The logging sounds brilliant. A friend suggested to me that if not dragging the tyre you could loop a piece of string over your little finger to which is attached a few tin cans, long enough to clatter on the ground. If horse spooks you drop the tin cans and the noise stops. I do driving trials and use my voice quite a lot (probably too much) but I am trying not to shout cos they aren't deaf! But when the adrenalin is pumping its sometimes difficult to keep calm! Patti, Durham, England ----- Original Message ----- From: "Black Dog Hill" <koenenb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, August 08, 2003 9:20 PM Subject: [drivingpairs] ground driving > Thanks Helen, > > Sometimes we drag a tire, sometimes we don't. If I want to slow him down a > little I'll throw a 50lb bag of feed on the tire. We're not worried about > too much weight right now because he's still pretty young so I'm focusing on > direction and commands. If I'm going somewhere new I leave the tire at > home. That way I don't have to deal with it if he does find something a > little *spooky*. The next time I go that way I take the tire. > > I'm following your previous comments about *Whoa* and standing there long > enough for him to get bored.... I NEED THE REST!!! > > Voice commands I'm using.....Ready Dan (wake up sleepy head we're going to > do something), Let's go (forward), Steady (when he starts to get excited and > thinks he might break pace), Trot, Whoa, Gee, Haw and Back. > > Am I missing anything? > Cindy > ------------------- > Cindy, that's the spirit!!! You're going to be the most fit on the list. > Don't forget to drag something on your jaunts around the block.. If you've > already done that, good. Do it some more. Don't forget to practice > "whoa"....very important and you'll be so proud of him when you start to > drive > him. > > You know to use voice commands, right? Be consistent so he'll know exactly > what you want. Keep up the good work and keep us posted. > > Helen > > > > _________________________________________________________ > To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: > http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html > ````````````````````````````````````````````````````````` > > _________________________________________________________ To Unsubscribe, change to Digest or Vacation mode go to: http://www.drivingpairs.com/dpmem.html `````````````````````````````````````````````````````````