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I’m hopefully free leasing a Rocky Mountain Horse. He is a gelding, and 2 and a half years old. I want to earn his trust so that we can bond and he will work with me not against me. Im going to meet him for the first time in a couple days and I would like to use as much natural horsemanship on him as possible where he is young. If anyone has any ways I could earn his trust or natural horsemansip things I can do please post it.

Thanks.

It is much better if you can find a certified NH trainer to work with you on this. If you can’t afford a trainer, then there are many good instructional videos made by a variety of NH trainers who can take you through the many good ground exercises that accomplish the trust and bonding you are looking for. Each trainer has his or her own NH methods, so you can search for one that appeals to you the most. The methods are founded in the same philosophies, and just vary in how they are carried out by individual trainers.

Western pleasure

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English pleasure

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Jumping

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Barrel racing

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Trail classes

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Safety in trail riding

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Showmanship

Western pleasure is a style of western riding used with a western saddle (saddle horn which you do not hold onto), with one hand on the reins and the other on your leg

English pleasure is the same as western, though you use an english saddle with no horn but a higher back and you have you reins in two hands

Jumping you use the english style of riding to clear obstacles. There is two kinds, show and cross country. Cross country is hilly and the jumps are more spread out while show is on flat ground and closer together.

Barrel racing is where you steer your horse at a canter or gallop (I like to slow down through the turns a bit) using a western saddle around three barels that form a triangle shape

Trail classes is where you tack up and get on those trails!

Trail saftey classes are just where you learn about the saftey and dos and don’ts of trail riding

Showmanship is where you get out ther (english only i think) and show your skills. They may ask you for a trot which would mean correct posture, keeping the horse at the speed you need, and get your posting on the right diagonal.

I would suggest taking western pleasure, english pleasure, showmanship, or trail

I am curious to know if any is or has seen(confirmed),any of these N.H especially Parelli,out there competing.I do not mean their own competitions,I mean olympic style eventing/dressage/showjumping etc…
I am not interested so much in what the founding fathers did before they discovered the light,I am trying to find out if any one has ever won a contest using these methods they expound as being the only way

Monty Roberts has, with several horses, after using his techniques and competing with those horses, always horses who would never have been able to do such a competition before he worked with them.

There are lots of great places in the Great Smoky Mountains. I don’t have any phone numbers, but you can generally see their signs at the side of the road when you are driving through. If you have your own horse, Panther Creek State Park in Morristown has some nice trails.

Get High & Wild, on a wilderness safari that is! Presented by Natural Horsemanship Instructor Glenn Stewart, the High & Wild Wilderness Adventures are a series of one week learning and adventure vacations at a luxurious lodge set 80 miles from the nearest highway and only accessible by air or horseback.

Located in the beautiful rugged mountain ranges of the Muskwa Ketchika in Northern British Columbia, this is home to one of the last remaining free-range horse herds in North America.

Participants from all over the world come together to share in this annual experience, an opportunity to put natural horsemanship principles to purpose with true mountain bred horses in a magnificent wilderness setting.
This video was captured during the 2007 High & Wild Adventure – visit www.thehorseranch.com to learn about how you can participate in further adventures.

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Ruth Hogan Poulsen shows how the classical dressage seat can be used on the equicizer. The use of an active, passive and stilling seat can be demonstrated on Ruth’s equicizer Rocky. Get more info, video and tips on my news letter. go tohttp:// www.ruthhoganpoulsen.com

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A video of a nice 3-hour horseback ride I did today with Khotso Horse Trails here in South Africa, first horse ride ever in my life. Man, it was awesome! You can also learn a lot about yourself when riding a horse, surprisingly.

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In Los Cabos Cuadra San Francisco offers spectacular trail rides in the canyons and hills of Cabo Real on well trained and well fed horses and sometimes Valente Barrena takes his falcon, Saudi, out with him.

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