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Date Posted: 00:57:19 01/06/08 Sun
Author: Helen
Subject: From Helen
In reply to: Denise 's message, "Walking in Hand Question for Helen" on 11:41:45 01/05/08 Sat

Hi Denise,
The thing is, if he respects you he will not jump on top of you, even if he is frightened. Imagine in a herd situation - no horse EVER bashes into the herd leader. Also, if he sees you as the leader he will be less likely to get frightened as he will draw confidence from you. I strongly recommend going to Richard Maxwell's site. He does training videos and its all very sensible easy to follow stuff. He also has a forum where you can ask him questions.
I have used his techniques on my last three horses and all are perfect to lead/load/handle. Their understanding of the halter and how they must not pull against it has saved me on countless occasions when they would otherwise have got loose in potentially dangerous situations.
When you really get into the groundwork thing the horse is paying so much attention to you he is less likely to be distracted by what's going on round about - its a win..win. When I'm leading my friesian and I stop walking, if he walks even a step passed me before halting, he will take a step backwards himself so that he is 'in line'. Its all about being consistent in the training. He is a big boy who is just full of youthful exuberance and his training has taken none of that away - he just keeps it under wraps until he is turned loose in the field! My impetus for being so particular about this stuff is that I don't want crushed under half a ton of horse and this is the best way I've found to avoid that.

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  • Halters & Disrespect -- Kelsey, 15:44:08 01/14/08 Mon
  • Halters -- Helen, 01:27:45 01/15/08 Tue
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