if you are following Clinton Anderson's method you are on your way to a great relationship with your horse.
One thing he stresses is never allow two feet but two eyes all the time. Yeilding the hindquarters is part of the groundwork. If she gives you two hind feet or her butt...then you make her yeild her hindquarters. His video 'Gaining respect and control on the ground' goes over this. You will continue to do this to where when you act like your going to tap her on the hindquarters with the handy stick she'll move her butt away from you before you even 'ask' her too. Its' all in the body language. Good luck!!
Jennifer in cali
--- In haflingerfriends@yahoogroups.com, "susanna_thorne" <susanna_thorne@...> wrote:
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> I took your suggestions to heart and spent Christmas vacation reading books and watching on RFD-TV Natural Horsemanship techniques. I'm using Clinton Anderson as my main model of horsemanship.
> The snow and ice prevents me from doing any ring work so I worked with my mare with using a rope halter in the barn and along the paths in the snow. We practiced backing up on command, walking together with a safe distance between us,turning away from me, a "whoa" and "stand and I'd drop the lead to the ground.
>
> She did very well. I also am praising her for lifting her hooves she kicked the farrier last time) But, towards the end of our 20 minute session, she spun around and offered me her butt.
>
> What is a reasonable correction? I said "NO" firmly and then re-executed the command again. She did it right and then I quit shortly after that.
>
> Realize that this mare and I are new to each other. And, I'm not an experienced equestrian. But, the feedback I got from her previous owner is that she has always been very pushy and starting with ground manners would be a good idea.
>
> Any thoughts?
>
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