Smart Start: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Horse

Smart Start: Building a Strong Foundation for Your Horse

Whether you want to build a solid foundation in your young horse or refresh an older horse's manners, this colt-starting program, featuring â€œemotional training,â€ is for you. It's based on techniques Stacy Westfall used to win the prestigious Road to the Horse colt-starting competition in 2006.

Stacy Westfall shows you how to introduce pressure to a horse in a safe environment so he'll be able to control his fear in the real world, thus building his and your confidence, and making him a safer partner.

In Smart Start, you'll learn how to:

â€¢ Read your horse's body language to establish the communication necessary for safety and basic control
â€¢ Establish respect and build trust
â€¢ Develop responsiveness and self-confidence in your horse
â€¢ Gain independent control of his head, shoulders, and hips, which will increase your safety and ability to direct his movement both on the ground and under saddle
â€¢ Establish forward motion â€” the key to control when you mount up
â€¢ Use verbal cues
â€¢ Despook your horse
Country USA
Manufacturer Active Interest Media
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2012-07-31
Format Kindle eBook

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