Mary Lou Johnson, 2 Star Instructor told me, “You get off your horse when you have lost your connection. You get on the ground, reestablish the connection, then you can get on again.” What a simple way of presenting such a complex idea.
While I was attempting to trailer load my horse after we had established confidence and he was no longer emotional, Cezanne DeCristoforo told me, “Only play the Friendly Game when your horse is somewhat IN the trailer. Bring him out, then put him right back in there with ENERGY.”
“When he’s somewhat in the trailer and he goes introverted on you, play the Friendly Game on Zone 5 until he wakes up.” – Cezanne
“When taking a gate apart, undo the bottom first, and the top second. When putting a gate together, do the top first and the bottom second, so it doesn’t fall on you and kill you.” – Pat Parelli
“A lot of horses can’t look at you with both eyes, and they have a huge problem changing eyes. Work on this until you can skip to them from 22 feet away and gently touch them on their foreheads while they keep both eyes on you.” – Tina Giordano
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