WITH SOME ADVANCE
PREPARATION AT HOME, YOU AND YOUR HORSE WILL
BUILD A MUTUALLY CONFIDENT
PARTNERSHIP TO
SAFELY TACKLE ANY TRAIL CHALLENGE
What a wonderful feeling it is to know your trusty steed can and will negotiate any type of terrain with a calm and obe- dient demeanor. During his trail career he may encounter scores of challenging, oſt en strange and sometimes frighten- ing objects and situations. Although nothing replaces experience on the trail, we can condition a horse to face almost any challenge with confi dence—and it can begin in our own back yards.
deal at home can suddenly appear totally out of context to your horse when you’re out in the big, wide world. T e two most critical ingredients of trail preparation for us have
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been confi dence in our leadership ability and an unwavering response to the go forward request. T e combination of these two factors will pay off in negotiating any type of terrain, whether it’s steep single-track climbs, bridges, narrow trails above cliff s and even crossing water. Going forward will help carry you safely through them all. A horse
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e do lots of mountain riding and there are so many skills a safe trail horse must know. When we’ve encountered trials on the trail, it has most always involved a horse balking or not wanting to proceed. Passing obstacles that seem like no big
A windstorm leſt lots of challenging obstacles for us
on this Colorado trip. T e surprise appearance of ob- stacles such as this can never be predicted.
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