not fully developed until age 4 according to studies, longer for
heavy boned horses
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“IF YOU ALWAYS DO WHAT YOU DID,
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YOU’LL ALWAYS GET WHAT YOU GOT”
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PHILOSOPHY OF TRAINING
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-NATURAL/NO HITTING (SAFETY ONLY)
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-DO THE LEAST POSSIBLE TO GET THE DESIRED EFFECT
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look for maximum results w/ minimum effort, don’t kill the fly with the
hammer, don’t over kill problems
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-SEVERAL WAYS TO DO IT RIGHT, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SCIENCE, HORSES
ARE AS INDIVIDUAL AS PEOPLE AND THEREFORE EVERYTHING BECOMES VERY SUBJECTIVE
WITH MUCH MORE GRAY AREA.
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-(German Dressage Team, Johnny Berguson, horses for hollywood) hand feeding
(don’t recommend for beginners or children, don’t use in training but the
German Dressage Team uses hand feeding in training regularly, don’t usually
hand feed any horses that are going to be around children or beginners as they
don’t know how to handle the pushy horse)
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-(Richard Shrake) do what you can then walk away, I recommend
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-(Monty Roberts) continue to work through the red lights, I recommend
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-(John Lyons) reprimanding or not reprimanding, I reprimand depending on the
horse, I rarely reprimand any horse that has fear issues or a confidence
problem. I do reprimand sullen and confident horses.
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-hitting (taught that hitting produces hate, he might do what you want but it
will be out of coercion, not willingness, performance will be affected. I only
hit for safety sake now, for example a horse biting, running over someone,
kicking) there are usually better ways to get a horse to learn something than
to hit it. Monty Roberts says that 90% of all horse to horse conflict doesn’t
end in contact, 95% of people/horse conflict does. Pain gets in the way of
training.
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-TRAINING IS CONTINUOUS, Every time you take a horse from its
stall its learning, either something good or something bad, make sure you’re
horse is learning something good.
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-TRAINING ETIQUETTE
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This should be like golf, only help if asked, never ever take a horse out of
someone hands to do it for them unless they have asked you for help, don’t
talk to horse that is being trained by someone else, or that someone else is
riding, confuses horse. If you just can’t stand it, after the training
session, ask the person if you can comment on the training session.
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-COERCION VS TRAINING
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Zenophon (Greek Cav, father of riding) said that Anything forced is not
beautiful, anything not beautiful is not right. John Lyons: The strongest lead
rope or bit you can ever make is the one inside the horses mind. Teach the
horse, don’t force him/her.
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-KRAMERS’ HORSE HIERARCHY OF NEEDS
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Similar to Maslows Hierarchy of Needs, must take care of the bottom before you
can move on. No horse can think about doing anything great if they are hungry,
tired, thirsty, or when they have an injury.
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THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN PREY & PREDATOR
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-KRAMERS’ HORSE HIERARCHY OF CHARACTERISTICS
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Must look at all aspects of the horse to completely understand it
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-HORSE IS PREY ANIMAL (FLIGHT) AND PEOPLE ARE PREDATORS (FIGHT)
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-3 BASIC TYPES OF DEFENSE
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flight or run, kick then third bite/attack when trapped
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-THE HORSE WILL SEE/FEEL/SMELL/HEAR EVERYTHING WE DO
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they read body language to survive in the wild and as a domestic animal, they
will see your posture, movements, frustration, impatience, heart rate &
breathing, emotional, energy level, mental state, everything. Consider that
when you go out to train your horse at the end of your worst day.
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-THE HORSE WILL BE AT YOUR ENERGY LEVEL OR HIGHER
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the way they survive in the wild and the way they got away from predators
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-HORSE WILL MIRROR TRAINER (SPEED, TEMPERAMENT)
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know yourself, you decide what you need to do to make it best for the horse,
the objective of the training session and for it’s job. If your natural tempo
is fast and quick, you may make Thoroughbreds and Arabs or other spirited
horses nervous, overly anxious, if you are naturally very quiet and slow, you
may make the laid back horse fall asleep so gear your temperament toward the
horse you are working with.
