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Natural Horsemanship Articles by Glenn Stewart
We are pleased to announce Glenn and Horses All Magazine will be bring articles to you each month in 2012! And, we've added a special twist for you! Every month, starting in January, the article will be supplemented by video clips on our website, right here in the Articles section. We are going to give you a visual to go with the words!
Colt Starting Part 3 - Accept the Human, Accept the Saddle
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As some of you may know, I have recently returned from the Road To The Horse 2012, which is the World Championship of Colt Starting, an international colt starting team competition in Tennessee. We had four hours, split into two sessions, to get a basically untouched three year old colt caught, taught to lead, pick up his feet, saddle and ride, walk, trot, canter correct leads, weave through upright poles, a narrow alley way, over a tarp, over some jumps, push through some pool noodles, swing a rope, drag a log, open and close a gate, ride up on a narrow raised sidewalk, ring a bell and then into a water box.
Colt Starting Part 2 - Developing Communication
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In the previous article of starting the young horse we talked mainly about building confidence and acceptance of ourselves and our tools. The tools we use and how we use them help them with more than just that particular piece of equipment; it spills over into many things and the horses overall confidence. Whatever it is we show our horses must be consistent to have it last. I find four to seven sessions in a row and the horse will remember a year later. It might be a bit rusty, but they haven't forgot.
Colt Starting Part 1 – Building Confidence
The first time I started a young horse I was 13 years old, and then I started doing quite a few when I turned 17. For years I started horses for people and I didn't get paid much, which was good, because I wasn't getting much accomplished.
Does Your Horse Seek Your Approval?
Does Your Horse Seek Your Approval?
In the above picture, by way of interests sake, this horse is most definitely not seeking my approval. He is extremely wary, and ready to plant a hoof on my head at any second. This indeed, is the very opposite of seeking approval. In a way, for my own self preservation, I am seeking his, because depending on how he interprets what I'm doing, he will fight or flee. The give and take in horse human relationships is very interesting.