Train Your Horse 3 Methods to Horsetraining [Video]

Get Your Horse Trained…3 Methods

With over 25 years in the Horse Industry I’ve seen 3 main methods used to get your horse trained.

Buying an already trained horse is not on this list. Let me explain why: First of all no horse is ever 100% trained. They need continual training and reminding of how to perform just like you and I need continual practice and exercise in anything in which we want to excel.

Second: I’ve purchased many horses that are supposedly trained only to get them home and find out they didn’t know nearly what I thought they should. Therefore they needed to be trained to my way of wanting a horse trained.

Not to say that you shouldn’t buy a trained horse, just remember that a trained horse is a subjective term. And even with the best of training, every horse needs continual training and work to stay in tune.

The 3 methods to Get Your Horse Trained:

1. Send them to a Professional Horse Trainer for Full Time Training
2. Train Your Own Horse
3. Combination Method >>>Work with a Professional Horse Trainer on a Part Time Basis and Train Your Own Horse on a Part Time Basis

I’ll cover each of these Methods in more detail in upcoming posts. Until then>>>

Take the Reins to Your Success

Horses Don’t Lie

In his book Horses Don’t Lie Chris Irwin has this to say about how we affect our horses behaviors.

“In other sports, if you’re not having your best day, it doesn’t bother your equipment. Your golf clubs don’t care if you slice and your surfboard doesn’t care if you fall off.

Horses, however, care intensely. Remember, they’re counting on us to provide clearly consistent leadership-we are the ones who are supposed to know what we’re doing. So when they sense a wobbly, unbalanced, on-the-edge-of-control rider it troubles them. It shakes their trust and leads them to rebel against what they are being asked to do. And as typically seen, here’s where all sorts of horse behavior problems begin.”

Often when our horse is acting up we just assume it’s him who is having a bad day when in reality most of the time we need to take a look at ourselves first before we lay the responsibility on our horse. While this isn’t always easy to remember when we ask our horse for a nice slow lope and he goes into an out of control canter we’d do well to check in with ourselves first before we discipline our horse.

Horses are Being Abandoned

Horses Abandoned Due to the Economy « On The Scene « FOXNews.com
By Claudia Cowan
Across the nation, a staggering number of horses are winding up at animal shelters, either relinquished by their owners, or seized by animal protection officers. At the SPCA in Monterey County, they’re seeing a 5-fold increase – 20 …
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AQHA Video with Alex Ross and Mike Moser

I just watched this AQHA Video with Alex Ross and Mike Moser and its an outstanding video. These two show you the difference in movement of a good western pleasure mover, why and how their conformation affects their movement and then go on to show us some not so good movement. It is very well done and very clear. I highly recommend you get a copy for your library.

You can find it here on the AQHA site. They don’t really make it too easy to find and had I not rented it and watched it I would not readily buy it. But trust me this is a great video and whether you have a quarter horse or another breed, if you want to ride in the western pleasure class this is well worth your while.

http://www.aqhastore.com/store/product/7049/DVD-S%26S-WESTERN-PLEASURE-HORSE/

Your Horse Can Read Your Thoughts

Well that’s not exactly right. Your horse can’t read your thoughts but he can and does read the energy in your thoughts.

It goes like this. Each and every thought you have carries emotional energy with it. This energy begins at your subconscious level. As your sub conscious mind has a feeling, thought or sense  emotional energy is already attaching itself to it.

It it this energy that communicates with your horse. Before you ever even think of giving a physical or verbal command your horse is already responding to this sub conscious energy.

Think of it like water that is beginning to boil for your cup of coffee. The water is hot long before you actually hear or see it begin to boil. So if you try to touch the water, you can still get burned.  ( I know, not such a great example, but it was the only thing I could think of at the moment.)

Your training for the show pen begins in your sub conscious mind first!

If you want your western pleasure horse to move slowly and correctly then your subconscious mind needs to do the work before your body gets in the picture.

Horse Trainers Perspective on Client Satisfaction

Over lunch at a recent horse show with Northwest trainer, Jerry Pelikan our conversation as you might expect went to the client and trainer relationship and the need for satisfaction on both sides.

Jerry shared with me his view on the relationship and what works for him so I asked him to share it with you all.

From Jerry Pelikan:

“I can better serve the client if I know what motivates them: a Goal or a Relationship.  It also helps the owner get what they are really looking for from the trainer/owner relationship if they have a clear vision of their own expectations.

Goal oriented clients typically are very driven and focused on a reaching a particular goal or achievement. They understand the sacrifices that their ‘master plan’ may entail. For instance it could mean investing in a horse that’s more suitable for them in reaching their goal. Or it may mean aggressive show schedules, with the travel and expense this includes.

