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| For 4h me and my friend want to do barrel racing and poll bending. How do we go about trying to train our horses? P.S. Our horses are not at our houses so we cannot work them on it every day!
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Please get some one expearienced to help you. If you dont have the finances to get a traininer I am shure you can find someone that would love to help you. I dont have a paid traininer but I do have a lady who is helping me. Do take it slowly I am training my own horse and we got going to fast and then hit a speed bump. PM me if you want to!
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introduce the horse to the pattern at the walk, and show what you expect of them at the turns (slow down/lead change) then slowly progress at the trot. keep at the walk and trot for a while until you feel that you and your horse are fomfortable to move on.
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I also found that leading them on foot while doing the patterns helps. Prancer thinks its a game.
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| I have tried the showing them at a walk then slowly progressing. Next time I go to the barn (probably in a couple of days ) I will try the walking around it on the lead! Thanks you guys!
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I have tried the showing them at a walk then slowly progressing. Next time I go to the barn (probably in a couple of days ) I will try the walking around it on the lead! Thanks you guys! Your welcome!!
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First do a lot of bending excercises and circles with your horse to help make it flexible, it really helps. Really make sure you and your horse learn the patterns. Take everything really slow, try not to get impatient or frustrated if it takes a while. Learn to do the pattern perfectly at a walk and a trot, before you even think about cantering it. Really work on making sure your bending your horse correctly around the barrels, leaving a big enough pocket, and your lining your horse up correctly. Try not to over do it though because if you do your horse might become sour, and once you finally start running the pattern be really careful not to do it too often because there is a good chance your horse could become too hot. Good luck, hope I helped (:
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Thanks you guys!
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Dreamer93 (3/22/2010)
First do a lot of bending excercises and circles with your horse to help makeit flexible, it really helps. Really make sure you and your horse learn the patterns. Take everything really slow, try not to get impatient or frustrated if it takes a while. Learn to do the pattern perfectly at a walk and a trot, before you even think about cantering it. Really work on making sure your bending your horse correctly around the barrels, leaving a big enough pocket, and your lining your horse up correctly. Try not to over do it though because if you do your horse might become sour, and once you finally start running the pattern be really careful not to do it too often because there is a good chance your horse could become too hot. Good luck, hope I helped(:
Yeah, like she said, do lots of bending exercises and such to get your horse flexible, that helps you out a lot.
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| O.K. Thanks!
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