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Sunday, November 4, 2007

Horse Training: Calm Your Horse With Sing Song

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Have you ever read, "Talking With Horses." ?

It was written by a horse trainer named Henry Blake.

He's quite the horseman. He has a neat perspective about horses you should read about if you're interested in how to train a horse.

There's something he does around his horses that I really like - he calls it "Sing-Song".

He uses it to calm a frightened horse.

What he says in a sing-song, gentle voice is this:

"There's a clever, boy, there's a clever boy, there's clever little fellow".

That's it. That's all there is to it.

At first glimpse you may be tempted to discount this nifty trick. But there's actually some mojo here.

Now this begs the question "Is it the words that steady him? Is it the tone of voice? What is it?

First, the tone of voice is important. After all, if you said this in a threatening tone of voice it wouldn't calm him. Thus, the pleasant, gentle, calm voice is one of the keys.

Secondly, animals cannot speak a human language although they know certain words mean certain things once they're trained to it.

Plus, when the horse hears "There's a clever boy...." it has no meaning in the sense that you want him to do something...although later on it will have a meaning of "calm down, everything is fine, you won't get hurt, I love you, etc."

Thus, I kind of think it's the rhythm of the words and repetition of it being said over and over. It mesmerizes them.

I like to think of it as a sort of poetry for horses. Often when us humans listen to poetry written in songs, stories, or what have you, the rhyming words reach out and grab you by the ear drums and cause you to pay attention.

You tend to focus on what's being said and forget about what you were just thinking about.

Perhaps you have read some Dr. Suess books. His books exploded with rhymes. Often, the words that rhymed were made up and made no sense. But they were captivating nonetheless.

And it's my humble, unscientific, professional, non-proven opinion that this is part of how this sing-song works on horses.

Anyway, I thought you might like this valuable little gem. It's yet another technique one trainer uses that others never heard of yet can add to their bag of tricks.

It's amazing what you can learn from different horse trainers because each has there unique things they do.

That's why SuperStars of Horse Training exists. You learn from the best of the best of horse trainers. What they do with horses you can too after see what they show you.

To learn more go to: http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com

Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author of several best selling horse training and horse care books. He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming expert horse trainers and making their expertise available to horse owners who want to learn different horse training tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with horses. For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.

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    Saturday, November 3, 2007

    Horse Training: Teach Your Horse To Use His Hindquarters

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    Wanna help your horse develop and use his hindquarters more?

    Ride him up and down steep hills.

    Before you do though, I suggest you have control over him. Thus, when you ask him to stop, he knows to stop.

    And be sure to do it in places where you feel safest. Don't be around a bunch of wire fencing, posts, holes, etc.

    Now as you go up the hill, pick a point you want to go to. Walk slowly, straight, and don't let him get chargey.

    You don't want a horse to charge up hill or down because it's a great way for you to get hurt.

    Remember, a horse thinks much more clearly when he's walking. And is far less to get excited when going about his work calmly.

    On the other hand, you want to drive him up that hill. So you have to balance it out.

    Be sure to stay in proper riding position so he can move as he needs to.

    As you come down the hill, try stopping him and stay standing for a mom- ment. This'll test the control you have on him.

    But remember if you stop and stand on a hill for long periods of time, turn your horse perpindicular to the hill.

    As you go uphill, hold on to his mane if you need to balance yourself. Don't pull on the reins or use the saddle horn.

    You will find that practicing this with your horse will help develop collection.

    And speaking of collection, you can learn a lot about collection by watching horse training videos of expert horse trainers.

    So if you want to learn to train a horse, I urge you to browse the horse training videos collection at http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com

    There you will find a collection of videos covering many aspects of horse training.

    Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author of several best selling horse training and horse care books. He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming expert horse trainers and making their expertise available to horse owners who want to learn different horse training tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with horses. For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.

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    Horse Training: Train A Horse For Tomorrow

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    Ever hear something and you thought to yourself, "Now that's profound!"

    The statement was "Always train for tomorrow!"

    I've heard it said many a time but for some reason it really hit me.

    Sometimes that happens. You can hear something over and over but there's that one day when it makes a big impact.

    I wonder why that is?

    Where did I hear it? From Sam Burrell.

    I'm finishing up with Sam Burrell who is our featured trainer for the January Super Stars Of Horse Training.

