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Welcome to our Question and Answer Pages, last updated on April 19, 2006 . Thank-you for all your inquiries! Due to an overwhelming response we may not answer all questions submitted, but will post as many as we can. Thanks!
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 Jerry,
I have a 3yr old Paint with a great desire to please, However he has
a tendency to bolt when I least expect it. He starts to run and all
his training goes out the window. He only stops when I hit the ground,
Please.. any advice would help, I have been told that he is just immature.
thanks, Chris |
 Chris,
How much riding has your horse had? And have you had a vet check his teeth ? Almost all two yr. olds get wolf teeth and have sharp points and hooks on their molars , the wolf teeth need pulled out if they have them and then we have their teeth floated . Sometimes this will cause a horse to want to run off if they have wolf teeth and discomfort in their mouth. Hope this helps . ttyl, Jerry |
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My new 7-year-old horse comes from a part of the country
that must be extremely flat (one of the plains states) because he
has trouble walking downhill. What's a good way to teach him to walk downhill? Thanks for your help with this question. Ev |
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him down hill and see if he is sore footed first this would cause
him to go fast down hill, if he is not sore he may need to be trained
a little bit at going down hill by just doing alot of trails up and
down. ttyl, Jerry |
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have a three year filly which I cannot get to stop correctly. She
will stiffen the front legs and basically hop to a stop on all fours.
Recently, I have been asking for a stop at the trot then immediately
asking her to walk off in a relaxed manner. Is this the right thing
to try? I keep going back to the basics and starting over, but I'm
becoming very frustrated in my efforts. I would very much appreciate
any tips you could give me to try. My filly is by Boggies Flashy Jac
out of an NRHA/AQHA money & point earning mare. I am an amateur
working on my own. This is only the second horse I have tried to train
on my own. My other horse is a four year filly out of Hollywood 86
whom I have been showing at local AQHA shows and acquired 3 points
so far this year. Again, I desperately need help to get the three
year relaxed enough to walk on the front end. Thank you, JS |
| JS, The first exercise I would do with her is to walk off with my legs lightly on her sides, once she is walking freely take off the legs and at the same time say whoa, if she does not stop then pick up the reins and back her up firmly. Do this until she stops immediately and wants to back up on her own. Once you have this smooth and law in her head then begin to work on what I call inside rolls . This maneuver is to free up the front end and lift the shoulders but the horse first must want to stop or you will end up in a fight trying to get it done. Begin with a 40 to 50 foot circle at the lope and wait till your horse is loping free and relaxed then build just a little speed, like maybe one to two strides then say whoa let the horse decide what it is going to do with the command , if nothing happens lift your hands slowly and pull your horse in the ground and back up then step around to the inside of the circle to free the front legs up and walk off the new direction then lope off a half a circle and begin the maneuver again and again until you get a satisfactory stop, once you have this accomplished then lope off on a straight line and build a little speed not much and then say whoa and see if your horse is trying. If she is not then go right back to the maneuver and do it again. This should solve your front end problem assuming your horse wants to stop and has no injury. Best of success, Jerry |
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Do you have any
ideas how to effectively train a young horse to tie without it causing
injury to itself? I appreciate any advice you can give. Desi |
| Desi,
It depends on if the horse is just learning to tie or if he has been
tied and been allowed to get away. First if it is his first time to
be tied, I tie in a corral a round corral is ideal so if they get
away I can catch them easily without loosing much time. I will use
an inner tube to a 15" tire, just go around the post and tie
to it. If they decide to pull back there is some give but the tube
takes back the ground given and soon the colt learns to come to pressure,
this also helps in teaching to lead. There are other methods for a
horse that wants to pull back but usually on a young horse this inner
tube method really works nice and is safe. Hope that helps , Jerry
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whom this may concern, I am having trouble with a training horse. I have a snaffle bit in her mouth now, but when you put pressure on the bit she sits on her butt. Is there a less harsh bit I could use, without going to a hackomore? Please let me know if you have any suggestions. I have been training for six years and have never had this problem. Thank You, Shauna |
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