On 13/07/07, pippa258 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Do you work on standing still when mounting? I'm not sure how to do it, > except if a horse starts to move off when I begin to mount, I get back > down and square him up again and start over. Is this a good way to do it? > > Trish
If it were me, and I had a horse that didn't stand...which I did...old Hreggur would just wait for a bit of weight in the stirrup and then he'd bolt for the moon. I used clicker training on him and the minute he DIDN'T bolt...I clicked him. But with Gusti...hmm...let me think, when I mount, I always say 'ready?' and he's learned to square himself. Prior to that, I had someone hold him, while I said 'ready' and he gradually learned to stand still. Can you get a helper for a few times? To help you teach the horse to stand still? If not, I would face my horse into a place that it's not easy to move ahead from, against a fence or something like that. Maybe into a corner.... Just another thought, but is your saddle fit okay? Seems to me Gusti fussed the most when I was using a treed saddle on him. He made a point of letting me know he didn't like the saddle I was using at that time. Just some thoughts, maybe someone else will come up with a few better ideas... Wanda