    Sam is one of our favorites we feature in our horse training videos at: http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com

    And that one gold nugget of wisdom and many others are part of his golden chest of knowledge he willingly shared.

    Anyway, what he meant by it was this.

    Don't ask too much from your horse. Get even a tiny try or understanding from your horse.

    Let him sleep on it for "tomorrow."

    When you come back the next day and work with him you'd swear he was up all night studyin'and practicing it.

    How true.

    Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author of several best selling horse training and horse care books. He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming expert horse trainers and making their expertise available to horse owners who want to learn different horse training tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with horses. For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.

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    Thursday, November 1, 2007

    Horse Training: What Rearing Really Is

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    Have you ever tried to get your horse to go somewhere (like through a door or in a trailer) and he rears as he approaches?

    In this case, the rearing is a symptom of a problem.

    The horse is showing resistance and fear - plus a lack of respect for the handler's direction.

    To solve this, you must do groundwork away from the spooky object.

    You'll want to do exercises that will get him to expand his comfort level AND get his feet moving forward.

    We want the horse to learn to move his feet forward (not up) when he feels his life is threatened.

    Now when the horse rears, DO NOT pull down on his head.

    Why?

    Because it could make him rear even higher and perhaps fall backwards. He could even pull you back and land on you.

    Plus, the horse will have experienced BIG TIME trauma - and man oh man...that will be hard to fix.

    If the horse rears, get away from him moving to his side.

    One BIG secret is to be ready for him to do it. Think ahead of him.

    If he starts to spring up, pull his head around and move his hindquarters.

    Why?

    Because if you're a horse, it's pretty dang hard to rear up when your hindquarters are moving and your head is turned.

    When he sees he can't rear, he'll even- tually learn to go forward when feeling troubled.

    He will discover it's not so bad to move his feet forward and that he'll be okay.

    He likely won't learn to move forward the first few times you draw his head around and move his hindquarters...but he'll get it eventualy.

    Just keep at it until he does - stay consistent.

    If you've ever ridden a horse that rears, you'd know it can be scary and dangerous.

    You should know how to prevent it.

    In some horse training videos from http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com, there are a couple trainers. To learn more about how they train their horses, be sure to read about them.

    Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author of several best selling horse training and horse care books. He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming expert horse trainers and making their expertise available to horse owners who want to learn different horse training tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with horses. For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.

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    Horse Training: Does Your Horse Have The Feel?

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    There's an old horse training saying. It says "your horse should have the feel."

    Basically, that means if you're leading your horse with the lead rope, does he follow you with virtually no tugging on that lead rope?

    As part of the breaking process a horse is taught to lead. That's a natural part of how to train a horse when you're a horse trainer.

    when he does, the goal is to have him step in sync (and stop) with you.

    When you step, the lead rope has almost no "pull" on it.

    That's the goal (in leading, anyway).

    When your horse "feels" that pressure from the lead rope, he should move. Thus, he has the feel.

    If you've ever seen someone leading their horse and they're tugging and pulling, the horse obviously doesn't have the feel.

    Little does that person know he's teaching his horse to not lead with him.

    So how do you get a good lead with the horse?

    There are lots of ways.

    I'll try to describe one of my favorite horse training videos that shows Paul Esh doing this.

    When filming Paul Esh for http://www.SuperStarsOfHorseTraining.com, we caught him doing it like this:

    You're standing beside your horse at approximately the neck area. You're on his left hand side.

    You hold the lead rope in your right hand and point forward. (That's an alert to the horse that something's about to happen).

    Then with your left hand you twirl the end of the lead rope and lightly tap him with it.

    More 'n likely, that'll get his atten- tion and cause him to move.

    So you'll point, take a step, and tap him with the rope.

    Walk a little ways. Stop.

    Wait a few moments and let him soak it in.

    Do it again.

    You'll find as you repeat this you soon won't have to tap him with the rope. He'll see you point and he'll know to step.

    And not too long after that, you won't have to point and step because he'll know your body language and what he needs to do.

    Ultimately, he'll have the "feel."

    Before you do this with your horse, it is assumed you know him well enough that you're confident you can lead him close to you and he won't jump on you.

    If you're not at that stage yet, better teach him to respect your space first. (That's also one Paul taught in our Super Stars of Horse Training filming)

    Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author of several best selling horse training and horse care books. He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming expert horse trainers and making their expertise available to horse owners who want to learn different horse training tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with horses. For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.

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