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Clinton Anderson | Downunder Horsemanship

An Exercise to Slow Down a Speed Demon If you know your horse hasANDERSON a tendency to With repetition, the horse will realize that when another horse comes CLINTON | DOwNuNDER hORSEmANShIp turn a leisurely trail ride into an all-out up beside him, it’s not a race, and he’d better keep his attention on you race, set the situation up at home so that because at any second you might change directions and go back the other you can safely correct him before taking way. And if he does speed up, he’ll quickly realize that it is pointless him out on the trail. Horses that grab because you’ll make him turn and go the other way. Initially, the hotter the bit and charge ahead of the group are and more nervous your horse is, the shorter the distance will be between not only dangerous to themselves, but to turns. Eventually, he’ll be able to walk next to the other horse on a loose everyone else on the trail. rein without ever speeding up.

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Find a controlled environment, such as be.When the horse do let the him exercise at bring the walk, move up totothe And each timecan you rest, him closer thetrot. You’ll you’re anLike arenaany or aproblem large pasture, andhavenlist the find that the faster the horse’s feet move, the more of a tendency he’ll have arena. The second time you might get him within 60 feet of ing with that involves help of ayour friendhorse on horseback.

Start at the to race. Anytime he speeds ahead, pick up on one rein and turn him in arena,the and thehorse. thirdThen timepractice you might get thing him in arena. him 15 notfeet wanting be both where you on a thetoward walk and ride side by side, about apart. to Keep horses other the same at the a lope.

It shouldn’t When you let the horse rest, drape the reins down his gait the want himIfto go, horse make the right loose rein and dare them to race ahead. either matter what neck and dare him to move. If he wants to move, letishim. thing easy and wrong thing speeds up, immediately pick up on one rein andthe turn horse in, he should Take him back to where you were working him and the horses in toward one another and ride offdo in that the by hustling remainhustle at the speed difficult.

You’ll his feet. Instead of sitting on the horse and saying, opposite direction. When youthe turnhorse’s your horse, so he wants you set“Don’t him at and not feet do where with urgency so that he has to hustle his feet.

If you race ahead. go!” let him move, and then offer him the chance to stand to be (outside the arena) and letting him rest where you just lethim himtoturn he’sarena). not going to connect racing still and relax. You have to give him a reason to want to to be practice in want be lazily, (in the Continue ahead with stopping his forward motion and having to the arena and to relax.

Depending on how this until the horse redirect his energy. Once the horses are turned, walk Once you do get him inisn’t the trying is relaxed, arena-shy your horse is, you off in the new direction so that the horses are side by to race ahead and is arena, do the opposite of might only Be besure abletotoput getyour himhorse back on a loose rein and dare him side again. focused on you.

Most horses, when they get side by side with another what he expects.

The arenawithin 150 feet ofagain. the arena to make a mistake In order for the horse to learn not to race ahead, horse, think, “Any second the gun is going to go off and the race will be horse thinks that as before hecommit starts misbehavhe has to to the mistake. If you try to babysit him and keep him on!” Get your horse to think, “Anyshy second goingone to turn, soon as we’re he steps hoofI’dinbetter ing. will be fromThat speeding up,your he’ll startnever get any better and you’ll always have to pay attention to my rider.” the arena he’s going to have ing point. watch overUsing him. one rein to

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Slower is Faster with Horses

Let’s face it, we’ve become a society of instant gratification. From fast food, to fake nails, we like immediate results. Unfortunately, this quest for instant results carries over to horsemanship too, from flying lead changes, to side-passing, to collection. These are skills that riders everywhere hope to master, yet aren’t willing to “do the time.”

Horses and riding sports don’t mix well with instant gratification. Riding is a sport that takes years and decades for the human to master. And horses are not animals that react well to rushing and cutting corners. In most cases, slowing down will get you there faster with horses. When training is rushed, and important steps are missed, mastering even the simplest skill can seem impossible.

Without question, when it comes to training horses, cutting corners always results holes in your horse’s training, which will come back to haunt you at the most inconvenient time. Undoing poor training is much harder and way more time consuming that training an untarnished horse the same skill. Cutting corners will cost you more time in the long run, which is why for thousands of years, horse trainers have known that slower is better when it comes to horses.

