Julie Goodnight Joins Team Horse & Rider
…a FREE guide?Julie Goodnight’s Tips for Riding a Horse: How to Ride a Horse at the Canter.?? Name a riding discipline, and Julie Goodnight’s probably done it. Equitation, dressage, hunter/jumper,…
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Put an End to Tug-of-War
…training or retraining the horse won’t permanently solve the problem unless you condition yourself not to let the reins slip through your fingers. Here’s how it works. Your horse reaches…
Choose a Horsemanship Coach
I’m someone who’s always respected age. With age, I surmise, comes experience and wisdom, especially regarding horse training. In my mind, young trainers often offer more attitude than information. And…
Stop the Runaway the Right Way
…barn aisles, in Internet chat rooms, and in training pens about what the “one-rein stop” is and when and how to use it, much less how to teach it. Some…
Clinton Anderson on Rearing, Mounting, Bridling
…mouth when you put your thumb in the side of his mouth, again by rewarding the slightest try. The combination of these three separate training elements will then allow you…
Body Language Basics for Your Horse
…when this training for your horse will come in handy, from catching your horse in a field all the way through halterless leading. You can use “round pen reasoning” to…
Get a Better Back-Up
…a different approach that allows us to direct individual parts of the horse’s body to get more fine-tuned results. As with any training maneuver, teaching your horse to back up…
Long-Lining: How to Adjust Your Reins for the Change of Direction
Oregon-based jumper rider and trainer Jeff Campf explains the art and benefits of training a horse from the ground in long lines in his November 2007 Practical Horseman magazine story….