Comments on: Horse Training Tips – Horse Training Insanity http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:46:05 -0500 hourly 1 By: Cindy http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/horsetraining-insanity.htm/comment-page-5#comment-27314 Cindy Thu, 02 Feb 2012 15:26:14 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=648#comment-27314 I am really enjoying these newsletters, and this one hit home particularly strong. I have been riding off and on since I was a young girl (I"m 48 now) and just recently learned that everything I "thought" I knew was nothing at all. At best I knew how to hang on to a horse that had no intention of going anywhere anyway! In the last few years I have had some more challenging ponies come into my possession, with their help and the help of a friend who works with a different professional trainer, and with these news letters, I have learned that I am in fact a very inexperienced rider. I was apporaching them wrong on the ground, I was getting in the saddle wrong, I was using my hands and feet (mostly my hands) compleletly wrong. Most of all I wasn't using my body to communicate at all. At least not conciously. I guess you could say I have been screaming at my horses with my body, when all I really need to do is whisper. I find that I am really having to concentrate and pay attention to my body language at all times, which is a challenge when I have been raised trying to just "control" my horse. Larry thank you for these amazing insights! I can't wait for the next one. I am really enjoying these newsletters, and this one hit home particularly strong. I have been riding off and on since I was a young girl (I"m 48 now) and just recently learned that everything I "thought" I knew was nothing at all. At best I knew how to hang on to a horse that had no intention of going anywhere anyway! In the last few years I have had some more challenging ponies come into my possession, with their help and the help of a friend who works with a different professional trainer, and with these news letters, I have learned that I am in fact a very inexperienced rider. I was apporaching them wrong on the ground, I was getting in the saddle wrong, I was using my hands and feet (mostly my hands) compleletly wrong. Most of all I wasn't using my body to communicate at all. At least not conciously. I guess you could say I have been screaming at my horses with my body, when all I really need to do is whisper. I find that I am really having to concentrate and pay attention to my body language at all times, which is a challenge when I have been raised trying to just "control" my horse.
Larry thank you for these amazing insights! I can't wait for the next one.

]]> By: mudd http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/horsetraining-insanity.htm/comment-page-5#comment-23439 mudd Fri, 16 Dec 2011 20:30:25 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=648#comment-23439 i have been riding just shy of 26 years and have been training and competing in equine sports and a few years in show for a combined 18 years. i cannot count the times after putting good training on horse, when i expect the owner to take a couple short lessons with me and their newly trained horse, will give me that whole speech of how long they have been riding..and this and that. my favorite saying in these circumstances, is "i will never learn everything there is to know about training and riding, for as the years advance so does the information on training and riding, let alone the advancements in equine science. if we are lucky we will BOTH come out of this learning something new, and you and your horse leave/go forward with the understanding of exactly what the expectations of each other are, during a ride." i am not telling my clients they cant ride at all, i am simply sharing information and keeping the riding situation safe for both owner and their newly trained horse. what good is a trained horse if the owner doesnt know how to ask for the desired results the way their horse learned to respond to them? and what good is training if they do not have a way of continued self education? i must say, i have shown a lot of interest in your methods recently, and your way of thinking is so clear cut and helpful, that i will be sending clients and friends and family to your sites and videos as a choice of some continued self education. thank you for sharing this information with us! i especially have found your reining videos refreshing and informative, and easy for a beginner to not only understand, but to apply. i hope you will not mind me using your "5 year riding" quote. (making sure to give you credit for this piece of information and a great way to send them to your site) thanks again! i have been riding just shy of 26 years and have been training and competing in equine sports and a few years in show for a combined 18 years. i cannot count the times after putting good training on horse, when i expect the owner to take a couple short lessons with me and their newly trained horse, will give me that whole speech of how long they have been riding..and this and that.
my favorite saying in these circumstances, is "i will never learn everything there is to know about training and riding, for as the years advance so does the information on training and riding, let alone the advancements in equine science. if we are lucky we will BOTH come out of this learning something new, and you and your horse leave/go forward with the understanding of exactly what the expectations of each other are, during a ride."
i am not telling my clients they cant ride at all, i am simply sharing information and keeping the riding situation safe for both owner and their newly trained horse. what good is a trained horse if the owner doesnt know how to ask for the desired results the way their horse learned to respond to them? and what good is training if they do not have a way of continued self education?
i must say, i have shown a lot of interest in your methods recently, and your way of thinking is so clear cut and helpful, that i will be sending clients and friends and family to your sites and videos as a choice of some continued self education.
thank you for sharing this information with us! i especially have found your reining videos refreshing and informative, and easy for a beginner to not only understand, but to apply. i hope you will not mind me using your "5 year riding" quote. (making sure to give you credit for this piece of information and a great way to send them to your site)
thanks again!

]]> By: Nancy http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/horsetraining-insanity.htm/comment-page-5#comment-20840 Nancy Fri, 18 Nov 2011 18:57:45 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=648#comment-20840 I can't agree more with your letter and with the comments you've received! I know I am NOT a good rider because no matter how hard I try to teach my horse something I can't seem to get it right until someone shows me what I am doing wrong!! Oh, and, the better I think I get the faster my horse shows me that I still don't know much! :-) Glad to hear you "tell it like it is!" I can't agree more with your letter and with the comments you've received! I know I am NOT a good rider because no matter how hard I try to teach my horse something I can't seem to get it right until someone shows me what I am doing wrong!! Oh, and, the better I think I get the faster my horse shows me that I still don't know much! :-) Glad to hear you "tell it like it is!"

]]> By: Angie http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/horsetraining-insanity.htm/comment-page-5#comment-20141 Angie Thu, 10 Nov 2011 17:36:26 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=648#comment-20141 I learned a big lesson about this when I first started at the race track. I'd ridden dressage and jumpers my whole life and was winning like crazy. I thought I was all hot s*** and an amazing rider because of that. Boy was I wrong. When you start dealing with hot horses that don't have "buttons" at high speed with lots of room to run, it really forces you to learn the basic "mechanics" behind cues and how they work if you want to have a hope in hell of maintaining any kind of control out there. A lot of run offs and buck offs are a big time reality check... Lol! I still work the track, but recently I discovered the awesomeness which is cattle work. This has again forced me to take another look at my riding. My horse is a trained cow horse, but when I'm not riding him properly he takes advantage of me and then the cows start doing the same. I learned a big lesson about this when I first started at the race track. I'd ridden dressage and jumpers my whole life and was winning like crazy. I thought I was all hot s*** and an amazing rider because of that. Boy was I wrong. When you start dealing with hot horses that don't have "buttons" at high speed with lots of room to run, it really forces you to learn the basic "mechanics" behind cues and how they work if you want to have a hope in hell of maintaining any kind of control out there. A lot of run offs and buck offs are a big time reality check… Lol! I still work the track, but recently I discovered the awesomeness which is cattle work. This has again forced me to take another look at my riding. My horse is a trained cow horse, but when I'm not riding him properly he takes advantage of me and then the cows start doing the same.

]]> By: LarryTrocha http://www.horsetrainingvideos.com/horsetraining-insanity.htm/comment-page-5#comment-19523 LarryTrocha Tue, 01 Nov 2011 05:02:07 +0000 http://localhost/dev.xintyr.net/sites/horsetrainingvideos1/?page_id=648#comment-19523 @<a href="#comment-19521">Bree</a>: Hi Bree. I love your attitude and your logic. I bet you go far. Good luck. Larry T. @Bree: Hi Bree. I love your attitude and your logic.

I bet you go far.

Good luck.

Larry T.

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