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| Posted: Tue Sep 25th, 2007 02:16 am |
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imlizonya
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I was gonna say! If Millie and I play this game I'll be working harder than her , having to get down and take out her bit, then wait, then put it back in and get back on...move down the trail...repeat.... hehehe. I worked with Millie just tonight...she grabbed for grass, I made her turn go back the other way (away from her friends) turn a few circles, then we'd catch up with the group....etc, etc, etc, etc.... But I can't blame them really, the grass does look good, and its tall enough to tickle their noses in places! 
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| Posted: Tue Sep 25th, 2007 12:48 am |
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Mistiblue G.O.G Community Member 
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l1 Maybe I can use this to my advange then with training exercises. Because he is most certainly food driven.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 11:57 pm |
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HopeMissouri G.O.G Community Member 
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I'd sure consider it. (Most of my riding is trailriding so a bit hasn't been necessary.)
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 11:24 pm |
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whattarack Pasture Boss 
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Hope, Would you still play this game with a bitted horse?
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 11:02 pm |
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HopeMissouri G.O.G Community Member
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I like to snack. I have great empathy for my horse as we trailride through yummy looking vegetation. What to do? How can I encourage my horse to want to go on down the trail when there's tantelizing goodies under his nose? We play a game of point-to-point grazing. His part of the game is to go forward, until I ask him to stop, then put his head down to graze when I ask him to. Wow, this game requires so much of him. To move forward with impulsion until asked to stop. Then, wait to be asked to lower his head to graze. Once he figured out that there was something in the ride for him, he became so much more interested in moving forward. Usually a follower, he is more willing to lead, ears up, interested and in a gait faster than a plod. He is so much more attentive to me, waiting for me to ask for the stop. Often, I'll ask him to stop, then back, or move sideways. Sometimes even move forward a few steps. He knows that the sooner he complies, the sooner he'll get to graze. My requests are met with a prompt, "Yes, ma'am!!" At first, our points were fairly close, often one point was within sight of next. Now our points are measured in minutes and tens of minutes. I am so lucky to have a food driven horse! What fun we have when our games are mutually beneficial!  Last edited on Mon Sep 24th, 2007 11:04 pm by HopeMissouri ____________________ [IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v294/Hope-Missouri/ChipMissyandHope2008-2.jpg[/IMG] [i]My horses give me as much respect as THEY THINK I DESERVE. Their opinion matters.[/i] |
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 09:32 pm |
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imlizonya
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l1 Welcome to the "grass snatchers" club! There are about 4million threads on this very topic! The good news is, he probably won't eat anything that will hurt him. The bad news is, its hard to break this bad habit! You have to make him work every single time he does it so he learns that taking a bite on the trail = exercise. Try circles or serpentines.
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| Posted: Mon Sep 24th, 2007 08:48 pm |
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Mistiblue G.O.G Community Member
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How do you stop a horse from grabbing bushes and various other greenery on the trail? My guy grabs EVERYthing and no matter what I do he defies me and grabs for the brush snack. He ate a variety of things on our last trail ride that I'm sure couldn't have been good for him and I'm at my wits end on how to stop him. It's snatch, grab munch and gulp before I can do anything about it. I did manage to pull a thorny vine from his mouth and later on he ate things from, oaks leaves to palmetto fronds Any suggestions on how to break him of this habit?
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