Comments on: Is Your Horse Listening?

By: Improving Communication – America’s Horse Daily

Improving Communication – America’s Horse Daily — Mon, 20 Sep 2010 16:43:23 +0000

[...] then fully receive the intended message, and respond accordingly. In other words, they have optimum communication.Communication involves the transfer of information to and from individuals. It can be either verbal [...]

By: Stirrups – America’s Horse Daily

Stirrups – America’s Horse Daily — Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:27:19 +0000

[...] To start with, the rider must be able to sit comfortably in the balance position of ear-shoulder-hip-heel alignment. If the stirrup is too long, no matter what discipline, the rider will have to reach with his toes for the stirrup, and this will cause the rider to ride in the heels-up position. No matter what the discipline, when the heels are up, the rider is not balanced, anchored on the horse or able to use his legs to communicate effectively with the horse. Furthermore, if the stirrup is too long and the lower leg hangs straight down, the rider’s calf is not on the horse; and the leg becomes ineffective as an aid to communication. [...]

By: Tessa Horton

Tessa Horton — Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:48:17 +0000

Hi, since I have been working with my 2 year old now when I go into the barn he turns away from me. it is his rear I see and he doesn’t give me any signals that he is going to kick or anything it is just a simple ignore I think. His stall is a 3 sided stall to where he can come and go as he pleases into the stall and the pasture vice versa. I don’t know how to get his full attention when I don’t have a halter on him. See, when he has the halter on he is great and when there isn’t one on then sometimes he wants to ignore me for a while. I will enter his stall and turn my back on him like he is me and then he comes to me.. What do I do?? It is not all the time just some of the time expecially the day after I have worked him.. Thank you for your time.

By: ??????

?????? — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:10:12 +0000

Your horse needs to listen to acomplish something