Starting Colts; Catching / Sacking Out / Driving / First Ride / First 30 Days / Loading

by Mike Kevil

• ISBN13: 9781585748501
• ISBN10: 1585748501
• Format: Trade Paper
• Copyright: 2003-07-01
• Publisher: Western Horseman

Summary

You can use different words to describe Mike Kevil - horse whisperer, psychologist, magician, behaviourist-- but he prefers just plain old horse trainer. His philosophy is simple: Stimulus-Response-Reward, then Repeat. You apply a stimulus until you get the desired response, then you stop the stimulus and reward the horse. In the pages of Starting Colts, Kevil offers readers an understanding of how to apply and cease the stimulus in the best and most humane way possible.

Author Biography

MIKE KEVIL has over thirty years' experience starting colts and changing the behavior of older horses. He's traveled all over the United States and Europe working with all breeds of horses and disciplines. He works with clubs, associations, schools, and horsemen's groups. The countless colts Kevil has started have gone on to become champions in a variety of disciplines, but perhaps what's most important to him is that The horses have become winners in the hearts of their owners. When asked why he does what he does, he replied: "Two reasons. I like helping people learn, and I find the horse's mind fascinating. After all these years and all the horses I've worked with, I still get a kick every time a horse makes an improvement. My job is to teach the horse something so he's better than when I started with him." He lives in Cave Creek, Arizona

Table of Contents

1 ROUND PEN & FACILITIES	10	(4)
2 EQUIPMENT	14	(8)
3 CATCHING A HORSE	22	(8)
4 LEADING	30	(14)
5 TYING UP	44	(8)
6 LONGEING	52	(12)
7 SACKING OUT	64	(10)
8 FIRST SADDLING	74	(8)
9 INTRODUCTION TO THE BIT	82	(10)
10 DRIVING	92	(20)
11 FIRST RIDE
12 THE FIRST 30 DAYS	112	(32)
13 DEVELOPING THE MOUTH	144	(4)
14 30 TO 90 DAYS	148	(8)
15 LOADING	156	(10)
PROFILE	166