Horses are Fast Learners. People … Not So Much

Although horses are incredibly fast learners (a by-product of being flight animals and prey animals), there’s a significant difference between acquiring a new skill and mastering that skill. The challenge with horses is that how fast they learn and how fast they master any given skill is directly related to the effectiveness and consistency (skill level) of the rider or handler.

Because horses are prey animals, they are highly sensitive, and they feel all kinds of pressure (physical, mental, environmental) keenly. Therefore, we apply pressure and release it to train them (negative reinforcement refers to the removal of pressure). Two factors dictate how quickly the horse learns: timing and pressure. A timely release/reward comes within one second; using adequate pressure—neither too little nor too much—requires excellent judgment and ability from the rider. With good timing and adequate pressure, the horse learns rapidly. If the horse isn’t learning fast or is learning the wrong things, you must consider the human side of the equation.

Because horses are such fast learners, they unfortunately learn the wrong things just as quickly as they learn the right things. The horse may learn to perform the skill incorrectly because the rider inadvertently released the horse at the exact wrong moment. I see this a lot in teaching complex maneuvers like pivot on the haunches. The horse takes one or two good steps in the pivot, then the rider gets greedy and asks for more, then the horse steps incorrectly and the rider releases him. I see riders asking for collection or some sort of headset, but instead of releasing that horse the instant he’s giving the correct response, they hold the horse too long until he starts resisting, then they release him, training the horse to throw his head up.

Whatever your horse is doing at the moment you release him, is what you just trained him to do. “My horse is having problems with this,” is code for, “I taught my horse the wrong thing.”

Why Slower is Faster

Getting in a hurry rarely works with horses. Their perspective of time is much different from the average human, who tends to think in the future and dwell in the past, but is rarely present in the moment. We always have a plan, an agenda and a schedule to adhere to. Horses don’t.

Horses are very much here-and-now animals. We humans stand to learn a lot from horses on this subject. Have you ever tried to train a horse to trailer load when you had limited time to load and get somewhere? Have you ever had a normally easy-to-catch horse stick his tail up in the air and run around for twenty minutes on the day you were pinched for time? I rest my case.

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Sometimes going slower with horses is very literal. Slowing down your body language and reactiveness when you are doing groundwork, will almost always have the effect of softening the horse’s response. Slowing down your hands when using rein aids, literally moving them slower, will improve the responsiveness of your horse. Try it.

Going slowly in the training of a horse means that we take small baby steps; we walk before we run and we don’t skip steps. We follow the important tenants of classical horsemanship, which have proven to be a successful recipe for training horses for thousands of years. We teach foundational skills before asking for complex maneuvers. Trying to teach a horse collection, before he has mastered the most fundamental skill of a riding horse—to move freely and willingly forward—will never work.

There are many seemingly simple skills of a riding horse that riders are often impatient to learn, like collection, flying lead changes and side passing. Rarely have I done a clinic (in the past 30 years) where a rider didn’t state one of these skills as a desired outcome for the clinic. Each of these skills require the horse (and therefore the rider) to master many foundational skills, a pre-flight checklist so to speak, which may take weeks and months to achieve. Only the most dedicated riders will devote the time needed to build the proper foundation for that skill and not get frustrated with how many steps are required to get there.

Stages of Learning

For both humans and horses, when mastering a new skill, there are stages of learning that describes how the individual typically advances through a predictable series of learning stages before mastering the skill. At first, the student (two-legged or four-legged) is halting and uncertain is using the skill, but gradually, through practice and guidance, the individual becomes more proficient and confident in the skill.

When we partner with horses, both horse and human are sometimes learning the skill for the first time together, and both animals have to move through the stages. With horses, it usually works best when one individual has already mastered the skill. In other words, if the rider does not know the skill, let’s say how to cue for and ride the canter, she will move through the stages must faster on a horse that has already mastered this skill. If the horse knows nothing about cantering with a rider on its back, it’s best trained by a rider that has already mastered cueing for and riding the canter.

The hierarchy of learning a new skill involves acquisition, fluency, generalization and adaptation. While this is common knowledge among educators of humans, it’s also highly applicable to the training of horses. Let’s look at the most fundamental skill of a riding horse—to go forward.

