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HORSES THAT PULL BACK
Training a difficult horse? This issue is for you if
your horse pulls back, won't stand tied, drags you off, or wants to bolt, buck
or blow up.
Our clinics are based on foundation work. They help you
build a foundation for whatever you want to do with your horse, whatever
discipline you ride. On day one, for the first fifteen minutes, riders are
encouraged to do whatever they normally do when they ride their horses. They'll
lunge their horses if they normally start out that way. They walk the horse
around if that's normal, they trot their favorite pattern, they ride in a shank,
a side-pull or snaffle… whatever they typically do, that's what they do. Then we
start making changes.
If you're attending one of our clinics, or reading this
article, or hiring a trainer, then virtually by definition, you too are looking
to make a change. That change begins when you "fall back to the basics" and
place your focus on foundation work.
The articles that follow form an "electronic textbook"
mirroring what we teach in our clinics. They describe how to build a strong
foundation by taking control of your horse, one "body part" at a time.
I don't specifically teach my horse to not pull back.
Instead, when I'm working on "giving to the bit," what I'm teaching is to "give"
in the direction of the pull, regardless of where it comes from. Up, down,
whatever angle the pull comes from – it should make no difference to the horse.
No matter where the pressure comes from, you want them to get to that bit, to
give in that direction.
If you want to stop your horse from dragging you off or
pulling back, he needs to learn that his head shouldn't go up. When he feels
pressure his head should go down or give toward that pressure. You do the same
thing from their backs when you ask them to move their shoulders or hips over.
(See the "Steer the
Tail" )
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