What Do You Consider To Be Rude Behavior In A Horse? Part II
What a wonderful response to my last blog where I asked the question – “what do you consider to be rude behavior in a horse”.
Here is my answer to last week’s question:
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To Approach Horse Training
Is my horse lazy, a brat, cranky, bored, out of sorts, not interested or rude?
Maybe none of these things are true. Maybe you feel this way because your horse is not fitting in with your plans for the day?
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Daily Wellness Check For Your Horse
Keep your horse in top health by paying close daily attention. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.” That old saying especially applies to your horse’s health and safety. You can head off many potential problems—or catch them early—by doing a daily wellness check. When you do a daily check, you can often catch the “little things” before they turn into serious, expensive issues.
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Why Horses Buck, Rear, Bite, Kick And Misbehave!
Does your horse have any of these bad behavior problems?
Bucking, rearing, biting, kicking, balking, pushes you around, won’t go where you want, etc, etc.
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The Horse Master Episodes I Remember Most
Reflecting on the best of 2012: We’ve taped, edited and aired 116 episodes of Horse Master since 2008. Oddly enough, even though I work with hundreds of horses and riders each year at clinics and expos,
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Foundation Training
Foundation training for a young horse is some of the most important training we can give. I feel good about the foundation training program I completed with my 3-year-old, Jaz. I worked with her two or three days a week and during this time she learned a lot: acceptance of a halter, leading, line work, tying, de-spooking and beginning saddle work.
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A Horse, Of Course
Some trainers are simply gifted athletes with a natural feel for a horse. Some are great...
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Thoughts On Foal Handling
Recently I was in Hamilton, New Zealand, as a clinician at EquiDays, their national horse expo. I met a lot of great people there, including three talented horsewomen,
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How To Teach A Horse To Lunge
The first thing I want to suggest is never, as a common practice, allow a horse to move out of control on a lunge line as a way to get rid of pent up energy. It is too much stress on a horse’s legs and it teaches a horse to use his energy against you.
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Leading A Balking Horse, Part II – My Answer
All of you who responded had such great answers in how to train Browny, my virtual horse that is so resistant. My blog is attracting kind, knowledgeable and effective horse people that appear to enjoy training for training sake alone.
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