Wednesday, November 24, 2010

Guiding in Circles

Sometimes they learn to keep their nose tipped in if you do it when they're bridled up- by bumping that nose in and showing them firmly.

Sometimes just pitching them away and bumping that chin up and over when it tips the wrong way will help them learn to not look to the outside while circling- Helped 3 year old Humble a lot, leaning to circle one handed. Sometimes it even helps if a horse is sticking that shoulder out to the outside- to bump that outside rein up on the chin to straighten them up. The downside is you lose some softness- So it might not be the best thing to do in every circumstance.

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