Ridecamp: Re: [RC] teenage horse thing

Just keep in mind, teaching your horse tricks is easy if they have incentive to try;-)

 Jim Holland <lanconn@xxxxxxx> wrote:

> Best thing to is NOT to go catch them. Take a little time and teach your
> horse to come to YOU on command. Saves a lot of legwork and
> frustration. Both of my horses come on command and drop their head into
> the halter. I've called Sunny out of a herd of 30+ horses. 
>
> It's not difficult, just takes time....This is "basically" the technique
> I use....with some additions and refinements! :)
>
> http://www.facethemusic.org/tricks/trickscalcome.html
>
> Jim, Sun of Dimanche, and Mahada Magic
>
> susan graham wrote:
> > 
> > Hello, I have an on aagain-off agin issues with my 14 year old horse.
> > Sometime I can catch her in the pasture and other times she walks away
> > from me hiding behind the other horses,trotting from one end to the
> > other. It's very frustrating and often I have to get help to catch
> > her. Someone told me that if you keep them running eventually they
> > will stop-she is an
>  endurance horse-this could go on all day! I only
> > approch her when she has stopped moving,but starts to trot away as I
> > get closer.Does anyone have any Ideas why horses do this every so
> > often and what can I do to stop it?
> > 
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