Anticipation
Approach & Retreat
Bending
Bits
Buying a Horse
Common Sense on the Trail
Curb Strap Tying Info.
Exaggeration
Expectations
Feel
Feet
Focus & Time
Ground Driving
Ground Manners
Ground Tying
Haltering
In the Saddle
Introducing a New Horse
Lateral Movement
Leading
Longeing
Mecate Reins
One Rein Stop
Posture
Pressure
The Process
Progress Strings
Punishment & Correction
Reins
Respect
Reward
Round/Square Pen
Rope Skills
Senses
Slobber Straps
Softness
Support
Tools
Training Home
Training Stick
Trust
Trailer Loading
Trailer Unloading
Tying from Above
Tying a rope halter
Visualization
Yielding

Tiny steps toward the big picture… Think about where you want to end up and how you are going to get there. A good way to do this is through visualization, think about this in your mind and get a "visual picture" of what you want to do.

A good example of this is "hooking on", Monty Roberts calls this "Join Up". What good is it to have a horse that follows you around? What do you accomplish by this? The end result from the hooking on is that your horse should have enough respect that it will respond to you at liberty. How are you going to get to this point?

Visualize your horse hooking on with you at the end of a lead rope.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in a round pen.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in an arena.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in a 100’ by 300’ paddock.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in a 1-acre turn out.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in a 5-acre pasture.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in a 5-acre pasture with 10 other horses.

Then visualize your horse hooking on with you in open rangeland.

And your still not done…

Now visualize yielding your horse in each of these situations, just like the lead mare in a herd would do.

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