Leading Light; an Introduction to Ground Work for You and Your Horse
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“Leading Light; an Introduction to Ground Work for You and Your Horse” is a simple, descriptive ‘how to’ book to teach you to use a rope halter & lead line. It introduces you and your horse to basic handling and ground skills that will not only help your horse to be safe and responsive on the ground, but also open up a communication link and establish a relationship based on trust and respect. This will improve every aspect of your life with you horse.
Leading Light offers easy to follow instructions, with illustrations, for 18 exercises. These will allow both those new to horses and experienced horse people a gateway into the use of ground skills to prepare horses for riding, and an insight into how their interaction with their horse can make positive lasting changes in their horse’s behaviour.
The eBook format allows you to carry this book in your pocket on your smart phone and to refer to it during sessions with your horse.
Justine Rumney
Justine Rumney lives and works in North Cumbria, UK. She runs a start and re-schooling yard taking young horses for start to ride & foundation, and horses that have got into difficulties for re-schooling. She also takes in horses that are donated to her because the owner can no longer care for them or because their behaviour has become too dangerous for their owners to manage. She starts or re-schools these horses until she finds an appropriate new owner for them.Much of her training took place in the USA where she worked with young & troubled horses. She learnt many cowboy & vaquero techniques, which she brought back to the UK and applied to British horses and horsemanship.Justine started to make her own rope equipment because she found it so difficult to find a good quality product in the UK. Alongside this she identified that, even though people were becoming increasingly interested in the halter & line as a practical everyday training tool there was not a lot of information about how to use them effectively.“Every tool is only as good as the hands that use it.”Justine passionately believes in education as being the most important aspect of improvement of animal welfare in the equine sector.
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Leading Light; an Introduction to Ground Work for You and Your Horse - Justine Rumney
Leading Light
An introduction to groundwork for you and your horse
Justine Rumney
Copyright 2014 Justine Rumney
Smashwords Edition
justinerumeny.co.uk
Smashwords Edition, License Notes
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All images copyright of Justine Rumney, all rights reserved
Contents
Introduction
Themes of Training
Choosing a Rope Halter & Line
Getting Started
Exercise 1 - Putting on a Rope Halter
Fitting a Halter
Tying the Knot
Teaching your Horse to Release to Pressure
Exercise 2 - Back-Up
Exercise 3 - Progressing Back-Up
Developing Soft Acceptance
Exercise 4 - Lateral Neck Flex
Exercise 5 - Accepting Touch
Progressing Acceptance
How do I Know I am Getting Through to my Horse?
Develop Patience & Attention Span
Exercise 6 - Standing Still
Progressing Standstill
Light Leading
Exercise 7 - Foundation Leading
Exercise 8 - The Stop
Exercise 9 - Engagement at Halt & Reinforcing the Stop
Progressing Leading
Exercise 10 - Walk Past
Exercise 11 - The Gate
Riding from the Ground
Exercise 12 - Riding from the ground
Exercise 13 - Set Off Side by Side
Exercise 14 - Rushy Horse Exercise
Exercise 15 - Bends
Exercise 16 - Walk the Line
Exercise 17 - Changing Direction
And Finally…
Exercise 18 - Releasing your horse
About Justine Rumney
Introduction
This book is a simple, descriptive ‘how to’ book to teach you to use a rope halter & lead line. Its aim is to teach you and your horse basic handling and ground skills using a rope halter & line.
It will cover
• The rope halter & line
• Fitting a rope halter
• Teaching your horse to release to pressure
• The standstill
• Establishing basic safe, polite leading
• Advancing leading so your horse can help you
• Preparing your horse for ridden work on line
These skills have practical everyday uses that will both allow you to handle your horse easily and safely, and prepare your