Resistances in your horse
There are two forms of resistances in horses, and they require the handler to adapt their training accordingly.
Re-Education
Napping horse? Napping, and planting can be solved!
I come across a lot of napping horses, but sometimes, there’s more to the situation than first meets the eye. When I am teaching, sometimes I have to be a bit of a detective; my lesson with Nicky and her lovely (big!) ID mare, Shadow, being a case in point. Nicky came to me with …
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Riding a napping horse
I had an interesting response to this video when I popped it on Facebook. Amongst the positive comments, there were a few negatives, “he looks like it is afraid of slipping”, “would longreining first, with another horse in front, and being barefoot be safer?” and “this horse looks incredibly uncomfortable being asked to do this”. It …
My horse has started napping at competitions!
We’d all love to look like this partnership, particularly when we are at competitions, but unfortunately it doesn’t always work out like this! Check out this question I got sent, and my response. There is good information in here for those of you who may not have a forward thinking horse, or one who naps! …
Lunging Problems – Max won’t lunge right or left..
Jason is helping Max and his owners after he has been struggling with lunging on the right rein and has been reacting when asked. Lunging can be a difficult exercise and it’s very important to remember CCD. To be Calm, Consistent and Decisive. Jason’s online training resource Your Horsemanship has his full training videos which …
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Jason’s daughter Rosie training her pony!
Jason Webb’s daughter Rosie is just 8 years old yet she’s already learning the benefits of training her pony Lola to listen to her and to not take advantage on the ground or under saddle. Ponies can easily get the better of their small riders and it’s just as important when training ponies to ensure …
Helping a ‘Tense’ Horse
Problems under saddle often come from confusion on the ground I seem to get runs of horses with the same issue in my training yard. For example, I will get a succession of horses that rear or a few stables full of horses that are traffic shy. Recently I have had a group of horses …