Mominis
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Hi Guys.
I just know someone here will be able to help me with my training question.
Background: I have trained a few harness horses over the years, but that was many years ago. However, all of them were large horses and all but one of them was also a riding horse who already knew most of the movements I would ask them for, I only had to make the cues relate to their ridden work.
Now, on to present day: I have Shake ground driving well. He has good turns, ring figures, and halts, he also bends well in both directions. I am wanting to work on spiraling him in and out on a circle, like I would a riding horse so, I want to teach him to 'leg' yield so that I can enlarge my circle.
I just introduced this idea to him yesterday. The way that I did it was that I had him doing circles on one end of the arena. He respects my bending cues and my outside rein, so I have no problem holding him on the size circle that I want to keep him on. I had my whip in the active position by his barrel and would rhythmically tap him lightly while his inside hind was in swing and ask him to yield to the stimulation of the whip on his barrel where my leg would be on a ridden horse. I did get some response, but I just want to make sure I'm asking this of him correctly.
Does anyone have any tips?
Mimi
I just know someone here will be able to help me with my training question.
Background: I have trained a few harness horses over the years, but that was many years ago. However, all of them were large horses and all but one of them was also a riding horse who already knew most of the movements I would ask them for, I only had to make the cues relate to their ridden work.
Now, on to present day: I have Shake ground driving well. He has good turns, ring figures, and halts, he also bends well in both directions. I am wanting to work on spiraling him in and out on a circle, like I would a riding horse so, I want to teach him to 'leg' yield so that I can enlarge my circle.
I just introduced this idea to him yesterday. The way that I did it was that I had him doing circles on one end of the arena. He respects my bending cues and my outside rein, so I have no problem holding him on the size circle that I want to keep him on. I had my whip in the active position by his barrel and would rhythmically tap him lightly while his inside hind was in swing and ask him to yield to the stimulation of the whip on his barrel where my leg would be on a ridden horse. I did get some response, but I just want to make sure I'm asking this of him correctly.
Does anyone have any tips?
Mimi
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