“Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling”
“Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling
About Jonna
– If you would like to know more about Jonna then listen to his previous chats
First Chat – 042 – Jonathan McLean
Second Chat – 144 – Jonathan McLean 2 – “Ten Tips for Initial Foal Handling”
Third Chat – 172 – Jonathan McLean 3 – “Ten Steps for Further Foal Handling”
Listeners’ Choice- 211 – Listeners’ Choice interview (042)
Fourth Chat – 292 – Jonathan McLean 4 – “Ten Tips on The Weaning Transition, Safe, Horse Friendly Ways to Interact with Young Horses”
Sixth Chat – 348 – Jonna McLean 6 – “Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
Seventh Chat – 378 – Jonna McLean 7 – “Ten Points to Remember When Training Your Horse”
About This Episode
Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling
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“Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling”
1 – Understand how weaning occurs in the wild
– No interruptions from mankind
– Let the outcomes diciate the time frame
– Yearling still part of family group
2 – Check all pressure/release directions obedient (Stop, go, backwards and turn)
– Ability to ‘Park’, Stop means stop until asked to do otherwise.
3 – Train forehand and hind quarter yield to pressure obediently
– Moveablity, front end and back end independently of each other
4 – Always be suspicious of a decreasing degree of responsiveness to a particular aid
– Application of cue is insufficient
– Too many or too hard
5 – Check faster and slower can be done in self carriage
– Pressure release, ope-rant conditioning
6 – Successful habituation to touch, legs, head, mouth and private parts (can be done without the loss of self carriage in Park)
7 – Leading, loading in common areas under various conditions, has now become a predictable state.
8 – Check that the reverse step can be quickly change to a forward step without dramatic increases in lead pressure. (This translates into POLL yield and tying up).
9 – Loading onto a float is proof of leading. Can you do transitions on and off the float, whenever you decide? If you horse will park in the truck/float then they are ready to cast into the load.
– Whip – extension of hand – light enough
– Whip – type, how – support other aids
10 – Check if complete habituation with towels and grooming should be well-established now, therefore rugging and leading with these should not compromise your responses.
Time Stamps
00:59 – Background
02:20 – 1 – Understand how weaning occurs in the wild
08:01 – 2 – Check all pressure/release directions obedient (Stop, go, backwards and turn)
10:42 – 3 – Train forehand and hind quarter yield to pressure obediently
13:13 – 4 – Always be suspicious of a decreasing degree of responsiveness to a particular aid
15:55 – 5 – Check faster and slower can be done in self carriage
18:23 – 6 – Successful habituation to touch, legs, head, mouth and private parts (can be done without the loss of self carriage in Park)
19:50 – 7 – Leading, loading in common areas under various conditions, has now become a predictable state.
23:30 – 8 – Check that the reverse step can be quickly change to a forward step without dramatic increases in lead pressure. (This translates into POLL yield and tying up).
26:59 – 9 – Loading onto a float is proof of leading. Can you do transitions on and off the float, whenever you decide? If you horse will park in the truck/float then they are ready to cast into the load
31:27 – Whip – type, how – support other aids
33:02 – 10 – Check if complete habituation with towels and grooming should be well-established now, therefore rugging and leading with these should not compromise your responses.
36:05 – Contact: see details below
36:48 – Next Interview
Jonna’s Contact Details
Phone: 0417 116 471 or +61 417 116 471
Email: jonamclean@gmail.com
Website: traintowin.com.au
Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/jonna.mclean
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