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Regulating Your Horses Heat

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Exercise or Working your Horse Creates Heat A byproduct of exercise or working your horse is body heat. The more intense the exercise or workout, the more body heat is generated in your horse. The more body heat that is generated, the greater the challenge of removing that excess heat from your horse. Horses are [...]

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How to Say Whoa when Riding Your Horse

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Whoa Means STOP When Riding Your Horse Your horse can learn the word “whoa.” Your tone of voice is very important. Always say “whoa” in a soft, firm voice that lowers down the scale in tone. When you tell your horse “whoa” he should plant his feet and stop moving. If your horse does not [...]

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Understanding Your Horse’s Response to Pressure

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Horses Learn Conditioned Responses It begins with pressure. Your horse can respond only to pressure. You press with your leg, your horse moves. You pull the reins, your horse stops. Your horse is motivated to do this in order to make the pressure go away. You begin by working with pressure on the ground. You [...]

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Understanding your Horse’s Association, Habits, and Responses

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Your Horse is a Herd Animal Your horse must learn to perform away from a group. Your horse will not do this on his own, he must be taught. Your horse’s instincts will tell him that safety is in numbers. This is one good reason that you should not ride alone, or get separated from [...]

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Overcoming Your Horse’s Fight or Flee Instinct

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Fight or Flee Instinct, What will Your Horse Do? We know how our horses perceive the world. We know what we need to do to make our horses feel safe. We must not appear to possess predator habits so that we may teach our horses to override their equine survival instincts. Your horse must know [...]