The very first time we ride that young horse, we have to teach it to go, turn and stop, but at first, he knows absolutely nothing. So, you flap your legs, cluck, wave your arms and otherwise apply pressure until the horse takes a step forward—then you immediately release the pressure, praise, and hopefully the horse learned something. The next time you ask that horse to move forward and it only takes a little wiggle of your legs and a couple clucks before he steps off, your horse has just acquired a new skill.

The next phase the horse moves through is fluency, and that will take some time; how long, depends on the skill of the rider. Although the horse has acquired the skill, he is still tentative and slow to respond. As he becomes more fluent, his response time increases, your cues get lighter, and he becomes more confident. Now the horse moves off with a slight closing of the rider’s leg.

Then we reach one of the most challenging and time-consuming phases when it comes to training horses, and that is generalization. This phase is not complete until the horse can perform the skill in any situation or any setting.

No matter where you are or how emotionally your horse has become, he still responds accurately and promptly to the cue and performs the skill. Since horses are very location-specific in what they learn, having to perform the skill in many various locations requires a lot of time and effort. You can train a horse to perform to a very high level at home and practice for years, then

take him somewhere else to perform, only to have him fall apart and become nonresponsive (or worse). A generalized horse is what we call a “seasoned” horse—he’s been hauled around and learned to perform his skills at the same level away from home that he does at home. This can take years.

Adaptation occurs when the horse or human is so accurate and confident in using the skill, that it can be applied to new and unique situations and the horse will adapt his skills to the demands of the new situation. Think about the high-level cross-country jumping horse, who adapts the jumping skills that he learned in an arena starting with ground poles and cavaletti, and now he gallops boldly through a course he has never seen, jumping huge, scary obstacles, landing blindly in potentially hazardous footing like a water obstacle.

He can adapt his jumping skills to any type of obstacle, in any situation, even one he has never experienced.

Teaching Complex Maneuvers

Complex maneuvers are almost anything that we teach a horse beyond stop, start and steer. Advanced maneuvers generally require putting two or more foundational skills together to perform the maneuver, like collection, legyielding, side-passing, pivots on the forehand and haunches, lead changes, jumping, rollbacks, and the like.

One of the earliest complex maneuvers we encounter in the training of a riding horse is the canter departure. Before that horse learns to step off quietly and smoothly from a walk into a canter on whichever lead asked, there are many smaller steps which take time to accomplish. Knowing what the smaller steps are, being able to break down that skill into the smallest steps, and being willing to spend whatever time it takes at each step of the way, are the hallmarks of success in training horses.

Precursor skills always exist in complex maneuvers. For instance, before a horse and rider can flawlessly perform a flying lead change on command, they must both be able to execute walk-to-canter transitions on the correct lead 100% of the time; halt-to-canter transitions, dead-leaded; collection at the canter; an obedient and balanced counter-canter; haunches-in walk, trot and canter; leg yielding walk, trot and canter; etc. When you take the time to accomplish these lesser skills, flying lead changes are easy.

Because horses are very fast learners, acquisition of a skill can (and should) happen fast. But one response, does not a habit make. How fast a horse moves through the stages of learning is directly proportionate to the talent of the rider. Whether it takes a day, a week or a month to get fluent in a skill, fluency must occur before moving on to the next phase. This is true of each smaller

step or precursor skill. When you try to fast forward though any stage of a horse’s training by skipping steps, you end up training the wrong response to the horse.

For all the complex maneuvers that we train horses to do, physical strength, stamina and coordination are required—that takes weeks and months to develop, not hours or days. While most of the maneuvers we ask horses to perform are movements they can do naturally, packing the weight of the rider (who is often getting in the way of the horse) makes it much more difficult for the horse. Pushing a horse faster than his physical strength and coordination can develop generally results in a burned-out horse, an injured horse, or both.

It’s no wonder that slower is faster when it comes to horses and learning to ride. When both the horse and the rider are learning new skills together, it will take even longer. It’s important to strive for correctness in training, which means releasing at the right moment, and making sure that you are giving the correct cues and training the correct response. Quality versus quantity.

