http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/-t1.htm For all your training questions and advice Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:45 GMT 10 http://i49.servimg.com/u/f49/12/79/65/18/bha10.png http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/-t1.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/my-new-horse-t143.htm FlorayG OK I just went mad and have arranged to buy my mates foal. a Welsh Section D filly. I will probably have her when she is a yearling but until then I have access to her to play with her. Anybody got any suggestions of good things I can do? Unfortunately there is nowhere where my friend lives where I can take mare and foal out, we have to stay in the field. She already leads and picks up her feet. She is 2 months old now. She's had a blanket all over her and ropes and stuff dropped from her back ... Training Sat, 20 Jun 2009 12:20:07 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/my-new-horse-t143.htm#1153 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/my-new-horse-t143.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/your-personal-invitation-t167.htm Elaine Polny Hi Everyone, I would like to extend a personal invitation for you to contribute your advice and reach many others who are on this journey with horses. Do you have some horse training or horse care advice that would help others? Maybe you have a success story about the best natural method for caring for a horse that you would like to pass on. Or maybe you were at your wits ends and along came the ”best” piece of advice someone offered you that really helped! (Like going Bitless! ) Or how ... Training Fri, 06 Nov 2009 13:23:45 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/your-personal-invitation-t167.htm#1518 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/your-personal-invitation-t167.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/reasons-for-going-fast-t131.htm FlorayG we had a great time at our clinic with Len Judd. One of the things I'm trying to address is that Dancing goes too fast - at every pace. He suggested I try taking her on a ride and letting her do exactly as she pleased with no input from me at all (we're lucky here, I can do that safely). When I went out with another horse accompanying she walked a bit then just - took off at a gallop. go for a half mile, slow to a trot, gallop again, then walk, walk quietly with the other horse a bit then - take ... Training Tue, 05 May 2009 22:09:41 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/reasons-for-going-fast-t131.htm#991 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/reasons-for-going-fast-t131.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/masking-senses-t142.htm Sydney Ok I need a bit of a brainstorm here for a final paper I am working on in university and need some more ideas. It's a 12 page long paper . Think of ways we mask a horses senses. When the particular sense is masked what does it overcome? I've been thinking about a few in particular that come to mind. Blinders: I use them, but I train my horse without them so they know exactly what is going on around them before I mask their ability to see. They can however still look around behind ... Training Tue, 09 Jun 2009 04:59:46 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/masking-senses-t142.htm#1120 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/masking-senses-t142.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/bridleless-riding-t136.htm Sydney I had imagined doing this but never fathomed it being so soon. Indigo and I are bridleless in an arena/pen! Wow. Indigo can be kind of a brat sometimes. She has her days when she argues my every move. I think I finally have reached that place where we have an understanding and feel of what the other is going to do before you actually do it. I had this idea a week ago of riding with a crop and using it to prevent her from nabbing at the grass, a terrible habit of hers. ... Training Wed, 13 May 2009 02:31:45 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/bridleless-riding-t136.htm#1017 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/bridleless-riding-t136.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/boarding-and-training-t126.htm Cyndi
To those of you who board your horse: If you remove your horse from the property for training or breeding, or whatever, and the horse is gone for an entire month or more, are you still required to pay for board at your barn? Does it vary with different barns? Do you not pay if your horse isn't there? Do you pay whether your horse is there or not?]]> Training Tue, 31 Mar 2009 18:45:11 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/boarding-and-training-t126.htm#932 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/boarding-and-training-t126.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/learned-helplessness-and-bitting-t121.htm Sydney I rode a friends horse a wile back that was so obedient under saddle. She would react however you wanted making you look like the next Olympic gold medallist. However she responded without enthusiasm for the job. She was almost dull and listless except for the fact that she responded to you right on cue, every time. Everyone loves to ride her but I got off with a feeling of guilt. I felt like I used the mare and that she did not enjoy the ride even though she responded to me perfectly. ... Training Wed, 11 Mar 2009 05:10:54 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/learned-helplessness-and-bitting-t121.htm#909 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/learned-helplessness-and-bitting-t121.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/gincy-bucklin-books-t106.htm Cyndi Hello all. Has anyone in here read any books by Gincy Bucklin? She's written a couple of books, most popular being, "How Your Horse Wants You to Ride", and the sequel, "More How Your Horse Wants You to Ride". I'm part of a yahoo group that was started up by Gincy, it's for adults who are nervous or afraid to ride, for whatever reasons. Anyway, people in the group have been talking about how good the book is and how much it has helped them. I know that the book would ... Training Mon, 02 Feb 2009 01:54:36 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/gincy-bucklin-books-t106.htm#746 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/gincy-bucklin-books-t106.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/went-to-see-klaus-ferdinand-hempfling-yesterday-t74.htm bohohorse As it says - I went to KFH's Dancing with Horses workshop yesterday. As a bonus, I met up with Debbie from the bitless group and Anne who I know from a hoof care course and forum. Well, we all thoroughly enjoyed it. He spent some time explaining his methods and philosophy. I'll try to summarise it as I understood it: There are three 'worlds'. The first is the physical world that we see and touch in our everyday life. The second is the 'sensory' world which to a great extent we've lost ... Training Mon, 27 Oct 2008 08:19:20 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/went-to-see-klaus-ferdinand-hempfling-yesterday-t74.htm#426 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/went-to-see-klaus-ferdinand-hempfling-yesterday-t74.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/responsiveness-in-directions-and-many-further-questions-too-now-t92.htm poghag I really enjoy riding Pog in the school and out on hacks on the buckle, and we do single-rope riding off the halter, but he is fairly wayward and quite determined about where HE wants to go much of the time. Now, often, I let him do just that... but how do I help him tune in to being more "with me" on board, so that I can have some say over direction. We joined in with a group lesson today in his bitless, and I had to do some fairly obvious nose-tipping steering to avoid some of the ... Training Sat, 13 Dec 2008 20:02:09 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/responsiveness-in-directions-and-many-further-questions-too-now-t92.htm#598 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/responsiveness-in-directions-and-many-further-questions-too-now-t92.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/long-reining-bitless-t89.htm Icarus My question is can i use my rope halter when long reining? it has the loop under chin for rope attachment. Or should i buy a rope halter with loops either side of the chin?
