Comments on: Horse Training Tips – Colt Leads http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:05 -0500 hourly 1 By: Liz Ellis http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/coltleads.htm/comment-page-2#comment-22410 Liz Ellis Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:29:44 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=669#comment-22410 @<a href="#comment-22401">LarryTrocha</a>: Thanks yes I would say it is a disrespect issue , and dreadful, he had 8 months of training before my purchase. I will go out with a more will ful mindset .I am also going to set up cones and give us a perimeter maybe a goal would help him. And I won't stop til I get some good change so now I have a plan. Having some idea where to go helps me not working with many horses I am not used to this response, my other horse does what I ask!! Have a great 2012. L.E. @LarryTrocha: Thanks yes I would say it is a disrespect issue , and dreadful, he had 8 months of training before my purchase. I will go out with a more will ful mindset .I am also going to set up cones and give us a perimeter maybe a goal would help him. And I won't stop til I get some good change so now I have a plan. Having some idea where to go helps me not working with many horses I am not used to this response, my other horse does what I ask!! Have a great 2012. L.E.

]]> By: LarryTrocha http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/coltleads.htm/comment-page-2#comment-22401 LarryTrocha Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:09:06 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=669#comment-22401 @<a href="#comment-22398">Liz Ellis</a>: Hi Liz. Yes, without seeing the horse, I can only make general suggestions. As for maintaining the lope when circling... if the horses slows down too much, simply "cluck" to increase speed. Reinforce the cluck with a pop on the butt if necessary. Tail swishing or tail wringing is one of the wort things a performance horse can do. The root cause can be any one of these: 1. irritated, disrespectful toward the rider. 2. dreadful, caused by too much drilling. 3. confused, caused by incorrect cues or incorrect use of spurs. If I had to guess, your horse is probably wringing it's tail because he doesn't respect you. When you ask your horse to do something and you get an irritated or disrespectful response from the horse, you need to let the horse know you won't tolerate that. Larry T. @Liz Ellis: Hi Liz. Yes, without seeing the horse, I can only make general suggestions.

As for maintaining the lope when circling… if the horses slows down too much, simply "cluck" to increase speed. Reinforce the cluck with a pop on the butt if necessary.

Tail swishing or tail wringing is one of the wort things a performance horse can do.

The root cause can be any one of these:
1. irritated, disrespectful toward the rider.
2. dreadful, caused by too much drilling.
3. confused, caused by incorrect cues or incorrect use of spurs.

If I had to guess, your horse is probably wringing it's tail because he doesn't respect you.

When you ask your horse to do something and you get an irritated or disrespectful response from the horse, you need to let the horse know you won't tolerate that.

Larry T.

]]> By: Liz Ellis http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/coltleads.htm/comment-page-2#comment-22398 Liz Ellis Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:38:43 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=669#comment-22398 Hey Larry your training tips are great and work for me! Any how I am having a problem maintaining a lope on a circle, shall I say willingly. It actually starts from the git go. Maybe I am too much of a perfectionist. To me it starts as soon as I ask for the lope. I can't stand the tail swishing . Sometimes I get very nice departures. I have tried many things. The horse is a 4 yr old. I know these are very open ended questions as you can't see the whole picture but any advice will help. I see many videos but not many work on the circles covering all the aspects. Thanks L. Ellis Hey Larry your training tips are great and work for me! Any how I am having a problem maintaining a lope on a circle, shall I say willingly. It actually starts from the git go. Maybe I am too much of a perfectionist. To me it starts as soon as I ask for the lope. I can't stand the tail swishing . Sometimes I get very nice departures. I have tried many things. The horse is a 4 yr old. I know these are very open ended questions as you can't see the whole picture but any advice will help. I see many videos but not many work on the circles covering all the aspects. Thanks L. Ellis

]]> By: Steph http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/coltleads.htm/comment-page-2#comment-20072 Steph Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:59:51 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=669#comment-20072 @<a href="#comment-20064">LarryTrocha</a>: I just read your entire response. For some reason the whole thing did not appear in my e-mailed notification. My bad, never mind, got it now. Thanks. @LarryTrocha: I just read your entire response. For some reason the whole thing did not appear in my e-mailed notification. My bad, never mind, got it now. Thanks.

]]> By: Steph http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/coltleads.htm/comment-page-2#comment-20068 Steph Wed, 09 Nov 2011 16:26:35 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=669#comment-20068 @<a href="#comment-20064">LarryTrocha</a>: Well, I thought at first that you were talking about picking up a right lead as in the opposite of a left lead. Then I saw a directional use of right in quotes later on so went back to reread the beginning to see if that first right was still indicating side rather than correctness in context. I think it is....? @LarryTrocha: Well, I thought at first that you were talking about picking up a right lead as in the opposite of a left lead. Then I saw a directional use of right in quotes later on so went back to reread the beginning to see if that first right was still indicating side rather than correctness in context. I think it is….?

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