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-OPPOSITION REFLEX
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what they horse does, we use it all the time (leading, lunging, lateral work,
bending) the horse will naturally move in the opposite direction of the
force. Leading (don’t pull constantly, pull and release, pull and release,
don’t look them in the eye, be a good leader and remember, don’t micro manage
your horse when you lead, you want a thinking partner and one that will keep
you out of trouble when it arises, so allow him some lead. As long as his feet
are doing exactly what you want, don’t worry about the rest, at least in basic
training)
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8 RESPONSIBILITIES OF HORSE & RIDER
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HORSE -ACT LIKE A PARTNER, NOT PREY
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-DON’T CHANGE GAITS UNTIL ASKED
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-DON’T CHANGE DIRECTION UNTIL HE’S ASKED
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-RELAX
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RIDER -ACT LIKE A PARTNER, NOT A PREDATOR
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-LET THE HORSE DO WHAT'S NATURAL
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-THINK LIKE A HORSE
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-FOCUS ON WHAT YOUR DOING
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10 QUALITIES OF A HORSE & HORSEMAN
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HORSE
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-RESPECT & TRUST (THE HORSEMAN EARNS THIS)
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-IMPULSION (in this training need movement to
complete)
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-FLEXION (mental & physical flexibility)
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-HEART & DESIRE
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HORSEMAN
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-ATTITUDE (if horse mirrors you, attitude is key)
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-UNDERSTANDING (know horse and love the animal)
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-BALANCE (training, personal balance, both physical &
mental)
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-EXPERIENCE (just got to go out there and get this)
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-FEEL (sensitivity to how much and when)
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-TIMING (the right aid at the wrong time is still
wrong)
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HOW A HORSE LEARNS
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-GREEN LIGHT SIGNALS VS RED LIGHT SIGNALS
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Red: raising head, tension in face/nostrils/back/belly, big eye, flared
nostril, shaking, shying, bolting, snorting
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Green: chewing, licking lips, ear coming in the round pen, lowering head,
relaxed face and body, smooth movements, quiet, relaxing top line & tail,
respecting handlers space
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RED MEANS STOP AND WORK THROUGH IT OR GO BACK TO SOMETHING THEY KNOW. GREEN
MEANS CONTINUE OR GO.
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-POSITIVE & NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT
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carrot and the stick, a pat, soft words, atta boys, praise
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yank on the lead, harsh tone, looking eye to eye, crack of lunge whip
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-BUDDY UP AND POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT
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good long rub to reinforce behavior
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-MONOCULAR VISION & MONOCULAR LEARNING
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must train both sides of the horse, no physical communication between left and
right side of brain, sees something totally different from one eye to the
other and just because you have shown one eye and he has learned something on
one side does not mean he knows it on the other, the other eye must also be
taught
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-HORSES DON’T FORGET ANYTHING, ALWAYS LEARNING
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both good and bad, repetition (horses thrive on the familiar), creatures of
habit, the more dramatic the learning the longer it will stay . . . we can use
this to our advantage (john lyons example)
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-CAN’T USE FORCE
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they have size, weight and strength on us (5 to 10 times heavier than we are)
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-3 TIMES A CHARM
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john lyons: in beginning (bad), then good, then very bad, then better, then
not so bad, then best. They will usually learn and forget it at least 3 times,
but should know it after the 3rd time
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4 PERSONALITIES OF THE HORSE
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-WILLING (15-18% OF ALL HORSES)
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all green light signs, wants to please just needs to understand
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-SULLEN (sometimes these are overly confident horses, they think
of you as lower in the herd structure, they have turned you off, flat ears,
working hard to turn away, not listening, freeze at times like teaching to
load
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-NERVOUS (80% OF ALL HORSES ARE SULLEN OR NERVOUS)
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all the red light signs, visibility shaking, scared
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sullen and nervous must be treated differently (back off the nervous horse,
get after sullen, wake up, reestablish your rank)
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-TREACHEROUS (3-5% OF ALL HORSES)
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send this horse to a professional, will come after you, scare this horse to
get it to back off
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each horse can be one, several or move in and out of the personality types
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THE TEACHING ZONES ON A HORSE (GROUND TRAINING)
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-1 IS STOP
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-2 IS TO DIRECT SHOULDERS (DIRECTIONAL CONTROL IN THE FRONT)
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-3 IS THE SADDLING AREA
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-4 IS TO DIRECT HIPS (DIRECTIONAL CONTROL IN THE HIND
QUARTERS)
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-5 IS FORWARD OR IMPULSION
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look at drawing in back
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HORSE TRAINING RULES
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-PERSON OR HORSE CAN’T GET HURT
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-DON’T HAVE UNREALISTIC EXPECTATIONS, TRAINING TAKES A LIFETIME,
THESE ARE NOT PUPPIES, THEY DON’T GO TO OBEDIENCE SCHOOL AND THAT’S IT
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-THE MORE RESTRAINT, THE BIGGER THE CRASH
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when it’s time to use side reins, extreme bitting (WE DON’T EVER RECOMMEND),
etc be sure horse is mentally ready for it
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-HORSE MUST BE CALMER AT END OF THE TRAINING SESSION
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