“Ten Essential When Breaking In/ Starting Young Horses“
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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 Chat (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”
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”
Listeners’ Choice- 394 – Listeners’ Choice Chat (172)
About This Episode
“Ten Essential When Breaking In/ Starting Young Horses“
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“Ten Essential When Breaking In/ Starting Young Horses“
1 – Ensure all pressure release systems are intact, and able to withstand changes in context
– (Stop, Go, Back, Park and Yield)
– Translatable to under saddle
– Negative reinforcement
2 – Check self-carriage status of these aids
– Holy grail of horse training – automatic
3 – Repeat and consolidate these, with a bit in the horses mouth
– Depends on horse/situation
4 – Beware of the importance of context, and try to mimic (to the best of one’s ability), the site and direction of rein and leg cues.
5 – Test self carriage of park by departing your horse but not allowing your horse to move, being careful not to apply any lead signal accidentally.
6 – The habituation process can now be started by practising the mounting, either from the ground or mounting block. (This can be done bareback or what is the horse has 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 not 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 without 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
9 – Soon you will be able to reward your horse by dismounting.
– For example the first time you set up 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 now 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 rein pressures to see if you can get one step back, if not your assistant on the ground can help you build this stop button.
Points to remember
- Timing of pressure and its release will train whatever is occurring when the release occurs
- Reward every good try by the release of pressure, scratching and a rest break
- Reinforce the correct answer
- 5 to 7 repetitions in a row is plenty to end your session on
- Think carefully about how your aids are applied, and what location on the horses body they effect
- Mimic wherever possible on the ground those aids, you wish to use, under saddle
- Change only one thing at a time
- Stop turn reverse are all done with rein signals
- Never use rein and leg at the same time (one before the other or after one another)
- Your horse will commonly use forward step/s to escape and if allowed to go on this could manifest into something more determined
- Therefore the loss of stop/go and park mean your horse does not understand the previous question
Time Stamp
00:46 – Background
01:30 – Introduction
03:15 – 1 – Ensure all pressure release systems are intact, and able to withstand changes in context
07:15 – 2 – Check self-carriage status of these aids
11:05 – 3 – Repeat and consolidate these, with a bit in the horses mouth
12:32 – 4 – Beware of the importance of context, and try to mimic (to the best of one’s ability), the site and direction of rein and leg cues.
15;02 – 5 – Test self carriage of park by departing your horse but not allowing your horse to move, being careful not to apply any lead signal accidentally.
17:18 – 6 – The habituation process can now be started by practising the mounting, either from the ground or mounting block. (This can be done bareback or what is the horse has become completely used to saddle)
19:06: – 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.
22:09 – 8 – Remember pressure motivates the reaction, the release of pressure trains it
23:20 – 9 – Soon you will be able to reward your horse by dismounting.
25:04 – 10 – Complete the habituation process, mounting and dismounting from either side, and when you scratch your horse it should now be going to sleep, with a low long head carriage and quiet in the mouth and the tail.
27:38 – Timing of pressure and its release will train whatever is occurring when the release occurs
Reward every good try by the release of pressure, scratching and a rest break. Reinforce the correct answer
29:30 – 5 to 7 repetitions in a row is plenty to end your session on
31:35 – Think carefully about how your aids are applied, and what location on the horses body they effect
33:37 – Mimic wherever possible on the ground those aids, you wish to use, under saddle. Change only one thing at a time
35:26 – Stop turn reverse are all done with rein signals
38:45 – Never use rein and leg at the same time (one before the other or after one another)
41:40 – Your horse will commonly use forward step/s to escape and if allowed to go on this could manifest into something more determined
43:36 – Therefore the loss of stop/go and park mean your horse does not understand the previous question
45:44 – Contact details see below
Jonna’s Contact Details
Phone: 0417 116 471 or +61 417 116 471
Email: jonamclean@gmail.com
Website: traintowin.com.au
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