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Featuring the Proven Methods and Techniques of Horse Trainer John Lyons
Articles listed on this page are actually found on sister site, Horsemanship101.com. As time passes, I will create "exclusive content" for this section of this particular site. Until then, please be prepared to "be taken to" a second site when you click on a link below.

- Keith Hosman, John Lyons Certified Trainer

 

Backing Up

• Get Your Back Up

• Backing Up

Basic Training

• Train Your Horse to Travel Straight

Behavior

• Give Your Horse A Want-To Attitude

• Seeing Red... Ribbons Horses That Kick On The Trail

• Why Does My Horse Still Have This Problem?

• Biting Horses

• I'm Scared of My Horse, Please Help

Exercises

• Get Better Stops and a Smoother, More Willing Horse with the Three-Step-Stop Exercise

• Hurry Up and Stop

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 1: Solve Every Horse Problem

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 2: Begin the Exercise

• Hip-Shoulder-Shoulder Part 3: Finish the Exercise

Ground Training

• Horses That Pull Back or Won't Stand Tied

• Cinchy Horses

• Teach a Horse to Sidepass Toward You on the Ground

Leading and Manners

• The First Thing I Do

• How to Halter a Horse

Nervous Horses

• What Not To Do When Your Horse Bucks Or Rears And What To Do When It Does

Ownership

• How to Make Horse Training (More) Affordable

Reins and Their Use

• An Exercise For When You Can't Ride: Teach Yourself What A Give Really Feels Like

• Reins: 5 Tips to Improve Your Use

• How to Pick Up Your Reins Like a Pro

Tack

• The Snaffle Bit vs The Shank Bit

Tips

• Horse Riding Tips

Training (General)

• Four Things You Need to Train Your Horse: Motivation, Spot, Direction, Reward

• How To Get Your Horse's Attention: Recognition, Response, Control

• Keys to Making Improvements: How Long You Should Ride

• Teaching Your Horse To Stand Still

• What To Do With Horses That Want To Bolt, Buck or Blow Up

• Make Your Horse Stop

• Your Horse Is Going To Spook - Are You Ready?

• Slowing Your Horse

• Speed Up Your Slow Horse

• Riding Mechanics and Bad Habits

• My Horse Roots At The Bit

• How Far How Fast How Little

• Keys To Improvement

• Thought Vs Action

• An Easy Way To Look At Training Redirecting Pressure

• Good Now Bad Later Why Does This Happen?

• Rider Checklists

Turning

• Featured Riding Exercise: Steer the Tail

• The Steering the Tail Exercise: What To Do If

• The Clockwork Exercise Teach Neck Reining, Sidepassing, Backing Up, Spins & More

• Simple Steps to Power Steering

• How to Teach a Horse to Pivot on Its Hindquarters