Beyond precision, it’s important to be patient, to slow down your actions and expectations—to walk before you run. The ability to break down complex maneuvers into the smallest steps and then refine each step, to build a solid foundation, is one of the most crucial factors in successful horse training. This requires a lot of knowledge and a high skill level; if you do not possess the knowledge and skills yourself, you need help from someone who does. You can find that help online, at JulieGoodnight.com/Academy.

Enjoy the ride!

—Julie Goodnight

Trainer and Clinician

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About Julie Goodnight Goodnight is the popular RFD-TV host of Horse Master airing Monday nights.

Goodnight travels the USA sharing her no-nonsense horsemanship training with riders of all disciplines. Goodnight has ridden in many different saddles-- she’s experienced in dressage and jumping, racing, reining, cow horse, colt-starting, and wilderness riding.

Goodnight grew up on the hunter-jumper circuits in Florida, but is now at home in the West. She and her husband, Rich Moorhead, live in the mountains in Salida, Colorado.

Both love versatility ranch horse competitions and riding cow-horses.

Explore her online library and many training videos at http://TV.JulieGoodnight.com; be sure to sign up for the free monthly training news at http://JulieGoodnight.com and please subscribe to the free YouTube channel at http://YouTube.com/JulieGoodnight.

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Jec Aristotle Ballou | Fitness & Performance for Equine Athletes

How Much to Give Away EMMA’s CHAnCE

THE EiGHTY DOLLAr CHAMPiOn DvD ManyJuly of 5, us 2016, makeSony our Pictures horses stiffer with Neither the horse nor the by rider becomesBetts steadier in this scenario. With Elizabeth our attempts at kindness. Aiming for light the contact always coming and going, the horse’s back stiffens, his tongue youhis havent’ already the book,The rider, 90 minutes and forgiving rein contact, we sometimes muscles tighten. He reliesIfon forehand for read equilibrium.

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RatherA young than improving ouris horse’s balance Am I advocating that ridersmany should not offer a release of some sort? No. forever when she forms an unand physiology, we cause him to fall apart Riders absolutely should offer a lightening when the contact becomes likely bond with an abused horse in Then, mark your calendar, because the immediately following moments of correct nice. The trick—and the big challenge for ushere... kind riders—is to give EMMA’S CHANCE, debuting on DVD movie is just about movement.

Whether or not interject this release with a small movement of our fingers. With our hands and and digital July 5 from SonytoPictures releases of pressure with the contact is not fingers we can offer the horse Home Entertainment, Greer Grama lot; AnD we dosnOWMAn not need to push loops in the HArrY the question; the“Awkward,” question isLife when and how reins. An instructor once described mer (TV’s Partners) The Magical story the Cinderella this to me of as “letting the steam” out to do stars this. as Emma, a young woman who of the contact. By opening Horse your fingers in to a loose fist when the horse complete community service Like many of my students, I wantmust my horse to know when he has done is moving correctly, you can create a lightening while maintaining the at a horse ranch following a dare Harry Snowman tellsposition the story a heartwarming something good. This includes when he has organized his body and same rein&length and bit in of the horse’s mouth.friendship This consistency gone wrong. As she spends more time at the ranch, Emma bonds Harry deLeyer and Snowman, thebody plowin good stretched through his neck to make a soft contact with the reins. To praise between leads to Dutch steadyimmigrant recruitment of muscle chains that hold the with Chance, an abused horse that won’t let anyone else ride him. horse originally bound for slaughter, whom Harry rescues.

The him, I want makeisa threatened little releasebyfeeling in the reins.

I see riders all the alignment. Avoiding big variations in rein length and tensionfilm prevents When thetoranch a predatory horse-buyer, Emma explores the unforeseen champion within both of them. time with the same idea, except they often push their arms all the way these muscular impulses from becoming erratic, or from being recruited hatches a plan to save it and put the buyer out of business for In 1956, Harry rescued Snowman off a truck bound for the forward, without the continuity needed to increase strength and elasticity. good.putting loops in the reins right when the horse has established a glue factory, paying only $80 for him. In less than two years, the connection between himself and the rider. Possibly, this technique is even duo wentof onequine to win anatomy the Triplehave Crown of show and it setis world Studies shown how jumping constructive for a horse taught in some disciplines.

