Hi Cara,

I have a new horse and even though he does not sound quite as fearful as
your horse, some things sound similar. The thing you have to be able to
do is get to his hindquarters and shut down the engine. Its best to
always work in an enclosed area and this may mean his corral or any
place where he cannot get away. Using fences as a barrier can really
help when he goes to pulling as you can try and move with him until his
body is going along the fence. If you can work on the getting his
hindquarter to move away from you really well on the longeing circle,
over and over again, then when something comes up outside the pen you
can shut him down the same way. Since horses are so strong of course
even with chains and all that they can take you water skiing and so
leverage is your best option and having them bend at the poll first and
then chasing away the hind end works really well. there are a few
techniques that I have been taught and its not as easy as it sounds
sometimes but I will try to explain.

Send your horse off on the circle, your left hand is offering the
direction and your right hand holding tail of rope. Then when You want
to stop him you take your right hand over the top of left and lift up
and walk toward your horses hip. This will draw his nose and at the same
time your putting pressure on the hind end to move away. If its done
correctly you end up with a horse that is turned in to face you and
ready for the next move. If you do this over and over again he will get
lighter and lighter and learn not to pull against the halter. It should
always be your first thought to chase the hind end away rather then pull
the nose, its more effective and you will have more control this way.
Hope this helps, training online is difficult! Gina

overturnrutrevo wrote:
> Hey everyone! My name's Cara - I've been lurking for a while and thought it
was time to post. I just got a new horse. He's sort of a rescue. His name's
Comanche and he's a 13 year old mustang that was never fully trained. I've known
him for 7 years now and about a year ago was working with him and we got to the
point of riding walk/trot. Then his owner had some financial problems and moved
away. Well, he called me up last week and said that he was going to put him down
if I didn't take him because they can't do anything with him (he's a great horse
but is pretty fearful and if you don't know how to act around him he can be
somewhat dangerous).
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