[drivingpairs] BIG MOLLY & WHOA
- From: "Paul or Deryn Stewart" <stewarts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:31:56 -0600
This email is somewhat simplified. The best way to teach a horse what whoa
means is not to ask for it until they want to whoa. For example, working a
young horse on a longe line. You take it out and it is fresh. It is
counterproductive to work on stopping or perhaps even walking until the
horse is relaxed. Let it truck around. Now work it some more. You can
read in the body language that the horse would really like to stop. Keep it
going. Finally say whoa. They will learn this real quickly. There is
nothing magic about pulling on the reins that forces a horse to stop. Some
will "run through" the pain (discomfort). They have to learn that if they
respond to the pressure on their mouth, you will release and the pressure
will cease (reward and punishment). For this reason, sometimes a harsher
bit is the answer for a while. If you can't release because they are not
giving, you have to have something that will allow you to release. If YOU
don't release when they give, you are in even more trouble with the harsher
bit.
I have been watching the draft horse trainer on RFD, and she incorporates
round pen work for her big horses. She is one gutsy lady. She hitches
horses that seem half broke, and they are all about 2000 pounds. I am not
recommending this, just commenting.
Deryn Stewart
Stewarts Driving & Dressage
Ponca City, OK 74604
stewarts@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
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