Everything Horses and Livestock® Magazine May 2018 Vol 3 Issue 2

Everything Horses and Livestock Magazine ®

process. We cannot get more from our horses if we don’t EXPECT more. I EXPECT a horse to take off at any speed I ask of them. I often ask a horse to lope off from a stand still, I EXPECT the very first step to be a lope! In the beginning I of course usually don’t get that. So, I start by getting a YA which is them finally loping. Then I refine it a bit and get a YES, I continue until I get the YES MA’AM/SIR that I was striving for. Typically, I’ll ride with a 3ft dressage whip, I’ll ask the horse to lope off by squeezing my legs and pushing my hand forward, then I’ll add a smooch, and then I whack their hiney with the dressage whip until they lope off. I repeat as many times as needed. Usually after only two or three times of this process I can simply smooch, and they are loping off from a stand still. It doesn’t matter what you want from your horse, be consistent with how you ask and correct timing with your pressure and releases and you can accom- plish anything! EXPECT your horse to do more and to do it correctly all while giving you a YES MA’AM/SIR! EXPECT more and you will get more!

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