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I completely agree that martingales, e...Great post. I completely agree that martingales, etc. do not solve the problem. <br /><br />My latest project has a bad habit of head tossing. After ruling out all issues (back, teeth, bit), it became clear that he tossed his head out of disobedience - basically, whenever he was tired and had decided that the day's work was done. Typical pony work ethic! Obviously he had learned this somewhere, that if he threw enough of a hissyfit, the rider would back down. <br /><br />At first I tried basically your approach, where the release of the reins is a reward. However, when he decided the ride was over and it was hissyfit time, if I tried to press him on, he was becoming dangerous.<br /><br />What has worked for me with this particular horse was to simply ride on contact for the entire session. I remember reading a dressage article (Steffen Peters, maybe?) where he reminded the reader that every moment you are riding, you are teaching the horse, and even if you are walking to give the horse a break, it does not mean he can drag his feet and stare off into space. <br /><br />So for even for warmup/cooldown walking, I'd keep a light contact on a longer rein. If he tried a hissyfit, I didn't fight or press him on harder, just keep the same contact and ignoreed him. <br /><br />Eventually he stopped expecting to have breaks with a completely slack rein, and accepted that riding time means constant contact. <br /><br />Even though he doesn't head toss anymore and behaves for me, I worry what will happen when I eventually sell him... I wonder if the behaviour will come back under a new rider.bettylionhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15703129881511062511noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-57932747363014398892009-06-15T22:24:56.088-06:002009-06-15T22:24:56.088-06:00I meant "plain snaffle" not plain saddle...I meant "plain snaffle" not plain saddle. <br /><br />Just because I'm sitting up and have my eyes open does not mean I'm awake. :PWalk Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834132843523802856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-8600358283908255752009-06-15T22:23:51.336-06:002009-06-15T22:23:51.336-06:00One thing I feel you missed... shanked "snaff...One thing I feel you missed... shanked "snaffles" aka "tom thumb" bits. <br /><br /> Best way to get a horse to toss their head is to use one of those bits, it puts pressure all over the place and is very confusing to a horse. <br /><br /> I'm not a pro trainer, but I've delt with maybe half a dozen or so myself, every one of them was in that bit. Got a great deal on a "dangerous" head tosser that was rode in a tom thumb, tie down AND running martingale because he was so "dangerous". I took him home, put him in a plain saddle, and resold him for three times what I paid like 2 months later.Walk Onhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16834132843523802856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-74375228882744201522009-06-15T08:21:18.315-06:002009-06-15T08:21:18.315-06:00Thanks, Mugs. The mare is a head tosser as I said...Thanks, Mugs. The mare is a head tosser as I said, so I really appreciate this post. Didn't do much this weekend, but clean house and watch all of Lonesome Dove twice. It is really hot down here. I'm moving north where it doesn't get (or at least stay) so darn hot!Redsmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03473393390441394419noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-86354932412562810832009-06-14T01:51:54.246-06:002009-06-14T01:51:54.246-06:00Maddy - can you make the jump lower or just use a ...Maddy - can you make the jump lower or just use a ground rail? then try going past the very end of the pole and asking for the change. I also found that making sure that I emphasised the seat/weight aids helps.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-42499164873018775542009-06-13T22:01:16.254-06:002009-06-13T22:01:16.254-06:00I can not for the life of me remember my blogger i...I can not for the life of me remember my blogger id, so I will just post anonymously. I've read your blog for awhile now, and I love it, and I have a training question to throw out for anyone to answer. I have a 6 year old who I am trying to teach to do a flying lead change. <br /><br />I need exercises, as many ways to teach as possible. She is very smart, and wiling, and I feel like she really understands what I'm asking, but she just for some reason can not change in the back. She gets the change over a low fence. <br /><br />I'm just at a bit of a loss, I don't know if I'm confusing her, because even though I feel very confident that she understands the concept of what I want she still just can't get the change<br /><br />Thanks! <br />~MaddyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-11316024281138690522009-06-13T20:10:36.661-06:002009-06-13T20:10:36.661-06:00What about a head "shaker". My husband&...What about a head "shaker". My husband's mare shakes her head incessently!! The kind of shake like she has a bug in her ear. I've check her ears...nothing in there. It starts the second I put on the halter, which isn't tight, though it is a rope halter. I've had her adjusted by a chiropractor, but she still does it. Worst at a walk and when she's fresh. Bear in mind this is a 16 hand Music Mount bred mare. She's soft and willing, but won't stand for being bullied. I tend to ignore the head shaking. Am I doing the right thing?<br /><br />Oh - one more question...this mare will also tend to roll over her nose at a canter. In other words, even on a loose rein, she will bring her nose down and toward her chest to where she looks like she's going to do a somersault. At a walk and trot, she has a lovely, just below level headset and carries her face vertically.Karen Vhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03905570178257490375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-44606907368723272342009-06-13T19:21:51.137-06:002009-06-13T19:21:51.137-06:00Mugs,
