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This is my gaited horse information blog here you will find tips and a blog on current horses i am working with
Here I am working with Sonny. He is a 3yo TWH. I do this with every horse I take in. I find that there are always big holes in most horses’ ground work . This is the building block of trust and communication we need to make a safe trail horse.
This is how we work our horses on a lunge line; slow and easy, trying to keep them in gait & not letting them get too excited.
Leading a horse through things
Sending the horse through things
De-sensitizing with a bag on the end of a wand
More De-sensitizing with a bag on the end of a wand
Using a rain slicker
Getting them ready for bridges
Getting them use to things around there rear end and legs
Dragging a jug of rocks behind them, to get use to things behind them.
Working them over poles to learn where their feet are.
I was wondering how to get a Tennessee Walker out of a pace and up into his gait. Do you have any advice?
This are the method we use a pacey horses.It can take a lot of time to bring around a very pacey horse. Here is a link to an article on how to proceed from Brenda’s site.
http://www.gaitsofgold.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=404:how-and-why-to-retrain-that-pacey-horse&catid=22:gaited-horse-training-articles&Itemid=3
What advice could you give concerning a horse that is jumpy. Example is that if you move your hand around her face she jerks back like she is spooked. Also when you ride her, she spooks a little like if she hears something or catches something out the corner of her eye. What could I do to get her past this? Thanks!
Hi, You need to do ground work with her. You need to sack her out with all kinds of things like I am doing with my youngsters. I would especially do a lot of desensitizing around her head and face. Just don’t start there, start on other parts of her body and work towards her head. These two colts were jumpy when I started, and now they aren’t. It just takes working with them and some time.