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The bit, and contact as a whole, allows their livesneuromuscular forever. positive reflexes throughout the entire horse by generating Harry mayand have rescuedthat Snowman fromand slaughter as an engagement looseness both begin culminate in the horse’s unwanted horse; but he will tell you today that Snowman made a the bit. head and neck. In sum: yes, we do want feather light contact with winner of Harry. Harry & Snowman is a story of the power of love, Remember, though, that lightness is trusting and steady, not intermittent and the bond of friendship.

(TV’s “AwesomenessTV,” Expelled). The film will preBigJohnson variations in rein pressure disrupt the horse’s extensor muscle chain miere at the Bentonville Film Festival May 3, 2016. that channels propulsion from his hindquarters. Rather than easing in to theWhile positive tonicity ofatmaintaining a flexed pollforms and arched topline, he volunteering a horse rescue, Emma an unlikely feels the rider abandon the postural framework.

His nose pokes out, his bond with an abused horse that won’t let anyone else ride him. back sags, and losesand balance.

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Gaining new skills and confidence, Emma hatches a plan to redeem herself and ultimately save the ranch she’s grown to love.

and the bond of friendship.

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Charles Wilhelm

Ten Secrets Every Horse Wants Its Owner to Know – Part I Working with horses is a mental game and requires that the trainer understand several principles and have a number of skills. The following “secrets” will help you communicate with your horse and build the great relationship you always wanted. Here are the ten secrets you need to know.

Follow through Follow through is extremely important. If you do not follow through every time you ask for something from your horse, your horse will never understand what you are asking.

In other words, if I am teaching a horse to go forward in a round pen or on a lunge line and I ask the horse to go forward but it stands and looks at me, follow through is needed. In this situation, the follow through is to ask the horse to go forward with the least amount of pressure needed until the horse moves forward. If you ask and ask and ask and the horse continues to stand there and look at you, you have taught the horse to stand and look at you. Without follow through the horse does not understand what you are asking him to do.

Control the horse’s feet The second secret relates to control of the horse’s feet. This is a very important concept, just as important as follow through. You control the horse’s feet by controlling the mind and you control the mind by controlling the feet. This can be done both on the ground and in the saddle. When you control the horse’s feet, especially when teaching something for the first time, you are going to experience resistance.

When I teach a horse to backup, this is controlling the feet in a specific direction. When I ask the horse to backup and he does not move, I must follow through in controlling the horse’s feet. Once the horse’s feet start moving and with some energy, I am controlling the horse’s mind and connecting with the horse.

Being consistent Being consistent is a critical principle. This is a big, negative “C” word that a lot of people don’t like. Consistency not only refers to training your horse a set number of times per week, be it two or five days each week, it also means to be consistent in how you are teaching your horse.

For example, if you are leading your horse and the horse bumps into you the normal correction would be to move the shoulders over or stop

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and back the horse. Because you are having a bad day, you ignore the behavior. You may have been sorry you came to train that day but you felt it was your responsibility. That is good but you need to understand that it is also your responsibility to be consistent in how you train. If you ignore the behavior once most likely, since it is a mental game, you will let the horse do it again. Horses appreciate and love consistency.

Consistency builds trust, which is critical in your relationship with your horse.

Have patience We always need to have patience with our horses and persevere with the training.

Many people tell me I have a lot of patience but I have to say I don’t have any more patience than you or anyone else. I have learned that I have to be patient and that it does no good to lose my patience. When I lose my patience I end up upsetting the horse that makes the situation worse.

We digress from the lesson while we both regain our composure. So, be patient with your horse. If you are not patient and you do not persevere, you will not succeed. If I had to name one and only one reason why I have been a successful horse trainer, I would say it is because I am tenacious. I never give up and neither must you when you are working with your horse.

Understand the use of pressure – You must truly understand the use of pressure, the different forms of pressure and how must pressure to use. For example, pressure can be a direct physical contact like a halter, lead line, spur or tapping the horse with a crop. Pressure can also be indirect like waving a hand in the air or swinging a rope. Your job is to understand the least form of pressure that you can apply to your horse that will get your horse to respond the way you want.

Many people don’t like the word pressure they think it is wrong and that it encourages the flight instinct. It is true that a horse with a high emotional level will attempt to break free of a halter and lead if too much pressure is applied. It is up to us to be aware of the emotional level of the horse before we apply pressure and be sure we are in a safe environment.

