[drivingpairs] Re: standing
- From: "Chris Franklin" <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <drivingpairs@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 30 Jul 2006 06:56:08 -0400
Standing practice can also be worked on by tieing your horses when they are
being fed in the mornings and evenings especially if you tie them in a
separate location from their stall. This in combination with grooming them,
especially young horses or "undisciplined" older horses, prepares their
minds that you expect them to be quiet for a period of time. They don't
seem to associate the feeding as "down-time" or "their-time" because they
are being groomed and handled and it all takes place outside their stall.
Talking to someone to teach them to stand also doesn't just have to take
place when hooked to a carriage. It is an extremely helpful tool while
doing ground work. If you whoa the horse and ask it to stand and simply
walk up and begin to stand by it and rub it gently and talk to someone who
is helping you or watching you it disciplines the horses to stand. Many
times I'll take this opportunity to teach them to stand on days they don't
enjoy their ground work as much as a means of "getting into their minds" and
more often than not these short "standing" sessions totally changes their
attitude about the foot work and the only thing you've done is stop the
horse, rubbed it on the rear and had a nice conversation with someone for
two or three minutes (by the clock not guessing).
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