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Re: [RC] speaking of gaited horses - Karen Sullivan----- Original Message ----- From: "Kathy Ramspott" <kramspott@xxxxxxxxxxx> My question is, he is one of those horses that does not follow where his head goes. I can try using the rein and my weight and if he wants, his body still keeps going straight. ............I just really need to know how to get him to turn when he won't. He actually has pretty good breaks now that I am using a bit. I have tried where even if he takes one step in the direction I want he gets alot of praise but he isn't super bright and isn't picking up on it.> Kathy R - SE Kathy, With the youngsters I had, I did a whole lot of ground work with giving to pressure before I ever got on their back. I used a rope halter and lead rope as far as pressure on the head (giving side to side and backing).....and then incorporated my fingers or hand on their barrel (where your leg would fall)... to teach them to step away under themselves (disengauge the hindquarters) and move hindquarters away from me and the finger pressure. If they don't get it at first; you just turn their head enough that they want to do that circle and turn; and then associate the finger pressure with that.....I also used my fingers up in the girth area to move the front part of the horse away from me. I did this a LOT, as I wanted them to have it pretty automatic when I started riding them... Karen =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= 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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