Enjoy being around horses safely with confidence by developing enhanced skills in observation and communication through self awareness and managing horse obedience and self-discipline for standing, waiting moving, and working around them.
Horse-Handling Introductions Levels 1,2,3
Level Advancement Requirement
Safely handling horses involves being able to encourage or correct horse behaviors. To advance through Horse-handling levels 2 and 3 requires alternating sessions in Horse Leadership 1, 2 and 3. Advancing in both Horse-handling and Horse Leadership are mutually dependent skills that must be accomplished in tandem with one another starting with Horse-handling 1 followed by Horse Leadership 1, and onward.
Level 1 -
Don't Step on Me!
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Your Personal space
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Finer points to approach a horse in close quarters.
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Haltering at the Stall gate
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Please Stand Still
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Required Consistently
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Tone of Voice
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Immediate correction 1,2,3,4
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Petting & Praising
Don't Push me Around!
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Prevention is the best action
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Remember to Respect me
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Aware Direction of Attention
Move Over
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Horses Pressure Bubble
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Respect Your Body Presence
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Predicting moving parts
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The KISS Comand
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Correction Levels
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1- I'm reminding you
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2- Your not listening
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3- You didn't to it right
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4- Rather Rest or Work?
Horse Sense
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Read 'em like a book
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Recognize the Signs
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Is it stubbornness or issues
Lead Distance
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Standing length (1.5 ft)
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Move away length (3.0 ft)
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Sending Length (5.0 ft)
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Lounging Length (7.0+ ft)
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Accountability
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It's You to insist consistency
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They should try every time
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Release of Pressure Rewards​​​
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Appreciated the effort
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Walk Safely
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Back away
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Turn away, Turn Toward
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Ask once to guide them
Level 2
Level 3
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