“Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
“Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
About Jonna
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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”
Fifth Chat – 318 – Jonna McLean 5 – “Ten Training Tips From Weaning to Yearling”
Seventh Chat – 378 – Jonna McLean 7 – “Ten Points to Remember When Training Your Horse”
About This Episode
Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle
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“Ten Steps To Starting The Young Horse Under Saddle”
1 – Ensure all pressure release systems are intact and able to withstand changes in context
(Stop, Go, Back, Park and Yield)
2 – Check self-carriage status of these aids
3 – Repeat and consolidate these, with a bit in the horses mouth
– not opening mouth
4 – Beware of the importance of context and try to mimic (to the bests of one’s ability) the site and direction of rein and leg cues.
5 – Test self-carriage of park by departing your horse not allowing your horse to move, being careful not to apply any lead signal accidentally
– Not boring, essential, same leg, quietly and efficiently
6 – The habituation process can now be started by practicing the mounting, either from the ground or mounting block. (This can be done bareback or what is the horse to become completely used to saddle.)
– The majority of times your horse will try to depart in which case as soon as the first step violates the park status, quietly put the leg that stepped forward, back to where it came from and repeat until no corrections are required.
– Ensure the patterns of mounting and getting on bareback, or with a saddle on, kept exactly the same where ever possible.
– When this step has been done with you having to make corrections, habituation to mounting and dismounting has begun, by keeping and preserving the self-carriage state of Park!
7 – Keeping your horse in Park, start to mimic the actual process of mounting and dismounting with faster but still smooth motions that will end with a normal amount of dismount and mount speed
8 – Remember pressure motivates the reaction, the release of pressure trains it!
– Therefore make sure your release of pressure is completely in time with their correct answer and amplify the reward with wither/neck/loin scratches as much as possible.
9 – Soon you will be able to reward your horse by dismounting.
– For example, the first time you set up and your scratching his weather when he shows no sign of movement you can dismount. Repeat the process until the time of sitting up and laying down has no affect (much easier bareback)
10 – Complete the habituation process. Mounting and dismounting from either side and when you scratch your horse it should be going to sleep, with a low long head carriage and quiet in the mouth and the tail.
– Now you can begin to apply both front pressure to see if you can get one step back, if not your assistant on the ground can help you build this stop button.
Time Stamps
01:45 – Background
02:37 – 1 – Ensure all pressure release systems are intact and able to withstand changes in context
05: 55 – 2 – Check self-carriage status of these aids
07:06 – 3 – Repeat and consolidate these, with a bit in the horses mouth
11:15 – 4 – Beware of the importance of context and try to mimic (to the bests of one’s ability) the site and direction of rein and leg cues.
13:05 – 5 – Test self-carriage of park by departing your horse not allowing your horse to move, being careful not to apply any lead signal accidentally
15:36 – 6 – The habituation process can now be started by practicing the mounting, either from the ground or mounting block.
21:10 – 7 – Keeping your horse in Park, start to mimic the actual process of mounting and dismounting with faster but still smooth motions that will end with a normal amount of dismount and mount speed
25:33 – 8 – Remember pressure motivates the reaction, the release of pressure trains it!
26:39 – 9 – Soon you will be able to reward your horse by dismounting.
28:19 – 10 – Complete the habituation process.
31:00 – Summary
36:00 – Contact: see details below
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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