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Essential 6 Moving Off Your Leg While Mounted
In the last article we worked on teaching our horse to move away from pressure while he was tied at the hitch or wash rack, and while leading from the ground. Now, let’s mount up and see if we’ve laid a good enough foundation. Opening a gate. Now mount up and see if...
Essential 6 Moving Off Your Leg On the Ground
Getting your horse to move off your leg (or move laterally) is key to getting control of his whole body. Lateral control of the hind end and shoulders helps you in simple things, like opening and closing gates or backing in a straight line. It also makes possible more...
Show Time
The shows are really beginning to open up now. Hallelujah! This quote so inspired me when I reread it this week, that I wanted to share my thoughts with you about showing. It’s one of my favorite quotes by Dr. Jim Loehr: “When you ride, you’re deepening your sense of...
Two fence turns or 3?
The quicker you get your job done with the cow in the fence work, the better chance you have of a big score. That said, many scores have gone way down, because the rider decided to go with 2 turns on the fence instead of 3. Dun It With Chics- One of my all time...
Stops On A Fast Cow Can be Harrowing!
I receive some form of this question a lot: “What advice can you give an amateur cutter who becomes very anxious and feels out of control when the cow takes off running when practicing in a large round pen … and your biggest fear is the unexpected STOP. Any advice or...
Riding Smart 11-13
This is a continuation of riding smarter not harder horsemanship skills. Here are Tips #11-13 • Be creative. I usually try to teach my horses something a certain way, but if I'm not getting through by the third attempt, I take a different approach. In other words, I...
The Rhythm of Working a Cow
One challenge in working a cow, is to get all of the pieces of accuracy, form and rhythm to stay correct … no matter the speed of the cow. This video is a great example of the pretty form and rhythm we all aspire to achieve as we work a cow. Below the video, I explain...
Walking Through Difficult Emotions
Staying home for the past few weeks has given me, probably like you, some time to reflect. There are a couple of powerful ideas that are central to personal performance training that not only work with our horses but also in our daily lives. I want to share them here...
Reining Essential 5 – Troubleshooting Whoa
Teaching a horse to stop brings out all kinds of problems, not because the horse wants to be bad, usually it’s our lack of timing, and balancing on the reins that causes their resistance. Troubleshooting. Common problems in basic stopping, and how to fix them: • Not...
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