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Re: [RC] how do you train a horse to go to your vehicle - Kristene SmutsI like the idea of training the horse to go to your vehicle. How do you do that? Charles>> Well, it first came about that it wasn't really something I trained. When I got Ibn (wild, abused, stallion...... yes, I didn't know!) I would have the carrots and his feed in the back of the truck. So, every time he saw the truck, he would come running. I never gave him treats anywhere other than at the truck. When I started getting him fit, before I even rode him, I would sit on the back flap of the truck with hubby driving at about 5 kph with Ibn on a lead (people thought we were dragging him along, yeah right, at that speed?) Every time we stopped, the carrots would come out the truck with the water bucket for him to drink. We thought we were doing a lot of "conditioning" then - we did about 2 kms 2x per week! ;-)) Anyway, the habit stuck and I would always have some goodies in the back of the truck and there were more times than not that we would be in the arena at the stable yard and then Ibn would quietly wander off to the truck to see what he could scrounge. It always amused the yard owners that here was this stallion who would rather go and find the carrots than go flirting with the mares! I guess I would do much the same if I had to do a training session - make the vehicle a nice place to be and they very quickly learn to stand there, with a starved look on their face, begging for a morsel before they keel over and die of hunger ;-)) Kristene =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- http://www.endurance.net/ads/seabiscuit.html Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
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