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THIS WEEKS TRAINING TIP
Trust your horse! If your horse is making mistakes, attempt to correct them, then give the horse the opportunity to do it correctly! Remember, they learn from repetition and reward! So give him/her the opportunity to do things correctly so that they can be rewarded! Trust is hard enough to come by in life, but I hope you can trust your horse!
Happy Trails
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ULTIMATE BODY CONTROL
Whether you have a young horse that has just been started, or you have an older horse that is finished, ultimate body control is essential for any discipline! There are five basic manuevers that I have implemented into my training program for any horse/colt that comes to me. These manuevers, once learned, practiced and implemented into your daily routine will give you the control that you need for any discipline and at any speed.
The DVD's (ULTIMATE BODY CONTROL with TRACI PRATT) should be available in the spring of 2009!!! Below is a video of Dandi - my favorite mare. I have had her for almost ten years now and she is my pride and joy. I will be placing short video clips on here about ULTIMATE BODY CONTROL very soon so keep checking back!
TIPS & TRICKS
Bridling that onery horse!
This horse was at a clinic and the owner said that he would sit back, rear, spin around or anything that he could possibly do to avoid bridling! I spent about 10 minutes working with this horse on manners before this video, however it was too large to load to the website. But within a total of 13 minutes, this horse was easily bridled!
The Lunging/Rearing Barrel Horse
This is Huckleberry - I met him and his owner "Cheyenne" at the Sulpher Springs clinic last week. He is a super nice little horse, but gets anxious and rears or lunges uncontrollably. I rode Huck and before we were done, the rears turned into little hops, then ultimately reduced to a little head swinging. The basic principle here is that we had to give "Huck" an alternative option. Every time he lunged/reared, he had to back up. The rearing slowly ceased and before the clinic was over, he was able to walk all over the arena. Cheyenne, Hucks owner, decided to send Huck home with me for 30 days because I told her that the slightest mistakes in maintaining what I taught him that day could cause him to resort back to his earlier method of dealing with stress and anxiety. I will be posting updated videos concerning Huck, so please check back! I apologize that you cant hear me talking, but I didn't have a head set on as the other clinician was working with the other half of the group. If you have these issues, remember that each horse may require a different approach to correcting his/her issue =) 12/3/08
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