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Written by Clinton Anderson

There are few things as frustrating, or evenas embarrassing, as having to deal with ahorse that refuses to go into the arena.

Chances are you or someone you know hashad to deal with an arena-shy horse, especial-ly if you compete in timed events.

Think of the situation from the horse’sperspective. Outside of the arena he gets torelax with his buddies while inside the arenahe has to work hard and hustle his feet. Assoon as he leaves the arena, he’s allowed torest and be with his friends again.

Horses are basically lazy creatures,meaning that they always pick the option ofthe least amount of work. So when an arena-shy horse is walked towards the arena, his onlythought is how he’s going to get out of havingto go into the arena to work hard. That’s whenhe rears, spins around and backs up – any-thing he can do to not go in the arena. When ahorse is misbehaving, he uses the reactiveside of his brain, he’s energetic and wants togo somewhere. And the more you try to forcehim to behave, the more upset and nervous hegets.

Conquer His FearWhen you’re working with an arena-shy

horse, don’t think, “How can I make him get inthe arena?” Think, “How can I make it uncom-fortable for him not to go in the arena?” You’lldo that by working the horse hard where hewants to be (outside the arena) and letting himrest where you want him to be (in the arena).You’ll do the complete opposite of what he isexpecting.

Depending on how arena-shy your horseis, you might only be able to get him within 150feet of the arena before he starts misbehaving.That will be your starting point. Using one reinto direct him, you’ll work the horse hard hus-tling his feet and constantly making himchange directions. The more you changedirections, the more he’ll use the thinking sideof his brain.

Some examples of exercises you can useare: serpentines, rollbacks, trotting or canter-ing circles, etc. Keep in mind that you’ll bewasting your time if you let the horse drag hisfeet and daydream about his next meal. Makehim hustle his feet and give him a reason towant to go in the arena and relax.

Work the horse for 15 to 20 minutes awayfrom the arena and then take him into thearena and let him rest. In the beginning, youmight only be able to bring the horse within90 feet of the arena. While the horse is resting,rub him and give him a chance to catch hisbreath. After letting him rest for 10 minutes, goback to working him 150 feet away from thearena again for another 15 to 20 minutes.

Each time that you work the horse, you’lltake him back to your original starting point –the place he wants to be. And each time you lethim rest, you’ll bring him closer to the arena.The second time you might get him 60 feetfrom the arena and the third time you mightget him in the arena.

When you let the horse rest, drape thereins down his neck and dare him to move. Ifhe wants to move, let him. Take him back towhere you were working him and hustle hisfeet. Instead of sitting on the horse and saying,“Don’t go!” let him move, and then offer him

the chance to stand still and relax. You have togive him a reason to want to be in the arenaand to relax.

Do the Opposite of WhatHe Expects

The horse thinks that as soon as he stepsone hoof in the arena he’s going to have towork hard and sweat. Instead, once you get inthe arena, let him relax and get off of him. Puthim in the barn and take the saddle off. Do theexact opposite of what he expects.

With repetition, he will soon learn that hehas no reason to fear the arena. Whatever youdo, don’t get the horse in the arena and imme-diately start working him hard because thenyou’ll have to start the whole process overagain.

Consistency is YourGreatest Ally

Practicing this exercise one day isn’tgoing to cure an arena-shy horse. On the firstday you may get the horse inside of the arena,but that’s just the start of the process.Remember, when training a horse, consistencyis your greatest ally and inconsistency is yourgreatest enemy. You have to consistently chipaway at his fear and resentment of going intothe arena every day. If you do that, eventually,you will be able to eliminate the problem. ■

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Parturition-Foaling

The length of pregnancy is normally 335to 342 days, but is not too uncommon fora mare to carry a foal over 365 days,

especially in early bred mares, mule foals,donkey foals, and male foals. Most mares areconsistant in their pregnancies from year toyear. Therefore if your mare’s pregnancy last-ed 320 days for one foal, then the next preg-nancy will probably last approximately 320days.

Impending parturition can besignaledby mammary development, yellow colostralleakage or waxing, relaxation of the pelvicligaments, reduced feed intake, separationfrom the herd, and a change in color of themilk from clear water to cloudy. Early morn-ing foaling is common.

The stages of labor begin with anxious-ness, up and down activity, rolling, colic-likesymptoms, then the water bag appears andbreaks. The mare will usually assume lateralrecumbency (laying on her side), and expelthe fetus. This expulsion with noticeablegrunting efforts by the mare will take 10 to 20minutes during which the foal’s front feetshould appear one slightly ahead of the otherwith a nose shortly following in an uprightposition.

If the mare presents a large, meaty,bloody placenta before the foal is evident thenthe foal needs to be extracted quickly to pre-vent asphyxiation. This is premature separa-tion of the placenta. If the foal’s feet are upsidedown, the foal’s nose fails to appear , or themare strains for longer than 10 to 20 minuteswith no progression then it is imperative to callyour veterinarian for advice or help. In themeantime get the mare up and walk her toslow the progression of labor until helparrives.