Pressure represents anything that is uncomfortable for the horse. All a horse cares about is what it takes to make the discomfort stop. Whatever the horse is doing when you release the pressure is what you have taught the horse to do. For example when you are working in a round pen, it is not about running the horse into the ground. It is not about activating

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the flight instinct of the horse so that all the he thinks about is going over the fence. We use just enough pressure to keep the feet moving until you ask the horse to do something different.

Once in Reno, Nevada I did a demonstration on working with mustangs.

The horse I got had a very high emotional level. At fifty feet away from him he began racing around in the round pen. When I entered the round pen I tried to be the most quiet and soft presence I could be. I stood in the middle very relaxed and waited while the mustang ran and ran. Even my presence was pressure for that horse. Once the horse slowed down I asked it to change directions and the horse was able to comply. Understanding pressure is very important. Too much and we can send a horse over the fence, too little and the horse will not comply.

response your horse gives and release immediately.

Pressure/release are very important principles and work together. They occur in our every day relationships between children and adults as well as horses. The language is different but the principle is the same.

Next time I will discuss four more important secrets to help you train and build a great relationship with your horse.

Release of pressure – It is important to release the pressure appropriately. You must understand when to release the pressure you have applied because horses learn by when and what we release on. Timing is critical and it takes a certain amount of skill to release the pressure at the correct time. If you ask your horse to go forward and you are consistent with your go forward cue and you are patient but you release before your horse has taken a step, I guarantee that the next time, you will not get a forward movement from your cue. You must be alert to the

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Barb Crabbe, DVM | Vet Corner Q & A

Social Outcast

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It seemed have gotten with state-to-state traveltheir without paperwork to Question: I just moved barns, like and he maystallions tend away to distance themselves from mares—probably past, it doesn’t work.

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Not If only vet is correct that a itweek most likely will simply not quirement. result. thisthat, typeyour of activity is happening, is possible that he’s give you enough time toavoidance get everything completed.

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You must have the original papers Living in a began group, or is the natural social grouping of horses.

In the from the lab indicating negative results to send the USDA offices. In 6-month Passports: wild, a group of bands within a given area make up a herd.

There are a order to obtain a Coggin’s test, your vet must first draw blood from times throughout the season, a six month passport is available that number of and advantages of living—the primary onesent beingdi-that will allow unlimited travel between Oregon, Washington, Idaho, your horse send ittotothis an type approved laboratory.

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A results. secondary Montana and California. Coggin’s test requirements to accompany rectly State Lab will generally 2-3 days to obtain Ifadvantage you are intoa the hurry, overnight results may com-the the 6-month passport will vary with your state of origin (see above). individual horse is that if be theavailable predator from does aattack mercial laboratory at an additional cost. band there’s a good chance he’ll kill another horse. In order for the herd In addition, Montana requires a lifetime brand inspection and you As soon your usually vet hasreproduce the required h/ must apply for a permit number online in order for the six month to survive, theasmares each Coggin’s year, and test pushresults, their current she must then send this, along with a completed Canadian Health passport to be valid. foal away in order to preserve such as milk for andapproval protection Certificate and appropriate feesresources to the USDA offices by for new baby.

In addition,process most colts the band at the age of three Sound confusing? It is! And summer is a busy time, with horsathe Federal Veterinarian—a thatleave can also take several days to and move on to another in order have to prevent complete.

Once the documents been inbreeding. approved and endorsed, es traveling to horse shows, rodeos and many other events. Don’t they’ll be sent back to your veterinarian and you can be on your way. let confusion and a lack of paperwork hamper your summer plans.

Dr. Barb Crabbe DVM your is livingthe with the herd where was things born, it’s Consult with your veterinarian well ahead of your anticipated traveling IfBecause you want to gelding try to expedite process, there arehe a few possible he’sObviously, being chased away by his mother because has of either “weaning dates, and plan ahead. Dr. YourJennifer vet can help you decide you can do. it helps if your horse already a negative Posey DVMon the most efconflict” test or “incest avoidance.”

