Training Performance Horses

LESSON TWO

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True-False Questions

1. Confrontation with a horse should be avoided.

    True

    False

2. Communication is the first element of training.

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    False

3. Force compliance to your requests. Never let the horse win.

    True

    False

4. Halter breaking should start when the horse is very young.

    True

    False

5. Teach a horse to stop and stand before going on to other lessons.

    True

    False

6. All action starts with the front legs.

    True

    False

7. Put a horse on a lunge line and let him run for a while to take the edge off.

    True

    False

8. Properly used, a lunge line gives control over the horse for both work and exercise.

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    False

9. Wrapping the rope around your hands or arms gives you more control of the lunge line.

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    False

10. To get maximum control over the horse, always tie the lunge line to the bit.

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    False

11. The horse's nose should be tipped into the direction of travel while he is lungeing.

    True

    False

12. A horse will soon correct himself if he is on the wrong lead or cross-firing.

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    False

13.  Lungeing is of no value in suppling your horse or keeping him flexible.

    True

    False

14. To discipline the misbehaving horse, jerk the lunge line, then immediately release the pressure.

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    False

15.  Most people have trouble lungeing a horse because they back away instead of walking toward the horse's hindquarters.

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    False

16. Lungeing is a good way to begin reschooling a sour horse.

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    False

TRAINING PERFORMANCE HORSES
NARRATIVE REPORT

1. Briefly explain the horse's ability to perform the exercises prior to using the course training methods: 

2. Briefly describe the horse's reaction to training methods during the first few learning sessions:

3. Briefly describe the horse's progress under the training methods outlined in this lesson.

4. List any specific problems, and explain how you went about solving them. Do you need help in finding a solution or a correction?   

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