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Chapter 1

Story intro/Beginning/Next👢🦂🐴🌵🏜️🌞🐍

Listening to: *Alone Again Or* by Calexico 01:43 ━━━━●───── 03:24

Transcript:

Rider's Glenn, Chestnut Ridge Asa: What was I thinking? The horse I agreed to foster arrived yesterday. He looks so scared, poor thing. The rescue folks said they don't think he's learned any ground manners. I know how to care for and ride a horse... But I don't know the first thing about rehabilitating one. I should probably reach out to the trainer the rescue recommended. They told me he's supposed to be the best in the business. Ignacio: Uuugh… My head's killing me. Why did I drink that much?…

#the sims 4 #sims 4 story #ground manners #asa wyman #copper the horse #ignacio rodríguez #the sims 4 horse ranch

Chapter 2

#the sims 4 #ground manners #asa wyman #ignacio rodríguez #copper the horse #copper and his lamb friend #they are cuteness personified

Rider's Glenn, Chestnut Ridge

Just a few shots of Asa's ranch in spring.

#the sims 4 #sims 4 story #ground manners #asa wyman #ignacio rodríguez #copper the horse

#leading #lead #ground manners #ground work #rope halter

Horses aren’t born knowing that they must walk smoothly along at your shoulder.

#leading #lead #ground manners #ground work

Manners on the ground are absolutely essential for any horse, the bigger they are the more essential they are. If a horse is not well manne

#ground manners #ground work #lungeing #tying #standing tied #loading

Horse misbehaves in cross ties?

Horse is anticipating work afterwards. Try approaching in reverse. Work first then cross ties.

If horse acts up, untie them and work them. Yield, backup, circle. Make cross ties the rest area.

Instead of thinking about stopping the problem, think about what you would rather the horse be doing and teach them that instead.

In this example, release rein pressure when the horse’s head goes down and the horse is soft at the poll.

#cross ties #crossties #ground manners #dancing #head tossing

What can you do with a Yearling?

Yielding to pressure

Desensitize, sacking out. Standing and walking. See here, here,

Get yearling used to touching ears, lips, hooves, between legs etc...Touch the head a lot to avoid head shyness.

Teach yearling to put head down. Will be useful once she’s big and tall and for bridling! Practice picking up feet and gently tapping to simulate nails. Teach a foot up cue.

Work on leading. Starting, stopping, backing, turning

Teach to lead from both sides, in front, near flank, etc...

Teach horse to wait (for gates, for food).

Stand tied quietly.

Practice horsemanship/equitation patterns on the ground.

Take walks, go exploring!

Set up an obstacle course of tarps, bags, cones, ground poles, water...

The beginnings of lounging. See here.

VERY short sessions in the round pen or lounge line

Carry around a saddle pad (after desensitizing with it first). Once near 2 years old, carry a saddle too. See here.

Faux cinching up a girth. See here.

Beginnings of neck reining. See here.

Walking onto bridges, plywood, etc. Will help lead into trailering.

Loading and unloading from a trailer

Teach yearling to be easy to catch in the pasture.

Poking spots that will get shots

List of “Tricks”

Whoa

Walk on

Trot

Head down

Feet up

Wait (and release)

Back up

Step up

Don’t forget to teach on both sides!

Refs:

https://www.thesprucepets.com/what-can-i-do-with-a-yearling-1886975

https://www.thesprucepets.com/essential-horse-manners-1886991

https://passionatehorsemanship.com/7196/5-things-you-can-do-with-a-yearling/

Photo ref: https://pixabay.com/en/horse-yearling-brown-mold-2348776/

#yearling #training #ground work #ground training #ground manners