Has anyone on here long reined with the tradition rope halter? ]]> Training Wed, 10 Dec 2008 10:54:41 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/long-reining-bitless-t89.htm#574 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/long-reining-bitless-t89.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/anatomy-and-biomechanics-of-the-horse-t91.htm bohohorse I came across this website - I'm familiar with Gerd Heuschmann and I'd love to get his book and DVD. He is a passionate opponant of rollkur (a method of training involving hyperflexing the horses neck much beloved by some top level dressage riders ) http://www.gerdheuschmann.com/bdp-relativ.html#pose Please post any other links that you find useful for anatomy, physiology and biomechanics Training Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:30:54 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/anatomy-and-biomechanics-of-the-horse-t91.htm#584 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/anatomy-and-biomechanics-of-the-horse-t91.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/how-do-you-encourage-people-to-make-that-step-t31.htm FlorayG A friend of mine wants to go bitless. She rides with me a lot. Her pony is very well trained and she rides well. Even though the pony has never , ever been ridden bitless before I would myself happily ride him out on the open hill in a halter with no preparation because I know how well she has trained him. Yet she can't bring herself to do it - she has this mad idea that she will lose all control. Now, it's bad enough when you know people who poo-poo bitless but how do I help a friend who ... Training Fri, 15 Aug 2008 20:34:56 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/how-do-you-encourage-people-to-make-that-step-t31.htm#95 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/how-do-you-encourage-people-to-make-that-step-t31.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/starting-jacko-t25.htm armargo As I said in my introduction post I am currently researching bitless bridles and the whole 'alternative' side of horsemanship I've been on so many websites and have read through several posts on a number of forums and the only conclusion I've come to is that I need someone to come and look after all my own animals, the rescue animals, my two children and the severly lagging housework so that I can dedicate myself entirely to my research Naturally it goes without saying that I ... Training Wed, 13 Aug 2008 20:17:16 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/starting-jacko-t25.htm#61 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/starting-jacko-t25.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/do-you-follow-a-system-or-not-t65.htm FlorayG I'm interested to know, I know some on here are Parelli fans but there are other 'systems' too. What 'system' do you follow and why, or do you, like me, make it up as you go along? my history is 20 years BHS, learned nothing except a lot of technical stuff about gear. 3 years with a real classical trainer, learned huge amounts about real riding but nothing about horses 1 year with Parelli, learned a lot but somehow wasn't convinced - neither were two of my 3 horses, they hated it. The ... Training Thu, 25 Sep 2008 12:17:05 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/do-you-follow-a-system-or-not-t65.htm#350 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/do-you-follow-a-system-or-not-t65.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/injuries-and-training-problems-want-to-hear-your-stories-t61.htm Sydney I am working this horse that I had started two years ago. The owner then sent him to a top of the line driving trainer for work under cart. He was dangerous but his dangerousness was not out of aggression it was out of fear. He is amazing when he is in the cross ties and being groomed. He warmed right up to me when I scratched him. You can tack him up to ride or drive him and hes great. As soon as you either mount him or ask him to walk on to drive him his head goes up, he stiffens and is like ... Training Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:31:43 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/injuries-and-training-problems-want-to-hear-your-stories-t61.htm#331 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/injuries-and-training-problems-want-to-hear-your-stories-t61.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/how-were-you-inspired-to-try-natural-horsemanship-t40.htm lightertouch So how did it all begin? Were you on this track all along, keeping horses barefoot, bitless and painfree, or did you 'convert' from your traditionalist teachings? Were you inspired by a particular teacher, book, TV programme, interview, demo? I converted, having been inspired by 'The Man Who Listens to Horses' by Monty Roberts. It was tough as I've never found bucking authority and going against the trend easy. I believe what people tell me and it never occurred to me to think they might ... Training Tue, 19 Aug 2008 09:53:24 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/how-were-you-inspired-to-try-natural-horsemanship-t40.htm#177 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/how-were-you-inspired-to-try-natural-horsemanship-t40.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/long-lining-t35.htm Cyndi Hi all. I figured that I'd just start a new discussion about long-lining, rather than having to wade through all the posts in the other discussion, even though those posts are great!! Sydney, I have long-lined Fanny, and I really like it - that's what has me thinking about driving her. Because we have always been in a small arena, all I did was purchase the 20-foot nylon dog tie-outs from the dollar store, removed the cheap clip on them, and replaced it with better clips. I haven't tied ... Training Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:23:59 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/long-lining-t35.htm#138 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/long-lining-t35.htm http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/leather-bits-please-don-t-shoot-me-t27.htm lightertouch http://www.finntack.com/Product.aspx?ItemID=13540 Apparently they do go yucky...

Anyone heard of them?]]> Training Thu, 14 Aug 2008 12:24:03 GMT http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/leather-bits-please-don-t-shoot-me-t27.htm#76 http://bitlesshorse.forumotion.com/training-f10/leather-bits-please-don-t-shoot-me-t27.htm