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Re: [RC] Faster walk//Treeless Saddle - Dave Smith

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Another Newbie Question:

I want to thank all of you for providing me info on how to get my little 
mustang to pick up his walking gait.  I will be trying out your suggestions 
beginning tonight.  Now I have another question:  is the speed of the walk 
indicative of the speed of the trot and the lope?  That is, if he walks at a 
slow speed does that automatically mean he trots and lopes at a slow speed?  Or 
can you have a horse who walks slow but trots or lopes fast? 
Does my question make sense?

Thanx, Dave

"Beverley H. Kane, MD" <sensei@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> 06/08/06 8:35 AM >>>
I used to condition a 15.1 CMK (I think*one of the stockier Arabs) gelding
w/ a stiff, poky walk. He responded to
* more miles, more 50s (esp w/ more experienced people)
* the Right-Left bump method. Some of slow walking is just losing focus, not
paying attention. 
* lots of half halts ³No, that¹s not what I wanted² when he started to
break/broke into trot
* lots of ³Good Boooooy!² when he down shifted from trot to faster walk or
even took a few faster steps. (But then, this a horse, that if he doesn¹t
hear ³Good BOY!² at least every ten minutes, he turns around and looks at
you, like, ³Well?²  I called him my 1-800-How¹s-My-Driving horse.)
* Mainly*getting him out of a Sharon Saare and into a Barefoot Cheyenne.

I have heard that some horses are restricted in their shoulders at the walk
due to pinching saddles.

Beverley


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