What is included with this book?
Foreword | p. vii |
Introduction | p. xi |
Getting Started | p. 1 |
Where Do You Begin? | p. 2 |
Evaluating Your Horse | p. 2 |
How the Horse's Age Affects the Countdown | p. 2 |
How Long Will the Countdown Take? | p. 2 |
Equipment Needed | p. 3 |
The Horse's Bit | p. 3 |
A Special Note on Safety | p. 5 |
"Jargon-Busters" | p. 5 |
The Teaching Process | p. 11 |
Horse Psychology 101 | p. 11 |
Conditioned Response | p. 12 |
The Five Control Points | p. 14 |
Spot, Direction, Motivator, and Release | p. 14 |
A Word about Motivators | p. 17 |
The Difference between Cues and Motivators | p. 18 |
Understanding the Release Point | p. 18 |
Combining Reinforcements | p. 19 |
Explaining a "Give" | p. 20 |
Further, Faster, Softer | p. 20 |
Muscle Memory | p. 20 |
Learning Curve | p. 21 |
Building Your Horse's Confidence | p. 21 |
Helping Your Horse Overcome His Fears | p. 21 |
Habituation | p. 22 |
Knowing When to "Push" | p. 23 |
Replacement Theory | p. 23 |
Being Fair | p. 24 |
Thoughts on Reprimanding | p. 25 |
Problem Horses | p. 26 |
The Modern Horseman's Countdown | p. 27 |
Initial Movement in the Round Pen | p. 28 |
Inside Turns | p. 34 |
Asking the Horse to "Come In" | p. 39 |
Facing and Following | p. 45 |
"Sacking-Out" | p. 50 |
Introducing Halter Pressure | p. 60 |
Tying | p. 66 |
First Saddling | p. 71 |
"Sacking-Out" under Saddle | p. 79 |
First Bridling | p. 84 |
Moving the Hips | p. 89 |
"Sacking-Out" with Hip Motion | p. 94 |
Go Forward Cue | p. 99 |
Preparing for Mounting with "Up-Downs" | p. 110 |
First Ride | p. 114 |
"Moving Out" while Mounted | p. 118 |
Jogging and Loping for the First Time | p. 124 |
Hip Serpentines | p. 131 |
Backing-Up-Part I | p. 138 |
Backing-Up-Part II | p. 145 |
Loping Circles and Straight Lines | p. 152 |
Teaching "Whoa" and Seat Stops | p. 158 |
"Clockwork"-Part I: Moving the Shoulders away from Rein Pressure | p. 165 |
Shoulder Serpentines and Circles | p. 179 |
Collection and Nose-Softening-Part I | p. 185 |
Collection and Nose-Softening-Part II | p. 189 |
Cueing Hip Motion in Response to Leg Pressure | p. 194 |
Hips In | p. 198 |
"Clockwork"-Part II: Moving the Shoulders toward Rein Pressure | p. 203 |
Lope Leads | p. 211 |
Cueing Shoulder Motion in Response to Leg Pressure | p. 215 |
Perfecting Leads | p. 221 |
Flying Lead Changes | p. 226 |
Final Check-In | p. 233 |
Index | p. 235 |
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