Episode 223 – Whoa Means Whoa
Whoa means Whoa: Julie Goodnight teaches a just-started Appaloosa to stop from a seat cue, avoiding rein pressure
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Talk About Tack: My horse Tosses Her Head, What Bit Should I Use?
…will find a release. He must learn to give both laterally (to the side) and vertically (dropping his nose down and in). When you put light pressure on the reins, the horse must be taught that as soon as he gives, the pressure goes away. For most people, when the…
Back to Basics: Part 2, Square-One in the Riding Arena
…this horse has been ridden, he may have some engrained bad habits or improper responses that need replacing, like leaning into turns or stiffening the neck with rein contact, but otherwise, he just needs to learn new, more advanced skills. We’ll call this horse “Cowboy.”
A common situation that…
Top Five Concerns for Winterizing Your Horse
…make sure my horses are adequately hydrated all winter long, including heating their water and adding an equine drink mix like Rein Water, which encourages drinking.
As the nighttime temps drop below freezing, we hang heated water buckets in the stalls. I prefer not to have automatic waterers in…
How Can Cow-Work Benefit Your Overall Horsemanship
…body is attuned and you are just along for the ride, you can feel every cell in your body. You sit with one hand on the horn (pushing yourself back into the saddle while your rein hand sits on the neck of the horse) and sit back–trusting the horse to…
How Working Cattle Helps Your Horsemanship
…saw the cows turn and memorized that spot in the arena and now many strides before it I would start my swing.
It was the working ranch horse class—the hardest of the five classes of versatility ranch horse competition. First you ride a reining pattern, then call for a…
Issues From The Saddle: Not Wanting To Go Forward
…first step I release the leg pressure, but then he stops again. I have also tried kicking type leg pressure and even a smack on the butt with the end of my leather rein. None of which had any great success. I have also tried changing his focus by working…
Mastering the Canter
…changes. As you go about cueing your horse for canter, you basically set your body into the canter position for the lead—your outside leg down and back (which tends to bring your inside hip and leg forward), your inside rein lifted (which shifts your weight into the outside stirrup), then…
Ride Right With Julie Goodnight: Confidence on the Trail
…charge — each time she circled him, he ended up closer to the barn.
When Goodnight took the reins, the horse tried his antics only once. He quickly realized that he wasn’t going to get his way and walked obediently forward.
“This was a trained horse that had…
My Horse Bucks When I Ask Him To Canter
…from the horse, indicating frustration, aggravation or irritation. Often riders learning to canter or dealing with a lack of confidence will send mixed messages to the horse—cueing him to canter, then snatching back on the reins as soon as he does. Or the rider may tense up in fear when…
Cantering Help: Won’t Take Right Lead
…have been. When I ask for a lope going to the right I open my right leg and lift on the right rein and ask with my left leg. I have gotten her to pick it up for a stride or 2 and then she will go back to the…
When To Ask For More From Your Horse
What are your expectations of your horse? Do you expect him to be lazy and have to be cued repeatedly until spanked every time you ask him to trot? Do you expect him to stand still on a totally loose rein when you mount? Do you expect him
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Head Down Cue
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The beauty of this device is threefold. One, it is self-correcting meaning that the instant the horse gives the right way he gets slack. Two, the elbow-pull creates a rhythmic alternating pull, rather than a static pull on both reins (like side reins) and it is far more effective
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Riding Skills: Training Advanced Maneuvers For Cowhorse
…to stop with voice—seat—reins, in a 1-2-3 second interval. My goal is that I never have to pull on the reins to make him stop hard—if I do, he braces on his front end and hollows out, making it impossible to get his hocks underneath him.
But before…
Riding Skills: Understanding Your Leg Aids
…the steering wheel. To control the horse’s entire body, the rider must be able to control the horse’s nose, the shoulder, the barrel and the hip. While the hands control the nose of the horse, the leg and rein aids work together to control the shoulder, barrel and hip.
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Bridling And Un-Bridling
…if you want help finding the proper bit for your well-trained horse. Here’s more about choosing a bit that will allow your horse to swallow and relax—helping you make precise rein cues without causing undue worry and pressure….
Bridling Without a Fight If your horse is tossing his head…
Issues From The Saddle: Desensitizing To Speeding Vehicles/Cars
…move forward when he is backing in evasion, this requires a lot of rider skill. For one thing, most people instinctively and unknowingly pull back on the reins when a horse spooks or does something the rider doesn’t like (like back-up). Many horses have been programmed by the rider to…
Building A Better Relationship: Will Groundwork Help My Spooky Horse?
…back to the barn or spooking, he marched right out of the drive on a loose rein, I am sooooo thankful for finding you! NOW I want more, he was a little tense on the ride and spooky but it was great to be out again, it made me tear…
Canter Leads
…your outside leg, back about 6 inches (to bring his hips in and his outside leg underneath him), slightly lift your inside rein (to shift his and your weight to the outside and free-up his inside shoulder to take the lead.) and push with your seat in the canter motion….