The best selling book by Cherry Hill “What Every Horse Should Know”
has just been released in Italian 2017
To see a complete list of books by Cherry Hill and all of the translations, visit her Chronology page.
Paula
Posted in Books, Bridling, Catching, Check, Cherry Hill, Desensitization, Forward, Free Longeing, Gaits, Ground Driving, Ground Training, Half Halt, Halter Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Long Lining, Longeing, Loping, Mounting, Personal Space, Respect, Riding, Road Riding, Trailer Loading, Training, What Every Horse Should Know, tagged cherry hill, ground training, Italian, riding, training, what every horse should know on November 1, 2017| Leave a Comment »
The best selling book by Cherry Hill “What Every Horse Should Know”
has just been released in Italian 2017
To see a complete list of books by Cherry Hill and all of the translations, visit her Chronology page.
Paula
Posted in 101 Ground Training Exercises, 101 Ground Training Exercises - Spanish Translation, Books, Bridling, Catching, Desensitization, Exercise, Free Longeing, Ground Driving, Ground Training, Halter Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Long Lining, Longeing, Personal Space, Press Release, Respect, Trailer Loading, tagged cherry hill, equine, ground training, horse, horse books, training on October 7, 2013| Leave a Comment »
Posted in 101 Ground Training Exercises, Books, Bridling, Catching, Desensitization, Exercise, Free Longeing, Ground Driving, Ground Training, Halter Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Long Lining, Longeing, Personal Space, Press Release, Respect, Tack, Trailer Loading, Training, tagged cherry hill, equine, exercises, ground driving, ground training, horse behavior, in hand, lessons, long lining, long reining, longeing, longing, lunging, sacking out, training on April 19, 2012| 1 Comment »
101 GROUND TRAINING EXERCISES
for Every Horse & Handler
8 1/2″ x 11″
255 pages
over 200 drawings and photos
comb bound and punched for hanging
“Every moment you spend with your horse is an opportunity to instill good habits and develop his respect, trust, and willingness to work with you. All horses need a solid foundation of in-hand and guide-line training in order to be safe to handle and ride”.
Cherry Hill’s comprehensive collection of 101 ground-training exercises leads you and your horse through catching, yielding, turning, sacking out, backing, longeing, long lining, doing obstacle work, and much more. Every exercise is fully illustrated and described in easy-to-follow, step-by-step language that you can refer to during your ground training work — simply hang the book in the barn or on a fence post, and your’re ready to go! The exercises include clear goals, variations, common problems to watch out for, and lesson reviews.
Posted in Bad Habits, Catching, Desensitization, Free Longeing, Ground Training, Halter Training, Handling, Horse Handling and Grooming, Pulling, Spooking, Training, tagged cherry hill, equine, ground training, halter horse, haltering a horse, safety, spooky horse, tie horse, training on January 2, 2012| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Behavior, Catching, How to Think Like a Horse, Training, tagged catching a horse, equine, ground training, horse, horse behavior, horsekeeping, management, pasture on October 19, 2011| 2 Comments »
We know the shortest distance between two points is a straight line. Some horses at some times also know this. But it is interesting to observe the other routes horses take which must be perfectly normal to them.
Right now we have our 3 horses out on 3 separate pastures. In the morning when I jingle my mares, I first go to Aria’s pasture and when I rattle the metal gate her head comes up, she does a turn on the hindquarters until she faces me and then walks a straight line to me, sometimes not so fast as I’d like, but basically a straight line. Her walk to the gate is downhill.
Then I go to Seeker’s pasture gate – of course by then, she knows “its time” so she has started walking up to the gate. Her trek to the gate is all uphill. The path she chooses is quite interesting in that she probably covers twice as much ground as she would if she came straight to the gate. It is obvious that her choices are based on ease of travel. Instead of coming directly uphill toward the gate, she weaves back and forth…….like a sensible mountain trail horse I guess.
Then there is the energizer bunny Sherlock. When Richard goes out to call him in, as soon as he whistles, Sherlock kicks into his floating, ground covering canter, but because he loves to move, he takes the scenic route. There is no doubt that he is definitely on his way to Richard but he might canter the entire perimeter of the 20 acre pasture on his way there. Very fun to watch. And even with all that traveling, he probably takes less time to get there than the girls do when I call them !
Horses. What a treat to observe.
Posted in Behavior, Catching, Ground Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Nipping, Personal Space, Respect, Training, What Every Horse Should Know, tagged attitude, biting, equine, ground training, horse behavior, nipping, training on August 19, 2011| 4 Comments »
Posted in Behavior, Books, Bridling, Catching, Desensitization, Free Longeing, Ground Driving, Ground Training, Halter Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Long Lining, Longeing, Personal Space, Respect, Riding, Trailer Loading, Training, What Every Horse Should Know, tagged book review, cherry hill, equine, ground training, horse, horse care, horseback riding, riding, training, what every horse should know on July 25, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Catching, Desensitization, Ground Training, Handling, How to Think Like a Horse, What Every Horse Should Know, tagged catching foal, confidence, equine, ground training, horse, restriction, touching foal, training on July 21, 2011| 1 Comment »
Posted in Behavior, Catching, Ground Training, Halter Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Pecking Order, Spooking, Training, tagged equine, ground training, halter training, horse, in hand work, training on April 9, 2011| Leave a Comment »
Posted in Behavior, Catching, Desensitization, Ground Training, Handling, In-Hand Work, Training, tagged calmness, confidence, content, contentment, equine, horse, horse behavior, pecking order, submissiveness, training on March 30, 2011| 1 Comment »
The word submissive can sometimes have an undeserved bad connotation. If we are talking about a bully who is forcing another person into submission and fear, yes, that is a bad thing, a very bad thing.
But when it comes to horses and their interaction with people, submission is not only necessary from a safety standpoint, it is desirable from the horse’s perspective.
Horses feel the most secure, content and untroubled when they have a fair and capable leader. When there are no questions, when roles are clear, when the (human-horse) pecking order is established, a horse is submissive, calm and content.
Once the partnership is established, often, all it takes is the touch of a hand to elicit that calmness.
Enjoy that good horse,