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This Web Page is to intrigue and to
inform. I hope you enjoy it. As you can tell my passion is
the Mustang.
But there is more to this page. There will soon be a article discussion
page, which you can add your two cents.
Cheyenne
(Quarter Horse), our second horse.
Some
Quick training tips:
One thing I learned with my Mustang
(Kana), being forced to do ground work because of hard saddle
fitting, manners has really helped both of us. Kana and I
have been in situations that we had to stand quietly. And
we did really well in a lot of odd places. To ask your
horse to walk places you would normally not walk is a very good
thing. I learned from the beginning from buying him that I
had to lead him places that he has never been before. He wasn't
even "gentled" then-see my
Kana Story. If
something happens that your horse ends up in a place it's not
used to, you need to know that your horse can trust you enough
to go anywhere with you and stand perfectly still if your horse
needs to. A quick training tip: don't use cross ties,
that's just cheating. Use just the lead rope and give your
horse the command to stay. It's your horse so you don't
have to use the word what the books tell you, but you do have to
stick with that word you pick. I started by stepping away
just a few steps, holding the lead, because he would want to
either follow me or wonder off. Do that, get farther and
making your horse stand longer. Start with 15-30 minutes a
day some horses can handle a little more. If the horse is
starting to look really restless, then, it's probably time to
stop. Because the both of you will just be more frustrated
then getting anywhere.
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