6/ FEBRUARY 2013 THE RIDER
Natural Horsemanship & Body Control Foundation Reining Training The Enforcer
and safe”. I don’t think anyone would disagree on that.
A bond. A natural relation- ship as in natural horsemanship. Let’s take this scenario. Say you have an issue with your horse and you either decide to fix it yourself (a trainer) or you send it to a trainer.
By Susan Dahl. The Enforcer
Remember this movie? I don’t. But no matter. I thought I had seen most of Clint’s movies. Today, I want to talk about The Enforcer. Who is the Enforcer?
I’m not talking about Dirty Harry. He’s about guns. We are about horses.
How about this movie starring Humphrey Bogart from 1951? It’s before my time but if you’re into classics you may recognize it.
I have a little bit of a guessing game for you. See if you can tell who I’m talking about. This is about horse train- ing philosophy… really.
In our relationship with horses, we don’t need someone to play “The Heavy” as you well know.
We as riders and trainers are striving for that perfect bond with our horse. Clinton Ander- son during his 1st Walkabout Tour of 2013 says that to him a perfect horse is one who is: “respectful, willing, soft, supple
lem. The trainer teaches your horse the new skills. The trainer teaches your horse the new con- cept. And the trainer returns the horse to you, the rider.
And you, at this point, as the rider... become The Enforcer. It’s important for us as riders to maintain and re-enforce the new skills that the horse has learned. To practice the new skills enough times so that the horse is quite good at it. We wouldn’t want the horse to fall back into an ole bad habit and have wasted our money on the trainer. I hear this enough times. The rider’s horse regresses back and they wonder why- tradi- tionally blaming the trainer. You, The Enforcer of your horse’s new skills. As Clinton would say: “long rides, wet saddle pads, and concentrated training.”
Putting my spin on training philos- ophy.
Reinersue @KISS Reiners
Susan Dahl, now an ACTHA Canada judge, is celebrating 21 years in reining, 11 years in natu- ral horsemanship & 6 years writ- ing for TheRider. Proudly a mem- ber of Toklat’s Myler (Bit) Ride
So the trainer fixes the prob-
Team as a certified technical bit clinician. She is a certified profes- sional horse trainer, NCCP coach- ing theory certified, competitor, clinician and owner/operator of Foundation Reining Training Cen- tre in Durham, On. She special- izes in modern horsemanship, western performance horse devel- opment & reining training for horse & rider. She has trained & won numerous ORHA, NRHA, & Reining Canada Top 10 awards. For more information on her very innovative & fun approach to training, clinics, lessons, or coaching, please visit her on face- book, her website
www.reinersue-
horsemanship.com or Reiner-
sue@hotmail.com.
Congratulations to Genzanit and Lindsay Hayes
Congratulations to Genzanit and Lindsay Hayes on their Top Ten National Reining Horse Association finish for the 2012 show season. Genzanit, owned by Sue and Richard Turpin of Alvinston, Ontario, is a twelve year old quarter horse stallion. The pair also claimed the title of champion for the Rookie Professional class and Reserve Champion of the Limited Open class for the Ontario Reining Horse Association. They were also champions of the Eastern Canadian Affiliate Finals and you may have seen them perform at the Royal Winter Fair in the Denim and Diamonds event. Congratulations team, we can’t wait to see what you have in store for 2013!
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