Bombproofing horse training #19

Bombproofing Your Horse
Series 19

Dear <$firstname$>,

Yesterday I offered a bombproofing
exercise for you and your horse - and that was
crossing a tarp.

I also promised to give you a few tricks
to manage his skepticism.

Without further ado...

Q.What if my horse just won't budge?

A.If he wants to stop, that's okay. Let him.
He needs to look over the situation. Let him
sniff it if he wants. (When a horse checks things
out with his muzzle it's just like us using our
fingers)

Often you can get him going forward using your
aids you've already read about. Remember, we
want to s-t-r-e-t-c-h his comfort zone so we
don't want to let him "NOT" do it.

If he won't go forward then you can make him go
in circles.

The trick is to keep him moving. Moving in
a circle is still moving forward although he
didn't go across the tarp.

As he comes out of the circle facing the tarp
try to get him to step through it.

If he doesn't, keep makin' him work until he
does. Set up a choice for him that when he
crosses that tarp the circles stop and he
can relax AND get rewarded with words of genuine
kindness.

Tomorrow, we'll talk about what to do
if he jumps the obstacle.

Adios for now.

Sincerely,

Andy Curry
www.horsetrainingandtips.com

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