Any good Horse Forums?

Dijos

Dijos

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I began riding horses a few months ago, and I kind of need some riding tips. My GF used to barrel race, and she's teaching me, but since she never learned formally, she has a hard time communicating what I'm doing wrong to me. Also I need some other specific tips regarding cleaning my horse. Thanks for the help, Joe
 
Horses are my thing so I can probably answer a question or two.

If you want to talk to other like minded people your best bet is to sign on to the listserver Equine-L. It's an email listserver, not a forum, but it's sort of like the horse equivalent of bladeforum in that whatever question you have somebody will have the answer.

I keep the FAQ, (a little out of date at the moment), on my web site. It will tell you more about it and how to sign on.

Have a look HERE
 
There are also a lot of great horse magazines out there. I'm sure most of them probably have websites too. Good luck with the riding. I used to barrel race too. Have fun!

~ashes
 
Suerte said:
Remember that you are the BOSS and don't let the horse think (act) otherwise.
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Not quite... You are partners; you are simply the teacher. Bossing a horse around will never earn you respect, only fear, which will never make a good horse/rider team. Make him/her respect you, but don't force them to do anything they don't understand or are afraid of. You need to work with them, not against them.

~ashes
 
Ashes said:
Not quite... You are partners; you are simply the teacher. Bossing a horse around will never earn you respect, only fear, which will never make a good horse/rider team. Make him/her respect you, but don't force them to do anything they don't understand or are afraid of. You need to work with them, not against them.

~ashes
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Nice to come across another person who really knows how to work with horses. :)
 
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