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LESSON 2

True-False Questions

1. TRUE FALSE Confrontation with a horse should be avoided.

2. TRUE FALSE Communication is the first element of training.

3. TRUE FALSE Force compliance to your requests. Never let the horse win.

4. TRUE FALSE Halter breaking should start when the horse is very young.

5. TRUE FALSE Teach a horse to stop and stand before going on to other lessons.

6. TRUE FALSE All action starts with the front legs.

7. TRUE FALSE Put a horse on a lunge line and let him run for a while to take the edge off.

8. TRUE FALSE Properly used, a lunge line gives control over the horse for both work and exercise.

9. TRUE FALSE Wrapping the rope around your hands or arms gives you more control of the lunge line.

10. TRUE FALSE To get maximum control over the horse, always tie the lunge line to the bit.

11. TRUE FALSE The horse's nose should be tipped into the direction of travel while he is lungeing.

12. TRUE FALSE A horse will soon correct himself if he is on the wrong lead or cross-firing.

13. TRUE FALSE Lungeing is of no value in suppling your horse or keeping him flexible.

14. TRUE FALSE To discipline the misbehaving horse, jerk the lunge line, then immediately release the pressure.

15. TRUE FALSE Most people have trouble lungeing a horse because they back away instead of walking toward the horse's hindquarters.

16. TRUE FALSE Lungeing is a good way to begin reschooling a sour horse.

TRAINING PERFORMANCE HORSES

NARRATIVE REPORT

1.Briefly explain the horse's ability to perform the exercises prior to using the course training methods:

2. Briefly describe the horse's reaction to training methods during the first few learning sessions:

3. Briefly describe the horse's progress under the training methods outlined in this lesson.

4. List any specific problems, and explain how you went about solving them. Do you need help in finding a solution or a correction?

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