Medicine Lodge Valley, Dillon, Montana

Foundation Ground Training Techniques

Caliph
by Oldenburg/Holsteiner stallion Cochise

" It is necessary to have great skill in order to arrive at this equestrian plateau. However, if tact is lacking, all the skills in the world are useless"

- Nuno Oliveira
Reflections on Equestrian Art - 1976

Introduction

Training Theory
Foundation Training
Standards
Riding Training and Teaching

Equine Psychology

Lesson 1 Personality
Lesson 2 Submission
Lesson 3 Repetition and Habit

Foundation Ground Training

Deworming
Easy Haltering
Beginning Leading and Tying
Leading via body language
Biting
Kicking
Shaking Hands
Standing

Lunging
Laying Down
Playing Tag
Advanced Leading
Mid Point Desensitizing Page 1

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