If the mare has foaled normally, let themare get up by herself and don’t be in a hurryto interfere unless the foal’s nose is obstructedwith the placenta. It is important for the foal toreceive the blood from the placenta via theumbilicus before the mare rises and breaksthe umbilicus.

A good rule of thumb is #1 the foalshould rise within 1 hour, #2 the foal shouldnurse within 2 hours, #3 the placenta shouldbe passed within 3 hours. If these do not occurthen veterinary help is needed.

Please keep in mind that mares like aquiet secluded setting for foaling and that wecan complicate this natural process by noise,excessive handling, lighting, and human inter-ference. Consult your veterinarian about theneeds of your mare and foal before this won-derful event takes place so that you may beprepared. Good luck and God Bless! ■

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first time he went camping I tookhim and he almost killed meby “helping”. I asked him to refillthe yellow jacket trap with moreliquid. He held it in his fingers,squeezed the tube and cut it, spray-ing me completely with yellowjacket attractant. I think I brokesome sort of running record as Itook off for the bathroom and show-ers with a “herd” of yellow jacketshot on my tail. Every time I ask himto help me with something I getinjured and I truthfully don’t knowhow the man lived this long with theway he does things. Oh, he’s veryhelpful, too helpful, just jumps inwithout really knowing or under-standing what is involved. Butwhen he was working in the corpo-rate world, he did make greatspeeches.

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On January 20th, 2011 The Rowe familyof King man, Arizona experienced ahorrible tragedy. Shorty before noon

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Arizona, as we horse lovers haveknown it, sadly to say, will be nomore.

I remember coming here in 1978, toescape cold and damp winters back Eastcoast that literally made me ill. I threw mytwo dogs and cat and a handful of clothesin the car and headed West.

I settled in outside the Phoenix area. Iwill never forget the first time I saw theblue sky and majestic mountains that sur-rounded me. There was a beauty and tran-quility about it I loved so much that Iembraced it for the next thirty years.

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I mused over the popular trend thatwas sweeping America, made popular byJohn Travolta, who, by the way, never evenrode a horse during the movie! After all,there were those of us who were countrybefore country was cool.

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Closer to home, I saddle up and haveto compete with ATV's and dirt bikes onremote trails I used to enjoy riding on. Iworry about being alone now. I worryabout my horse confronting noise andstrangers on paths that use to belong to us.

It is harder now to get the supplies Iuse to find in Walmart and any grocerystore. Feed stores are still our hallmark toour past heritage we are desperately clingto. We can get what we need, look at theanimals and fish and look over the bulletinboard that is exclusively for us.

Two-lane highways are now four lanesand are heavily traveled. Towns that use tobe spread out are now connected by inter-states. Ranches have disappeared alongwith ranchers. Buildings and housingtracts dot the landscape that use to belongto cattle and horses.

Horse rescues are competing againstordinances and developers. Riding trailsnow belong to BMX and dirt bikes.

The old, unsettled West that I onceknew has come and gone.

Thank Heaven's there's still the GrandCanyon to watch over us. ■

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Rick Gore – I have been getting them and think they are great. Nice layout, short and to the point and enjoy it. Glad the articles help. I have lotsof tips on my horseman tips page, most are pretty short, you may find somethat you like, feel free to use them as well.

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When a horse has a bad expe-rience with a saddle, itbecomes a big mean thing

to the horse. No big deal. Alwaysmake sure it is not physical problemswith the saddle, like dental issueswith bit, saddle fit, soreness frominjury or dirty cinch. If you have astall or small pen, put the little guy inthere and give him some grain orhay. While he is eating, bring in asaddle and set in the opposite end ofstall. Leave it and the horse. If youhave, two or three saddles bringthem all in one at a time and put themin different areas of stall. Let themwork out their issues for a few hours.Bring the guy some carrots and feedhim close or near the saddles. Thenonce he is good with that, lay somecarrots on the saddle and let him eatthem off the saddle. A few days ofthis, he will think the saddle is thecarrot fairy. Then progress to holdinga saddle and bring him a carrot.Before you try to put that saddle onhim, make sure he loves the saddleand shows no reaction to. Bring it withyou to groom him, to feed him, justmake part of you and he soon willtrust it like he trusts you. Once yousaddle him, make it short, put it onand take it off. Don't let go of it. Slowlyincrease the time it stays on him. Youmay only get to 10 sec on first day.After he lets you put the saddle on hisback, give him a carrot and take it off.After this, the cinch will be anothermatter. You have to desensitize hiscinch area as well. Do this with a softrope. Put it around him and slide itaround. Make it snug and pull it off.Make sure he can handle a rope youare holding around his cinch areawithout a reaction. There is a verygood saying in the horse world. If youtake the time it takes, it takes lesstime. Don't rush this. As far as he isconcerned that stinking saddle triedto eat him, hurt him, and beat him, thesaddle is not his friend. You need tochange that.

