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Pull Harder
Seems that with some folks their go-to solution for a horse not moving is pull harder (from the ground). For the horse pulling is a whole new experience, they are a prey animal, not a predator, pulling is not a normal part of any horse’s daily routine, but they can get very good at it…
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Working your groundwork
In my view there are three main reasons for doing groundwork 1. To desensitize a horse safely; 2. To exercise a horse; or 3. To prepare a horse to be ridden. If I am trying to desensitize a horse from the ground it is usually to objects that the horse might be led over, such…
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Train a horse in two minutes
Yes, you read that right, you can train a horse in two minutes. If you do a good job of training a horse in two minutes, it only takes seconds to reinforce that training in the future. But, once the horse is trained you might discover that’s not how you meant to train it or…