A-Z of things to do with the out of work horse! Join in please!

[Whatanejit]

So alot of us have horses who are out of work and / or some of us are not riding our horses for whatever reason so I thought we could compile an A-Z list or even 101 things to do with our horses.

Please Join in :)

A -
B - bathing
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip.
D - dentist appointment, driving
E -
F -
G - grooming
I - inhand training/hacking
J - joinup
K -
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself
M -
N -
O -
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work
Q -
R - Reiki
S - saddle check, shiatsu
T - Tellington Touch
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

Oh, the last lot will be tricky!

Looking forward to your add ons!

[Ms Kitty]

Too early in the morning, brain doesn't work. ;) Could only add few things!

A -
B - bathing
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip, clipping
D - dentist appointment, driving
E -
F -
G - grooming
H - hoof trimming, hogging
I - inhand training/hacking
J - joinup
K -
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself
M -
N -
O -
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work
Q -
R - Reiki
S - saddle check, shiatsu
T - Tellington Touch, trapping
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z -

I'll try and add more later on!

Nina x

[Bobbin]

A -
B - bathing
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip.
D - dentist appointment, driving
E - EQUINE TOUCH
F -
G - grooming, GROUNDWORK
I - inhand training/hacking
J - joinup
K -
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself
M - MASSAGE
N -
O -
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, PARELLI
Q -
R - Reiki
S - saddle check, shiatsu
T - Tellington Touch
U -
V -
W - WALKS
X -
Y -
Z - ZZZZZZZZ

[Bay Mare]

A -
B - bathing, Bowen, ballotade (http://www.eclectic-horseman.com/newsletter/pages/Bettina_2.gif), barrel racing, BHS Trec
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip, clipping, carrot stretches,chiro, communicator, capriole, courbette, canter pirouette, counter canter,,
D - dentist appointment, driving, densenstising, direct transitions, dressage,
E - Equine Touch, establishing the try, endurance, endoscopy,
F - Feed, flying change,, flexing
G - grooming, groundwork, garrocha,
H - hoof trimming, hogging, haut ecole, half pass, hacking, horseball
I - inhand training/hacking, inhand grazing,
J - joinup, jousting, jambette
K - Kinesiology,
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself, loose jumping, leg yield, levade, liberty work, lateral work, Le Trec,
M - Massage, MRI scan,
N - NH ground games, nerve blocking,
O - one day event, One Rein Stop (from the ground),
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, parelli, paint stable, pole work, pull mane, pessade, piaffe, passage, polo,
Q - quit sleep,
R - Reiki, rasp feet, renvers, re-enactment
S - saddle check, shiatsu, sheath cleaning, stretches, shoulder in, spanish walk, simple changes, showing, show jumping, side saddle, stunt riding, slalom
T - Tellington Touch, trapping, trimming, travers, tempi changes, three day event, trick riding,
U - Undoing bad habits, understanding your horse, upping your energy
V - vaulting, voice commands, vet check
W - Walks, watch professionals at work for pointers, working equitation,
X - x-ray, x-country (sorry ;) ),
Y - Yielding the hindquarters, Yielding the forequarters,
Z - Zzzzzz ...

[ellie-smiles]

A -
B - bathing, Bowen;
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip, clipping, chiro, communicator, carrot stretches
D - dentist appointment, driving, densenstising
E - Equine Touch
F - Feed,
G - grooming, groundwork
H - hoof trimming, hogging, haut ecole,
I - inhand training/hacking, inhand grazing
J - joinup
K - Kinesiology,
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself; loose jumping
M - Massage
N -
O -
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, pull mane, parelli
Q -
R - Reiki, rasp feet,
S - saddle check, shiatsu, stretches, sheath cleaning:eek:
T - Tellington Touch, trapping, trimming,
U -
V - vaulting, voice commands
W - Walks,watch professionals at work for pointers
X -
Y -
Z - Zzzzzz ...

[mayoguinness]

A - artistic painting of the horse:p, apple muching
B - bathing, bowen
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip. carrrot chewing
D - dentist appointment, driving, desensitisation
E - eating
F - Field chillin. follow the leader.
G - grooming, galloping round fields with horsey following behind:D
H - hit the human with tale game, human hugging horsey game, hide and seek (yep is possible)
I - inhand training/hacking, ignore human game
J - joinup
K - kick the human game
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself and for horsey, learning from each other
M -
N - Natural Horsemanship groundgames
O - oat swollowing
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, playing, Parelli ground work
Q - quit sleep
R - Reiki, rasping
S - saddle check, shiatsu, sleeping
T - Tellington Touch, trimming, talking
U -
V -
W - walking
X -
Y -
Z - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz a lot............................................

[Whatanejit]

This is looking good!

I don't know what Trapping is, though???

