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cowboyup
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| I have found that instead of pulling them in circles what has worked best for me is just a slight tug and release on one rein at a time. Not enough to turn or stop them but enough to to bring their attention back to you. Just keep alternating reins until they calm down or regain their focus.
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Faster horses
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Why is your husband in such a hurry? He is training the horse to become nervous and training the cows to become nervous as well.
Nervous people make nervous animals.
Get your husband to calm down and lots of thing will change.
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floyd
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:46 am Post subject: |
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| It took me 3 months to get all bad habits out of a horse a guy rode for 15 minutes.
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T99
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 4:16 pm Post subject: |
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FH: Why is your husband in such a hurry? He is training the horse to become nervous and training the cows to become nervous as well.
Nervous people make nervous animals.
Get your husband to calm down and lots of thing will change
My husband is probably the calmest guy I've ever met, he just has his way of doing things when it comes to horses and he refuses to "baby me." He's not by any means rough on them but he just does things a lot faster than I do, due to more years of regular riding. I told him I won't ride with him anymore and he's not to ride my horse anymore. I had a good horse that didn't need to be "ridden down" for me and that was my fault for having him do that. But I've also realized that most of my problems (or my fears) have come along at the same time I started riding with him. Thanks for all the advice everybody. I'm glad some of YOU were able to point out part of the problem to my other half since he doesn't believe me when I tell him. The only input he's ever had is that there's nothing wrong with my horse because he can handle him fine and I'm just not a good rider.
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ranch hand
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 5:16 pm Post subject: |
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FH: Why is your husband in such a hurry? He is training the horse to become nervous and training the cows to become nervous as well.
Nervous people make nervous animals.
Get your husband to calm down and lots of thing will change
My husband is probably the calmest guy I've ever met, he just has his way of doing things when it comes to horses and he refuses to "baby me." He's not by any means rough on them but he just does things a lot faster than I do, due to more years of regular riding. I told him I won't ride with him anymore and he's not to ride my horse anymore. I had a good horse that didn't need to be "ridden down" for me and that was my fault for having him do that. But I've also realized that most of my problems (or my fears) have come along at the same time I started riding with him. Thanks for all the advice everybody. I'm glad some of YOU were able to point out part of the problem to my other half since he doesn't believe me when I tell him. The only input he's ever had is that there's nothing wrong with my horse because he can handle him fine and I'm just not a good rider. |
A horse will pick up if you are nervous, you need to spend hours and miles on a horse and you will get over it. Don't give into it, do it in small steps as it will be worth all the time you put into facing this fear. Just pick your horse and only you ride him, then you will be able to move on to horses others have rode. Your husband is probably just waking this horse up, nothing worse than a deadhead you have to peddle to do cow work, then when you get on him if he picks up a gear you probably start to freeze and he gets missed cued from your body language. They read you more than you think, just by the way your body reacts.
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cowboyup
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| Posted: Sat May 13, 2006 11:26 pm Post subject: |
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| Instead of blaming other people, just work with the horse and calm him down. I have calmed running horses with the method I explained after impromptu races. It works if you give it a chance. good luck
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RoperAB
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T99
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