Well first off I'd like to say hello I'm new to the forum. I left my old one because I wasnt getting any help and was hoping to get some here!
I have a few questions I was hoping people might be able to help me out with.
My horse Scotch is really an amazing animal. But when we get to shows he likes to be a butt faced loser and act like we've NEVER trained before. When in reality he's a highly trained Western horse. But he doesnt like to think that! Haha
What are some exercises I can do with him to get his head down in the arena that wont cause him to go faster? He's spur trained but when I use my spurs in the arena he goes "HEHEHE!! I can go fast cause she's 'telling me' to!" and then we go zipping around. It's frustrating since at home I can have the reins dragging on the ground and having him moving slower then a snail with a perfect headset! UGH!
Any ideas? I wanna stay away from using my reins and bit just because 1) it frustrates him 2) I may over use it and 3) It looks bad in the arena.
And for the english head set. How in the world do I train for it? I can NOT seem to get my english horse,Tino to put his head down and stop arching it. How can I get him to start stretching down and out?
Same thing for collected. How do I get him rounded up without ticking him off?
Thanks =) Greatly appreciated.
-Mary Honora
I have a few questions I was hoping people might be able to help me out with.
My horse Scotch is really an amazing animal. But when we get to shows he likes to be a butt faced loser and act like we've NEVER trained before. When in reality he's a highly trained Western horse. But he doesnt like to think that! Haha
What are some exercises I can do with him to get his head down in the arena that wont cause him to go faster? He's spur trained but when I use my spurs in the arena he goes "HEHEHE!! I can go fast cause she's 'telling me' to!" and then we go zipping around. It's frustrating since at home I can have the reins dragging on the ground and having him moving slower then a snail with a perfect headset! UGH!
Any ideas? I wanna stay away from using my reins and bit just because 1) it frustrates him 2) I may over use it and 3) It looks bad in the arena.
And for the english head set. How in the world do I train for it? I can NOT seem to get my english horse,Tino to put his head down and stop arching it. How can I get him to start stretching down and out?
Same thing for collected. How do I get him rounded up without ticking him off?
Thanks =) Greatly appreciated.
-Mary Honora