[KateWooten]

A - artistic painting of the horse, apple muching
B - bathing, Bowen;
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip, clipping, chiro, communicator, carrot stretches
D - dentist appointment, driving, densenstising
E - Equine Touch, eating, establishing the try
F - Feed,Field chillin, Follow the leader, Flexing
G - grooming, groundwork, galloping round fields with horsey following behind
H - hoof trimming, hogging, haut ecole, hit the human with tail game, human hugging horsey game, hide and seek
I - inhand training/hacking, inhand grazing, ignore human game
J - joinup
K - Kinesiology,kick the human game
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself; loose jumping, learning from each other
M - Massage
N - Natural Horsemanship groundgames
O - oat swallowing, One Rein Stop (from the ground)
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, pull mane, Parelli
Q - quit sleep
R - Reiki, rasp feet,
S - saddle check, shiatsu, stretches, sheath cleaning, sleeping
T - Tellington Touch, trapping, trimming,talking
U - Undoing bad habits, understanding your horse, upping your energy
V - vaulting, voice commands, vet check
W - Walks,watch professionals at work for pointers
X - X-ray any stiff joints ?
Y - Yielding the hindquarters, Yielding the forequarters
Z - Zzzzzz ...

[Joyscarer]

A - artistic painting of the horse:p, apple muching
B - bathing, bowen
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip. carrrot chewing
D - dentist appointment, driving, desensitisation
E - eating
F - Field chillin. follow the leader.
G - grooming, galloping round fields with horsey following behind:D
H - hit the human with tale game, human hugging horsey game, hide and seek (yep is possible)
I - inhand training/hacking, ignore human game
J - joinup
K - kick the human game
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself and for horsey, learning from each other, liberty work, lateral work, Le Trec
M -
N - Natural Horsemanship groundgames
O - oat swollowing
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, playing, Parelli ground work
Q - quit sleep
R - Reiki, rasping
S - saddle check, shiatsu, sleeping
T - Tellington Touch, trimming, talking
U -
V -
W - walking
X -
Y -
Z - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz a lot............................................[/QUOTE]

[capalldubh]

Goodness, where do we ever find time to ride? :D

I would add Q - quality time, but I think that's been well covered in other posts ;)

[rianne21]

lol for a i was gonna say admire!!! :o

[cazrider]

A - artistic painting of the horse, apple muching
B - bathing, bowen, bouncing in hand
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip. carrrot chewing, cuddling
D - dentist appointment, driving, desensitisation, dragging to munch grass
E - eating
F - Field chillin. follow the leader.
G - grooming, galloping round fields with horsey following behind, grooming kit washing
H - hit the human with tale game, human hugging horsey game, hide and seek (yep is possible)
I - inhand training/hacking, ignore human game
J - joinup
K - kick the human game
L - longreining, Lunging, lessons for yourself and for horsey, learning from each other, liberty work, lateral work, Le Trec
M - mugging for treats game, massage
N - Natural Horsemanship groundgames
O - oat swollowing
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, playing, Parelli ground work
Q - quit sleep
R - Reiki, rasping
S - saddle check, shiatsu, sleeping, scratching in places he enjoys
T - Tellington Touch, trimming, talking
U -
V -
W - walking
X -
Y -
Z - Zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

[mayoguinness]

Kate you just had to get them all didn't you:p:D

[Whatanejit]

This is looking like a pretty comprehensive list!

Not sure if I will be vaulting on Coops, though! :eek:


Thanks everyone!



A - artistic painting of the horse, apple munching, admire
B - bathing, Bowen; bouncing in hand
C - clicker training, clean tack and grooming equip, clipping, chiro, communicator, carrot stretches
D - dentist appointment, driving, desensitising
E - Equine Touch, eating, establishing the try
F - Feed, Field chilling, Follow the leader, Flexing
G - grooming, groundwork, galloping round fields with horsey following behind
H - hoof trimming, hogging, haut ecole, hit the human with tail game, human hugging horsey game, hide and seek
I - in hand training/hacking, in hand grazing, ignore human game
J - join up
K - Kinesiology, kick the human game
L - long reining, Lunging, lessons for yourself; loose jumping, learning from each other, liberty work, lateral work, le Trec
M – Massage, mugging for treats!
N - Natural Horsemanship ground games
O - oat swallowing, One Rein Stop (from the ground)
P - plaiting, physiotherapy, paint stable, pole work, pull mane, Parelli
Q - quit sleep
R - Reiki, rasp feet,
S - saddle check, shiatsu, stretches, sheath cleaning, sleeping, scratching for places he enjoys
T - Tellington Touch, trapping, trimming, talking
U - Undoing bad habits, understanding your horse, upping your energy
V - vaulting, voice commands, vet check
W - Walks, watch professionals at work for pointers
X - X-ray any stiff joints ?
Y - Yielding the hindquarters, Yielding the forequarters
Z - Zzzzzz ...
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