Excellent Post Gena!

The only other I would add is try to leave on a good note where both the horse
and the handler are happy. I try not too over do a good thing, once he is moving
well in both directions give him a break let him walk out or just do something
else.

Carol

--- In training-horses@yahoogroups.com, Gina Kindscher <morningsunranch@...>
wrote:
>
> 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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