The first time you get him sad-dled, don't untie him. Just saddle him,brush him give him a treat, pick hisfeet and then unsaddle him. You haveto give him a few good experienceswith the saddle to push that bad onebehind. After a few good saddleswhile he is tied, then untie and takehim for a short walk, let him graze alittle, bring him back, and unsaddle.Then after a few of those, take him tothe round pen and work him lightlywhile saddled, make it short and nonstressful. Then unsaddle him. Afterthis, you will be on your way. For thesaddle, I would start now with blan-kets, remember earlier about touch-ing her everywhere, after you have

her trust, a blanket will be no differ-ent that a rope, a stick, feed bag etc. Iwould not saddle before two. Thenonly for a short period. When you aresacking her out, lean on her, let hersupport your weight, later you gether used to you sitting on her, slidingon and off her, etc As for the bit andsaddle intro, I never use a bit. If I geta problem horse the first thing I do isget rid of the bit. A good horse willwork and ride in a halter. I use abosal (also called a hackamore), thisfits around the nose and is much lessharsh then metalin the mouth. Abit, if you decideto use it, shouldonly be intro-duced later intraining. Anygood trainer willstart a horse in ahalter and rope.My first rides onyoung horses arealways with arope halter andrope. The fastestway to ruin ahorse is put a bitin and startpulling on bothreins. By startingwith a halter andrope you teachthe horse to giveto pressure and since you have beenleading her around, she understandsit, trust it and knows it will not hurther.

Not familiar with the term play-ing up and on right rein? I think youare talking about her right and leftlead. Most horses have a good sideand an off side. If you are using orhave access to a round pen you cantry and fix it there. Horses that knowand change leads on their own willnormally do it under saddle (whenyou are riding). Throwing her headcould be a sign of resistance or dis-play that she does not know how tochange leads. A horse running offlead is also called cross firing, it isnot smooth and is rough on horse andrider. By round penning and changedirections you will learn to pick upher left lead. By making her do smallturns either on line or in a round pen,she will learn that picking up the cor-rect lead is easier.

Head throwing can be a sign ofpain too, make sure the bit is not tootight or hurting her. Most horses canbe ridden with a halter in a roundpen. They can't go far and will learnnot to run through the halter whenthey get tired. I would put a halter onthe horse, round pen it, teach to giveto the halter. Have it change direc-tions at a canter so it can learn to

change leads. Then get on the horsein the round pen and ride it with ahalter, if it cross fires, pick up speedand try and push the rear to the out-side to help her pick up correct lead.

The horse does not have theproblem, he is being a horse. Eitheryou or some other person has causedthis behavior, not the horse. You areright that you and your horse are sup-posed to be partners. But a partner-ship is a two way street. Your horse isnot being a good partner if he isdoing this out of disrespect. I think

you like mostpeople havetaught this with-out knowing it.Not sure how longyou have hadhorse, but yousaid he startedthis lately, so Iassume there wasa time before late-ly where he didnot do this. Myguess is when youride him, as soonas you get back tobarn you get offthe horse, youtake the saddleoff, you brushhim, you may givehim a treat orsome grain and

then you put him up with his buddies.Any or all of these are why he isdoing this. Think like a horse. He hasbeen trained that as soon as I getback to barn good things happen, soI need to get back to the barn fasterso good things will start happening.Now that is probably part of the prob-lem, the other part is you are allowinghim to do it. A horse cannot back upvery fast compared to how fast he canrun, when he starts to go faster than awalk, turn him and face the other waywhere his butt is to the barn. If he isstill in a hurry, great, work on hisback up, let him go as fast as he wantsin reverse. This is one thing. Anotheris to let him run (which it seems likeyou have done already) and as soonas he gets to barn, start working him,do some turns, back him up, and thenstart walking away from barn like youare going on another ride, make himwalk out and then make him walkback in. You will have to plan to getback to barn early so you will havetime to work him. Once he startsthinking, man when I get back to thebarn I have to work, she is going toback me, ride me in circles, work onopening gates, and other things. Hewill not be so much in such a hurry toget back to the barn. Letting him runback to barn is not a good idea, but ifit happens, then make him walk and

walk back in.Don't get off him right away at the

barn, sit on him, talk to friends, workon sacking him out, walk under trees,ride the fence line and check forweak or dangerous fence hazards, hehas to start thinking that the barn isNOT where, you get off, my saddlecomes off, I get grain, etc. This willtake away his drive to want to getback to barn. Another thing you cando when he gets in a hurry to runback to the barn, turn him aroundand run him away from the barn.Then start walking back to the barn,if he breaks out of walk, turn and runhim away again, soon he will be tootired to run and will want to walk. Allof these fixes depend on you. Youhave to be consistent and make sureyou don't get mean or mad. I laughwhen my horse does this sometimesand then we work on things likebacking, turning, going up and downditches, left turns, right turns, flexing,stopping and just standing. This is atraining opportunity for you and yourhorse. Your horse is helping you be abetter horse person and he is chal-lenging you to out think him. Showhim you can. Make the right thingeasy and wrong thing difficult. ■

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