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Using overnight FedEx to ship paperwork to the USDA surprised if this behavior has persisted for seven years, it’s possible that it www.pacificcrestsporthorse.com offices for approval can also help, although there is generally no is playing a role in your gelding’s reluctance to approach the other horses. way to insure that a request to move your paperwork to the top of In although your horse is gelded, it’s possible hetry still some Barb Crabbe, DVM, is a practicing equine veterinarian and the addition, priority list will be heard.

On rare occasion, you can to has make sexual motivations. as and 40% drive of geldings do retain some sexual owner of Pacific Crest Sporthorse in Oregon City, Oregon. She is an appointment with As themany USDA, the papers to the offices yourself (currently in Tumwater, Washington the Pacific behaviors.

If this located is true, he could be inhibited from for breeding or even a frequent contributor to many national horse publications includNorthwest). option which can’t be counted routinely approaching This his mother, could make on himas reluctant to available, join the herd.ing Horse and Rider Magazine and Dressage Today, and is the auhowever, and generally requires a “favor request” from your veteri- thor of The Comprehensive Guide to Equine Veterinary Medicine” published by Sterling Publishing. Her articles have won numerous narian’s office.

In general, we recommend our clients allow at least two weeks American Horse Publications awards. In her “free time” Dr. Crabbe to complete the entire process, which means travel to Canada defi- can be found on her own horse in the dressage ring where she has nitely requires a little advanced planning. In fact, if you intend to earned her USDF silver medal, or ringside at A-circuit Hunter/Jump16 | www.nwrider.com travel with your horse at all this summer, advanced planning is a er competitions where her two daughters compete in hunters and really great idea that can save both stress and money. While you equitation.

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Conformation Balancing is deceptively simple: With patient, conscientious placement of your hands on specific areas of the horse’s body, you can bring about profound change in his physical and mental well-being.

The secret? The internet-like web of fascia beneath the skin. Fascia is the connective tissue that “holds everything together”—it wraps around, attaches, and stabilizes muscles and internal organs, communicating with all parts while providing structure and organization.

But here’s the thing: Fascia is also a reservoir for emotional trauma and tension. This means that when you help a horse find a physical release in a “stuck” area of strain or stiffness, you invite psychological healing as well.

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Riding at Bob Straub State Park

Bob Straub State Park, in Pacific City, Oregon, who threatened to sue the State for breach of contract. The Highway features excellent year-round riding. | Department abandoned its plan to route the highway on the KIMhorseback MCCARREL HORSE Tquickly RAIL G UIDE BOOKS The park lies on the Nestucca Spit, a narrow Nestucca Spit. Later, when the state park was created, it was named in finger of land that separates Nestucca Bay from honor of the man who had fought to keep it a wild and peaceful place. the Pacific Ocean. The park is open only to hiking, fishing, and horseback riding, and it’s a Today delightful place to ride.

Bob Straub State Park is unique in that fishing, hiking, and horseback Kelsay Valley Campground and oloriding Lake are andthe beyond.

You can detour from the trail no to OHVs, see theno bikes. only permitted activities.

No camping, Difficulty: Easy access to wonderful Trailhead provides pretty Crystal Springs, and you can ride to the west end of the It’s a quiet, peaceful place to enjoy the Oregon Coast with your horse. trail riding in7.5-mile the Mt.round Thielsen Wilder-Nestucca lake and get a burger at the Lemolo Lake Resort restaurant.

Distance: trip around Don’t miss it! ness of Roseburg, Oregon.

• The Windigo Trail follows an old forest road and connects Spit,Area plus east additional trails through the dunes Horse-friendly trails abound here, leading to the PCT There and the Metolius-Windigo Trail at Windigo Pass.

Getting Sea views, level to the shores of toElevation: mountaintop • The Tolo Creek runsthe to Tenas the PCT near base of Trail to The Tolo Creek Trail Trail connects Peak and the North Umpqua Mt.Thielsen is visible from several vantage points along the trail.

From Tillamook, drivemake southa on 101 25 miles. Turn west on niceHwy. 11.5-mile loop. pretty lakes, and to the Tolofor Mountain.

The Riding Brooten Road toward Pacific City. Drive 2.7• miles to the town Pacific Crest Trail.

