In natural horsemanship, how do we teach a horse to give to the bit?
... to tip his head left and right?
Judy
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On 09/07/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In natural horsemanship, how do we teach a horse to give to the bit?
... to tip his head left and right?
My limited understanding of this is that tipping the nose is a BIG
no-no. What you want to achieve is for the horse to turn his head
from
On 09/07/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
In natural horsemanship, how do we teach a horse
to give to the bit?
... to tip his head left and right?
then:--- Wanda Lauscher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
My limited understanding of this is that tipping
the nose is a BIG no-no. What you
There you go again Susan with the exercises they know well serving as
reassurance. I like that concept and see it at work with Hunter.
What other well-known activities do you use to reassure your horses?
Nancy
On 7/9/07, Judy Ryder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In natural horsemanship, how do we teach a horse to give to the bit?
... to tip his head left and right?
i dont have a clue how its supposed to be done. I did it by standing
on the ground and applying pressure to a rein and the very instant
--- Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
What other well-known activities do you use to
reassure your horses?
The one-rein stop is my main one I use with Whisper.
We have done it on the trail only when she gets
nervous and antsy above the walk and has ignored my
repeated half-halts. This is
Here in Oregon it's important to get them to bend around your leg because
there are knee-knocker trees along the narrow single track trails. I like
to be able to bend my horse around the trees and most of them learn it real
quickly because it is not just an exercise.
Nancy
On 7/9/07, Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here in Oregon it's important to get them to bend around your leg because
there are knee-knocker trees along the narrow single track trails. I like
to be able to bend my horse around the trees and most of them learn it real
quickly because it
You're right. What I ask them to do is become C-shaped - lateral curve in
the spine from the poll to the croup, just like you would ask for if you
were trotting nice round dressage-type circles in the ring.
Nancy
--- Janice McDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
i found that getting stonewall going around barrels
really helped with going around trees,
That's what I can do since I don't have any trees to
practice on!
Susan in NV
Nevermore Ranch http://users.oasisol.com/nevermore/
--- Nancy Sturm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Here in Oregon it's important to get them to bend
around your leg because there are knee-knocker trees
What's a tree? And a single track? I guess that's
nothing like the two track jeep trails in the desert.
I do occasionally have to avoid a tamarask
This ride on Saturday was an absolute blast. The first half at least was on
a narrow trail in the forest around a mountain lake. We had water
crossings, logs to cross and a lot of zoom zoom winding through the trees.
Can you spell speed rack?
The second half was mainly unimproved dirt roads and
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