Often times mutually-agreed upon decisions have to be made, without much regard for feelings. This may also mean the trainer is required to push the horse and the person. This person is very ‘business-like’ in their approach.

On the other hand, the relationship-driven client typically has an emotional investment in their particular horse. They will adapt their goals to accommodate their horses’ talents…maybe they change to a discipline in which their horse is better-suited and therefore more competitive, so that everyone is happy.

In my experience, these types of clients enjoy a much more ‘hands on’ approach and thrive on being involved and doing some of the work themselves.  These folks typically enjoy bonding with their horse on a deep level.  The payoff is much more ‘internal’ for them, and it’s all about feelings and emotions, both theirs and their horses.

As a trainer, I try to avoid making any judgments on my client’s motivation.

But, in order for me to help my clients get the satisfaction they desire, it’s beneficial and necessary for me to understand what they’re looking for and their true goals.

Each individual type of person requires their own unique approach and overall program. As the trainer of both horse and rider it’s necessary for me to vary my game plan to meet the unique needs of my clients. Client satisfaction to one most likely is not client satisfaction to the other. I can’t achieve client satisfaction unless I know what that means to each individual person. ”

Jerry Pelikan
Performance Matters

I think Jerry is right on here. What about you?

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AQHA Shows the Western Pleasure Gaits

This is a great video from AQHA on the Western Pleasure Horse. Even though it is a 2006 video the principles are the same. Take a look at it.

Northwest

Michael Davis Horse Training

Michael Specializes in American Quarter Horses and American Paint Horses in all Rail and Pattern Performance Events.

Michael has mentored with multiple world show winners and top trainers: Mark Shaffer, Charlie Cole, and Michael Colvin.

Michael has coached multiple clients to their own World and Reserve World Championships. His Business Motto : listen to the client and coach them to achieve their goals and desires. Customer satisfaction and customer first is his priority.

Michael is currently training quarter and paint horses in the Puget Sound Region of the Pacific Northwest. If you would like to get in touch with Michael Davis you can email him at(  Cowboymike72@yahoo.com) .

This is a video with Michael Davis on a One Hot Krymsun mare at the 2008 Reichert Celebration. Michael Davis with only a week to connect with this mare did a great job at this major show.

Jerry Pelikan of Performance Matters

Jerry Pelikan of Performance Matters is located in Ravensdale, WA.

My program focuses on educating and developing horses and riders both physically and mentally to reach their potential.

My unique perspective on training is shaped by my background as a trainer, Licensed Massage Practitioner and Equine Sports Massage Therapist.  I’ve been fortunate to have had opportunities to study and/or ride with such highly regarded trainers as Dick Boettcher (Saddlebreds, Morgans), Steve Heckaman, Mark Shaffer and Buck Brannaman.

I tell everyone, goodnaturedly, “I want to know everything”, and this attitude fuels my passion for acquiring and exchanging information with my clients.

Contact info: # 425-466-1739  email address: jeronimo1216@comcast.net

The Power in the Horse Human Relationship

A Horse Has Powerful Physical Force but Even More Emotional Force on the people whose lives they touch.

I’ve been involved with horses for many years but it was a long rainy winter some 6 years ago when I really learned the power in the horse human relationship.

When my 4th sister, Ruth, died I retreated from life. While I didn’t make a conscious choice to retreat I retreated just the same. Life was dull and gray and I  no longer thought about the future and meeting goals or building a career or even building and maintaining relationships. I simply existed moving through my day to day chores only because I had to or my horses would starve or at the very least be left in dirty stalls.

For several months following Ruth’s death I went through the motions of working my horses while hardly paying them any real attention. But gradually I began to sense and feel them on a deeper level than I had before.

I knew about body language and that we communicate with horses and humans with 80% body language and only 20% verbal language, so that was no surprise. What was a surprise was finding out they responded to my body and mind energy.

I learned that even my thoughts carry energy and as I think it my horses respond to it. I began to learn a whole new way to communicate with my horses and with people.

Day by day my horses began to teach me about a higher level of communication than I had known. They began to soothe my very soul and taught me that life here on earth in the physical form is after all only one form of life, but not the only form of life.

They began to lead me instead of me them and they began the process of taking me down an entirely different path than the one I had previously been on.

Did they help me to heal? Yes but more than that they taught me life is more than what we see and even feel. We can’t see a horse’s instinct but instinct exists. We can’t see this whole other realm of being, communicating and living but there is a higher level of life.

While I’m not sure how to explain it and what words to use, I do know that it exists and my horses helped me to get in touch with it that long winter.

If they can do this then how much more can they teach each of us. It’s a good thing to slow down and find out.

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