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Teaching Your Horse To Use His Hindquarters when Hill Training
By: Andy Curry
Wanna help your horse develop and use his hindquarters more?

Wate to ride him up and down steep hills?

Before you do though, I suggest you have control over him. Thus, when you ask him to stop, he will stop.

Wanna help your horse develop and use his hindquarters more?

Wanna Ride him up and down steep hills?

Be sure to stay in proper riding position so he can move as he needs to.

As you come down the hill, try stopping him and stay standing for a moment. This will test the control you have on him.

But remember if you stop and stand on a hill for long periods of time, turn your horse is perpendicular to the hill.

As you go uphill, hold on to his mane, if you need to balance yourself. Don't pull on the reins or use the saddle horn.

You will find that practicing this with your horse will help develop collection.

And speaking of collection, you can learn a lot about collection by watching horse training videos of expert horse trainers.

So if you want to learn to train a horse, I urge you to browse the horse training videos collection at Super Stars Of HorseTraining.com

There you will find a collection of videos covering many aspects of horse training.

And be sure to do it in places where you feel safest. Don't be around a bunch of wire fencing, posts, holes, etc.

Now as you go up the hill, pick a point you want to go to. Walk slowly, straight, and don't let him get chargey.

You don't want a horse to charge up hill or down because it's a great way for you to get hurt.

Remember, a horse thinks much more clearly when he's walking. And is far less to get excited when going about his work calmly.

On the other hand, you want to drive him up that hill. So you have to balance it out.

Be sure to stay in proper riding position so he can move as he needs to.
FACT FILE:

PROCESS OF CAUSING A HORSE TO LAY DOWN.

Approach him gently upon the left side, fasten a strap around the ancle of his fore-foot; then raise the foot gently, so as to bring the knee against the breast and the foot against the belly. The leg being in this position, fasten the strap around his arm, which will effectually prevent him from putting that foot to the ground again. Then fasten a strap around the opposite leg, and bring it over his shoulder, on the left side, so that you can catch hold of it; then push these gently, and when he goes to fall, pull the strap, which will bring him on his knees. Now commence patting him under the belly; by continuing your gentle strokes upon the belly, you will, in a few minutes, bring him to his knees behind. Continue the process, and he will lie entirely down, and submit himself wholly to your treatment. By thus proceeding gently, you may handle his feet and legs in any way you choose.
Andy Curry has a natural knack of explianing those all-important techniques for hibdquarter use in hill work for horses.

It is fairly obvious when stated here, and yet some many novice riders do use the reins when doing riding on slopes, and it is not good for the horse.

Read Andy Curry on horse training and you won't go far wrong.
Andy Curry is a nationally known horse trainer and author
of several best selling horse training and horse care books.
He is also well known for finding, interviewing, and filming
expert horse trainers and making their expertise available
to horse owners who want to learn different horse training
tips and secrets and how to solve behaviorial issues with
horses.
For information visit his website at www.SuperStarsofHorseTraining.com.