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IowaCanChaser Reg. Dec 2014	Posted 2015-01-26 1:17 PM Subject: RE: canter cue...
Elite Veteran Posts: 725	I slightly tip the nose to the inside of the circle I want to make, squeeze until he picks up the lope, it usually takes less then a second. I know this sounds weird, but if he doesn't pick it up right away, instead of squeezing harder, I tip the nose more and that always works well. It is a method I use to do flying lead changes as well, the direction of the nose determines which lead I want them in.
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Fairweather Reg. Jan 2004	Posted 2015-01-26 2:35 PM Subject: RE: canter cue...
Twin Sister to Queen Boobie Posts: 13315 Location: East Tennessee but who knows?!	IowaCanChaser - 2015-01-26 1:17 PM I slightly tip the nose to the inside of the circle I want to make, squeeze until he picks up the lope, it usually takes less then a second. I know this sounds weird, but if he doesn't pick it up right away, instead of squeezing harder, I tip the nose more and that always works well. It is a method I use to do flying lead changes as well, the direction of the nose determines which lead I want them in. I can see where that would help a horse that's a little further along. I've had some colts that adding even more bend to the inside when they're not taking a lead will actually cause them to take the wrong lead because they pop the shoulder to the outside. Those are usually the athletic ones that can run just as easy on a wrong lead as they can a right one.
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Leo Reg. Feb 2004	Posted 2015-01-26 3:25 PM Subject: RE: canter cue...
Night Chat Leader Posts: 13150 Location: Home....Smiling M Farms	Depends on the horse. Finished horses, I pick up the inside rein and say 'lope'. :) Young horses, Inside rein, inside foot at the girth, outside leg shaping, hips pushing them forward....feeling like a human pretzel....waiting for the day I can say 'lope'. lol
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Iwish Reg. Oct 2010	Posted 2015-01-26 3:48 PM Subject: RE: canter cue...
Career in Looney Tune Land Posts: 1717 Location: the high desert	Sorry OP hope you don't mind me asking this on your thread. What do you guys do when you ask the horse for a lope but they just trot faster faster?
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Fairweather Reg. Jan 2004	Posted 2015-01-26 3:57 PM Subject: RE: canter cue...
Twin Sister to Queen Boobie Posts: 13315 Location: East Tennessee but who knows?!	Iwish - 2015-01-26 3:48 PM Sorry OP hope you don't mind me asking this on your thread. What do you guys do when you ask the horse for a lope but they just trot faster faster? If it's a horse that's finished a lot of times collecting them up before you ask can help. Sometimes it's that they get strung out and don't pick themselves up very well and they'll just trot faster. Young horses, I'll sit a little deeper to push and and exaggerate a bit with my legs and then spank(over and under) if they don't canter and need a little encouragement. I've found they do better out of the pen when they're learning to get a little more consistent.
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