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Training: Western
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Sandy Croote: Minis are Horses too
They
may look small, but Miniature Horses have the same heart and desire as any
full-size model. They can stand proudly in a halter class, pull carts, perform
at liberty and even go over fences, only without a rider.
Sandy
Croote fell in love with a "mini" when a local farmer had one... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Pick Up Those Feet!
Horses
get lazy just like we do. Sometimes it's a little thing, such as they don't pick
up their feet or they don't watch where they're going. While a sudden,
noticeable difference might indicate a health problem that you should
investigate with your vet, if your horse has just gotten lazy,... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Perfect Horse
A Pre-Flight Check Out
You have
the opportunity to ride your cousin's horse, or your neighbor has a new horse
and wants you to try him. Or perhaps you're in the market for another horse and
have found one you'd like to take for a test ride. You don't have a lot of
experience riding different horses, so you find... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Trail Rider
Improving the Walk
Years ago, my brother and I were walking up a finger ridge to a high plateau some 700 feet above a valley floor. On a similar parallel ridge 500 yards to our left, two horseback hunters urged their mounts toward the same high ground. Enviously watching from afar, we were certain these men, with... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Rodeo
Training a Head Horse
Not everybody in the industry can afford to go buy a finished rope horse that's ready to go to the rodeos. Whether you're a young kid learning to rope or an older team roper living on a fixed income, you might not be able to go out and buy the best head horse or heel horse on the market. I don't... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Rodeo
Training Yourself to React in the Roping Arena
Practice is the way we train ourselves to react when it comes time in the rodeo arena or team roping pen. What we do over and over using repetition time and time again is basically the response that we're going to call on come rodeo time. Our reactions are set by the repeated team roping patterns... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Time to Ride
Starting a
horse under saddle and bridle and teaching him to carry a rider are always
challenging tasks. Becky Siler carried that process a step further when she
decided to take a 2-year-old Moyle horse raised on the ranges of
Idaho and turn him into an endurance
mount.
Becky cares... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Finding More Time for Fun
Your already-demanding schedule probably includes a job and caring
for your family, but you still must find time to keep your horse's environment
clean and safe, his body healthy and fit and his training fun and on track. How
can you possibly get it all done? Well, sometimes you don't. You... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Perfect Horse
Training a Buddy-Sour or Barn-Sour Horse with John Lyons
Horses love the familiar even more than we do, so getting
separated from home or friends is legitimate cause for upset. But like us, our
horse can't always have things the way he wants them, so we have to help him
deal with the emotional trauma he's experiencing. Through training a... | read »
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Training: Western
from the pages of Rodeo
Never Stop Trying to Improve
Having started roping as a little kid--roping whatever would move, from
dogs
to other kids--I went through all the steps. I started in junior
rodeo, then
progressed through high school rodeo, college and amateur rodeo,
plus lots of team roping
jackpots. Who knew it would turn out like... | read »
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