The Tenas Peakof Pacific At Bob Straub State Park, Kelsay you can Valley ride along the beach has and 16 beside City and turn west on Pacific Avenue. Continue 0.2to mile turn left on You can stay Trail goes theand summit Campground Facilities: Campground Nestucca entirely circling thetables. spit. Or Eleven you can create your own loops Sunset Avenue, the first street after you of cross the guessed Nestucca River. overnight in the well– you it -- Drive sites with Bay, fire rings and picnic sites have steel appointed Valley by following trails crisscross thecamp dunes.has Some of the dunes trails 0.4 mile and turn left into the parking and boat-launching area.

Tenas Peak, the former corrals for Kelsay 1,the 2, 3, or that 4 horses.

The a toilet, manure Campground, which of a fire lookout that may be submerged during watercreek, in winter, canhost. ride the beach The closest horse camping is at Nehalemsite pit, stock water from thehigh nearby andbut a you camp The Bay State Park. has offers a panoramic view. and 16 the shore of Nestucca Bay year round. camp issites, openeleven early summer through fall, and a fee is charged of which havecamping. sturdy The trail connects with for overnight Campsites can be reserved through Learn More The Back Story steel corrals.

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You’ll find more information about the trails at Bob Straub State has a toilet, a manure can continue to thePark in This beautiful part of the Oregon coast was very nearly paved over in Riding Northwest Oregon Horse Trails,you by Kim McCarrel, (Ponderosa pit, stock water from PCT. More information: Kelsay Valleythat Horse Camp covered the 1960s.

You’ve probably noticed Highway 101isruns inlandinfrom Press, 2017), available at www.nwhorsetrails.com. a nearby creek, and • The Calamut Lake more detailtoinTillamook, Riding Southern Oregon Horse Trails McNeskowin so highway travelers don’t see by the Kim ocean for knowledgeable camp Trail takes you to three Carrel, (Ponderosa 2014). about 30 miles. BackPress, in the 1960s, the Highway Department decided to hosts. (Volunteers from pretty lakes: Calamut, make the highway the Roseburg Or- more scenic by moving it closer to the beach – routing Linda, and Charline. it right up the middle of the Nestucca Spit. egon Equestrian Trails

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chapter this duty of State (and later Oregon Governor) Bob Oregon’srotate then-Secretary Kim McCarrel is the author of several horse trail guide all summer All Straub was along.) frequent visitor to the area. He strenuously objected to the books, including “Riding Central Oregon Horse Trails,” “Riding of the sites have fi re highway plan. While continuing to serve as Secretary to State, Straub Northwest Oregon Horse Trails,” and “Riding Southern Oregon rings and picnic tables, campaigned against moving the highway. He reportedly wrote hundreds Horse She can be contacted at www.nwhorsetrails. and sixTrails.” ofand the memos, sites of letters carried a signature petition around with him, and com. are pull-throughs organized marchesthat and other events. can accommodate two At some point, that the State of Oregon had been given vehicles.

SitesStraub can belearnedEleven campsites have corrals. You can reserve camsites at: www.reserveamerica.com the land by the Bureau reserved through www.of Land Management with the stipulation that it would become a park. He contacted the Secretary of the Interior, reserveamerica.com.

The delightful trails around Kelsay Valley Campground contribute to making your trip here special.

• The North Umpqua Trail runs right past the camp. The Maidu Lake segment of the trail goes to Maidu Lake , the headwaters of the North Umpqua River, then continues on to connect to the PCT. • The Lemolo Segment of the North Umpqua Trail leads The Calumet Lake Trail will take you to its namesake lake, as well as Lake and Lake Linda, seen here. downstream fromCharline the camp.

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By connecting the Windigo, Maidu Lake, Tolo Creek, Tenas Peak, and Pacific Crest Trails, you can create several excellent loops ranging from 11 to 20 miles long. The terrain is horse friendly and the forest is beautiful, so make your campground reservations and go!

Getting to Kelsay Valley Campground: From I-5 in Roseburg, drive east on Hwy. 138 for 72 miles. Turn left at Lemolo Reservoir Junction. Go north on Road 2610, cross the dam, and turn right on Road 2612. Continue 4.2 miles to the junction with Road 60. Veer left, then immediately turn right on Road 6000-958 and follow it 1.5 miles to the camp.

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