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| *Clip~Clop* (10/2/2008)
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bloop says;Just give 'em a big kick. If pony stops, kick. If he slows down, squeeze really hard. Just get the butt moving. Booger used to do the same thing with me and the first couple times we would pass the gate she would try to run into it or stop at it, so I kicked her/tapped her with a crop. She found out being lazy got her into trouble quick. And I dunno about some of your horses, but most of the ones I ride would be more than happy to just stand in front of the gate. Standing = not working. Couldn't have agreed more with you, the last part is exactly what I was thinking! Haha, guys...I'm telling you it works!
Jester used to be the exact same way, and I used a trainer's advice and did what I mentioned above and, voila!, no more gate sweetness! =P
It only took like 2 sessions for him to get the idea that the gate is an uncomfortable place to be. That's really cool! Unfortunately though, I ride schoolies most of the time, and the ones that I ride that are gate sour, would literally just fall asleep standing there, they do that after standing in one place for more than 5 minutes, probably because the average age of the schoolies at my barn is about 22, give or take a little.
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bloop says;Just give 'em a big kick. If pony stops, kick. If he slows down, squeeze really hard. Just get the butt moving. Booger used to do the same thing with me and the first couple times we would pass the gate she would try to run into it or stop at it, so I kicked her/tapped her with a crop. She found out being lazy got her into trouble quick. And I dunno about some of your horses, but most of the ones I ride would be more than happy to just stand in front of the gate. Standing = not working. Couldn't have agreed more with you, the last part is exactly what I was thinking! Haha, guys...I'm telling you it works!
Jester used to be the exact same way, and I used a trainer's advice and did what I mentioned above and, voila!, no more gate sweetness! =P
It only took like 2 sessions for him to get the idea that the gate is an uncomfortable place to be. That's really cool! Unfortunately though, I ride schoolies most of the time, and the ones that I ride that are gate sour, would literally just fall asleep standing there, they do that after standing in one place for more than 5 minutes, probably because the average age of the schoolies at my barn is about 22, give or take a little. Yeah, you can't do to much training with schoolies. xD
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| *Clip~Clop* (10/3/2008)
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bloop says;Just give 'em a big kick. If pony stops, kick. If he slows down, squeeze really hard. Just get the butt moving. Booger used to do the same thing with me and the first couple times we would pass the gate she would try to run into it or stop at it, so I kicked her/tapped her with a crop. She found out being lazy got her into trouble quick. And I dunno about some of your horses, but most of the ones I ride would be more than happy to just stand in front of the gate. Standing = not working. Couldn't have agreed more with you, the last part is exactly what I was thinking! Haha, guys...I'm telling you it works!
Jester used to be the exact same way, and I used a trainer's advice and did what I mentioned above and, voila!, no more gate sweetness! =P
It only took like 2 sessions for him to get the idea that the gate is an uncomfortable place to be. That's really cool! Unfortunately though, I ride schoolies most of the time, and the ones that I ride that are gate sour, would literally just fall asleep standing there, they do that after standing in one place for more than 5 minutes, probably because the average age of the schoolies at my barn is about 22, give or take a little. Yeah, you can't do to much training with schoolies. xD
They know all the tricks. =P I dunno, but for me it just seems a lot easier to give them a few taps with a crop and be done with it than stand in front of a gate for an hour.
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| I like the idea about making them stand at the gate when they stop!
What I do to prevent my horse with getting gate sour is when im done working him I get off and back him through the gate all the way to the cross ties. It takes awhile sometimes, but he might not want to rush back to the barn if he thinks he has to back up to it.
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| Rayzee (10/4/2008)
*Clip~Clop* (10/3/2008)
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Rayzee (10/2/2008)
bloop says;Just give 'em a big kick. If pony stops, kick. If he slows down, squeeze really hard. Just get the butt moving. Booger used to do the same thing with me and the first couple times we would pass the gate she would try to run into it or stop at it, so I kicked her/tapped her with a crop. She found out being lazy got her into trouble quick. And I dunno about some of your horses, but most of the ones I ride would be more than happy to just stand in front of the gate. Standing = not working. Couldn't have agreed more with you, the last part is exactly what I was thinking! Haha, guys...I'm telling you it works!
Jester used to be the exact same way, and I used a trainer's advice and did what I mentioned above and, voila!, no more gate sweetness! =P
It only took like 2 sessions for him to get the idea that the gate is an uncomfortable place to be. That's really cool! Unfortunately though, I ride schoolies most of the time, and the ones that I ride that are gate sour, would literally just fall asleep standing there, they do that after standing in one place for more than 5 minutes, probably because the average age of the schoolies at my barn is about 22, give or take a little. Yeah, you can't do to much training with schoolies. xD
They know all the tricks. =P I dunno, but for me it just seems a lot easier to give them a few taps with a crop and be done with it than stand in front of a gate for an hour. Yes, but that doesn't solve the problem.
Haha, but I don't wanna debate about gate sourness. xD
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| *Clip~Clop* (10/1/2008)
^ It's not being "claustrophobic".
It's gate sour/sweet, whichever way you wanna put it.Use reverse pshycology.
He's stops at the gate, then make him stand there longer then he wants to.
If he wants to move off, stop him.
Make it clear to him that if he stops at the gate, he has to stand. And stand. And stand. Of course, this takes repitition. YES. Exactly. Reverse psychology is the most effective training technique for horses. Direct line psychology is the cause of 99% of horse problems, in my opinion. You're precisely right, Clip-Clop....you want to solve the problem. Not the symptoms of the problem. The problem being that the horse would rather be with his herd (in his pasture, stall, pen, etc) than with his human. Symptoms include bolting, barn sweetness/sweetness, rearing, bucking, balking, etc.
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| Try keeping his attention off of it. If you squeeze him and play with the bit in his mouth a little bit, you can convince him he doesnt have to stop at the gate. Maybe it is an insecurity, or maybe he thinks he is going home, but if you keep his attention off of the gate he may forget it is even there!
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| *Clip~Clop* (10/2/2008)
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bloop says; Just give 'em a big kick. If pony
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