I have been a long time reader of your blog...Mugs,<br /><br />I have been a long time reader of your blog, but this is my first comment. I would just like to say that I love your blog and so many things you say have really hit home with me - particularly a point you made one day about taking bit and pieces from many people's training methods and fitting them together to suit your own individual needs. So many times I've been to lessons or clinics and felt that I needed to subscribe 100% to that particular trainers methods in order to progress and see any success, but now I'm going to try different things and see what works best for me and my girl. I also loved your blog on broke vs trained. I bought my 11yo QH mare in Dec last year, she has been heavily shown throughout her life and is a perfect teacher for me - I've pony clubbed and done english riding for the last 10 years but am only just getting into western. She's amazing in the arena with a rider who knows what she's doing and still not too bad when I poke around on her. However, once out of the arena, she can be a bit of a scaredy cat and a bit anxious. Our first trail ride was a bit of a nightmare..."OOOOnooo a sheep!! OOooooooooonoo a kangaroo!" type stuff, but the more we ride the better she gets. I'm currently working on doing lots of ground work with her, asserting leadership etc which I'm hoping will give her more confidence on trails, if she can trust that I'm on control and will keep the scaries away. Anywho, I'll drop a comment from time to time, I'd love to get your input from time to time, on stuff Blondie and I are working on.Sezznoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-66782623096342633692009-06-13T14:05:09.199-06:002009-06-13T14:05:09.199-06:00This comment has been removed by the author.Tea Bag Thishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01811826070020729540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-70739222422780763232009-06-12T17:58:00.360-06:002009-06-12T17:58:00.360-06:00Jess - Good 2 cents... and then there's teeth....Jess - Good 2 cents... and then there's teeth. Caps can wreak havoc.<br />How do I drive...this is bad, when I'm thinking,I bump, but I instinctively push with a solid leg that increases pressure. The bump is probably best. I think when they get more broke they will respond to my leg being solid.<br />~C - I am really insistant about one rein at a time for almost everything. It breaks resistance. You probably kept that dude horse employed and kept him from the sales. Good for you.<br />Juli - I think kicking him forward for it as the perfect solution. It will eliminate any pulling on your part. <br /> He's young, he may be stretching out to find his balance. I move them forward and just keep feeding them rein. We cowhorse folk love a young horse who will lope around with his nose in the dirt. It feels like the horse has no head, but eventually they always come up.<br />If he's trying to start a pulling contest I think your solution will resolve it.<br />Jess - Too cool.mugwumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00319060800328355056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-49941432548974940402009-06-12T12:48:24.218-06:002009-06-12T12:48:24.218-06:00Hey there,
I just had a fantastic ride on my 4 ye...Hey there,<br /><br />I just had a fantastic ride on my 4 year old thanks to your advice from my earlier question from a previous post. He did great. <br /><br />Thanks guys!Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-89824758363246001152009-06-12T07:55:55.945-06:002009-06-12T07:55:55.945-06:00So what do you do with a rein puller? Merlin is i...So what do you do with a rein puller? Merlin is in the walk/trot/whoa phase of training right now, and will pull on the bit just about every time. My last horse was pretty hard mouthed (he came that way), and I've tried to be careful about "hanging" on Merlin. He will walk, trot, stop, and turn of my seat,legs, and voice, and I really don't NEED the reins. However, even if we are ont he buckle he's stretching down until he feels the bit and then pulling. He'll try to do it even if he's in his stall wearing the bridle with nothing attached (I thought maybe he just needed time to get used to carrying the bit).<br /><br />So far, I've been ignoring it. Is there some other method for fixing this. I guess I could boot him into a faster work every time he does it and see how that works. <br /><br />His teeth have been checked, and his lower wolf teeth have been pulled, the upper ones havn't come in enough to get a hold of yet. He was wearing a myler comfort snaffle and I thougth maybe he just didn't like the bit, so I traded it in on a full cheek snaffle (the kind with two joints...he's got a little mouth).Julihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13658636266120304775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-7494321623381684452009-06-12T05:45:44.997-06:002009-06-12T05:45:44.997-06:00My mare is a Prima Donna Diva.
She is super-sensi...My mare is a Prima Donna Diva.<br /><br />She is super-sensitive to bugs...especially ones that fly around her ears. She even used to get welts on her sides from bites.<br /><br />What happens with her is that her forelock will tickle her ears and get her shaking. So I now braid her forelock...and even have to catch those wispy ends in a band because those will drive her nuts. This is only in the summer.<br /><br />However, she would still shake her head without bugs - particularly when I was working her hard. My mistake at first was to stop, reach forward and rub her ears and check for bugs - which she loves. Get where I am going with this?<br /><br />The last few times I rode her, I told her no, made her go more forward when she shook her head, and she stopped. She then got pissy and rattled her bit...which I then jiggled back at her, told her no, and made her do more work.<br /><br />Guess what learned behavior has been stopping...both hers and mine!HorsesAndTurboshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03607758320356759231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-75698530401802015632009-06-11T23:08:40.820-06:002009-06-11T23:08:40.820-06:00Two things, A question, and then something about h...Two things, A question, and then something about head tossing. <br /><br /><br />Mugs, you said:"If I bring her down from a working trot to a jog about ten strides before the corner, stay balanced in the middle of my horse, hold my hands quiet and steady and drive her lightly into my hands with my outside leg while steadying her with my inside leg at the cinch she will frame up on her own for a step or two." <br /><br />How do you "drive" with your outside leg. do you use a steady pressure? Or a bump bump? I have been taught both ways, and I was wonder how you do it. <br /><br />Now, head tossing. I just wanted to addm that sometimes it can be a meadical condition. I can't think of what it is called, but I know of 3 horses that have it. 2 of them are owned by the same guy, and are father/son, so it seems to be hereditary. The other, the girl rides with one of those hats that covers the horses ears? and it solved the problem, so it may have been flies.<br /><br />Just my 2 cents. <br /><br />Thanks!Jessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4380534023229200743.post-44425621408866623452009-06-11T22:43:43.118-06:002009-06-11T22:43:43.118-06:00Mugwump
I am always willing to talk horses and ex...Mugwump<br /><br />I am always willing to talk horses and exchange training techniques with another trainer. Just let me know!<br /><br />Firday nights are the Rotten Neighborhood Blog parties. Feel free to stop by!JohnieRottenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556383138019987399noreply@blogger.com