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Links Advanced Ground Control - Ground control precedes horse control. If a horse doesn't heed its handler on the ground, it is never going to listen when that person swings into the saddle. A lot of horse people mythunderstand ground work. They think it just means snapping on a lead rope and pushing or pulling a horse from the barn to the arena or from the stall to the crossties or hopefully into a trailer. One of the ways to make people think you're magic with horses is if you can control the horse from the ground constantly and consistently for the purpose you want. Read More... (Added: 3-Apr-2002 Hits: 1537 Rating: 7.51 Votes: 8) Rate It Basic Round Pen - OK so you have a new horse who's attention you want to get or an old horse that needs an attitude adjustment. Here is the easy, quick, safe, non-violent way do gain the respect and attention of your horse. In as little as half an hour you can have your horse following your every move around the round pen and giving you his full attention and respect. Read More... (Added: 29-Dec-2000 Hits: 1928 Rating: 8.28 Votes: 22) Rate It Get some respect from your horse! - If you'd like to avoid reprimanding your horse with physical contact (which I recommend highly), you can do some basic ground exercises outlined below (do these steps in order, and don't continue to the next one until the horse has mastered the step before it). These exercises are not only geared towards correcting a horse's bad behaviors, remember, they are meant to be used in the training of any horse to become obedient and respectful. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 2034 Rating: 9.66 Votes: 12) Rate It Halterbreaking Basics - Halterbreaking is the process of teaching a horse to respond to cues that ask him to move his head in 6 directions: left and right, forward and back, and up and down. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 872 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 4) Rate It Headshy Horses Training Solutions - Troubleshooting and training solutions for headshy horses. If your horse doesn't like his head or ears handled, this article is for you. Read More... (Added: 21-Feb-2001 Hits: 713 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 2) Rate It Leading Is Misleading (Part 1) - Ground control precedes horse control. Before you snap the lead rope onto a horse's halter, you and the horse need to start communicating in a meaningful, horse-logical way. Read More... (Added: 3-Apr-2002 Hits: 650 Rating: 9.00 Votes: 1) Rate It Leading Problems - There are a few things that may be going on: 1. He is not trained well enough to lead and give to pressure. 2. Your horse may be running into his stall anticipating feeding time. 3. If he does not get turnout (most race tracks don't turnout horses), this increases his energy level and thus excitement to get out of his stall. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 522 Rating: 7.50 Votes: 2) Rate It Lunging Difficulties... - You must first ask yourself: What signal is your horse not listening to? It's the signal to move his shoulders away from you. This is the first movement we will work on. You will need a halter, leadrope and small whip (or crop). A long lunge whip will only get in the way at this point, but is fine to use once he has properly learned all the steps below. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 822 Rating: 6.85 Votes: 7) Rate It Standing Tied - Teaching a horse to stand tied on cross-ties, or any other type of tie-down, is a very valuable lesson. Every horse should not only be trained to stand tied well enough to behave while you are there, but also to learn how to stand quietly when you are away. The most common reasons for this are when we walk away to go to the tack room or to our car to get equipment, or even more helpful...when there is an emergency and you must immediately leave your horse for a few minutes. Read More... (Added: 2-Mar-2001 Hits: 1036 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 3) Rate It Work in Hand with Heath Ryan - These days it really does look a bit like a scene from the Spanish Riding School, out back at any three day event trot up. So many riders are getting their horses ready for the inspection, by working them in hand - it is a technique that was pioneered by Heath Ryan. We asked him to explain it.... Read More... (Added: 12-May-2002 Hits: 438 Rating: 8.00 Votes: 1) Rate It Working In Corridors - Heeding is a horse communication system that proceeds in small, horse-logical steps that never create fear or antagonism in the horse. It requires being consistent in the moves you make around the horse, introducing just one small bite of information at a time, and making sure that new information is just one step away from what the horse already understands. Heeding builds a solid foundation that the horse and trainer can use to play reining or show jumping or dressage or any other game they decide to play. Read More... (Added: 3-Apr-2002 Hits: 354 Rating: 10.00 Votes: 1) Rate It