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I have a question about horses standing for mounting.

My gelding will stand still for mounting from the ground just fine, thanks to 
the carrot trick that Julie mentioned (I actually got the idea from Sylvia 
Beverly months ago and it works like a charm!  He used to walk off constantly).

However, my problem is when I want him to sidle up to a mounting block and stay 
parallel to it while I mount.  When I lead him up beside it, he'll stand there, 
but as soon as I step up on the block he immediately swings his butt away from 
me to face me, looking for the carrot (I think that's what he's doing).  He 
never gets one until I am mounted and settled, so he hasn't gotten any reward 
for the bad habit.  And as I said, he stands still like a pefect gentleman when 
I'm mounting from the ground from either side.

He used to stand at the block with no problem.  This is a fairly new habit.  
How do I get him to stop swinging his rear end away from me and stay parallel 
until I get mounted?

This isn't a huge problem for me, since I mount from the ground with no 
problem, but I'll lose points in CTR for it, plus there's the training and 
respect issue.  :)

Thanks,
Jennifer



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