Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-27 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] I don't know if you were addressing me, but I think it was Brigid that mentioned Old Mac boots. There are some new boots out made by the Easy boot folks, easy to put on and said to work great! Called Boa Boots,

Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-27 Thread jgayle
This message is from: jgayle [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jean, I seem to remember you talking about Mac boots vs Teflon? Do you remember which boots were agreed to be the best fitting? My big boy takes a size 6 so hopefully they can make this. Thanks Jean G Author The Colonel's Daughter Occupied

RE: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-26 Thread Karen Keith
This message is from: Karen Keith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Another way to teach a horse to stand quietly is to use clicker training and teach your horse to put his front feet on a target. This can be a piece of plywood on the ground or a doormat. I decided to teach my gelding to stand both front

Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-25 Thread Joe Glick
This message is from: Joe Glick [EMAIL PROTECTED] The method I like to use to get a horse to stand quietly is Releasing Pressure. I'll attach a lead rope to their halter, bring them out of their stall and square them up in the alleyway. Don't tie the horse, but set him up so that you have room to

RE: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-25 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Well, I have that 7 games tape..I believe he made that over 10 years ago? I didn't think much of his method then. But at the clinic I saw that his methods had evolved and were much like other good Natural Horsman techniques, but chunked down in

RE: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-25 Thread Gail Russell
This message is from: Gail Russell [EMAIL PROTECTED] I can understand your skepticism after seeing Parelli's 7 games tape. No Fjord I know (except Guntharwho is incredibly sweet, but has a mind more like an Arab) would give two hoots about all that rope wiggling. So Jean, what was

RE: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-25 Thread Skeels, Mark A (MED)
Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 8:50 PM To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Subject: Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly This message is from: Karl Jerrie Froelich [EMAIL PROTECTED] er - this is all great; but doesn't really help with the original question.. This message is from: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-24 Thread Karl Jerrie Froelich
This message is from: Karl Jerrie Froelich [EMAIL PROTECTED] er - this is all great; but doesn't really help with the original question.. - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: fjordhorse@angus.mystery.com Sent: Monday, May 24, 2004 3:24 PM Subject: Re: Teaching horses

Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-24 Thread Jean Ernest
This message is from: Jean Ernest [EMAIL PROTECTED] Deb, Who was your Parelli instructor? We had a Parelli clinic here last year and I audited it, with a skeptical mind at the beginning. but after auditing the whole level 1 clinic I signed up for the clinic this year(level 1) It will be a 2

Re: Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-24 Thread Debi Williams
This message is from: Debi Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi all, I have been practicing the Parelli methods for a couple months. I think it works very well, but have not really had much first hand knopwledge of how well others were doing with it. (And I certainly do not think that this is

Teaching horses to stand quietly

2004-05-21 Thread Karl Jerrie Froelich
This message is from: Karl Jerrie Froelich [EMAIL PROTECTED] We are taking one of our fjords in for an evaluation this fall at Libby. The importance and desireability of a horse to stand quietly has been pounded into me, but I'm lacking know-how. Anybody willing to share their training