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 Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | I'm just stirring the pot today... Does it bother anyone else when people say WHOA when queing the horse to turn the barrel? In my neck of the woods you could pick whatever word you'd like but Whoa and Hoe are words that que a STOP. So I constantly wonder what others think or just it just come flyin out of your mouth like whoa turn dang it! lol |
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 Chicken Chick
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Location: Texas | It bothers me a little... but I say it also so I guess I don't have a leg to stand on lol. |
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 A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | Dont bother me at all  |
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 Reaching for the stars....
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| My horses are trained to check with a 'Hey!' I sometimes forget that word and they get 'Barrel!' LOL! But no, not 'whoa,' or 'hoe,' they are different commands. Maybe a 'whoa' in the alley, but not during the pattern. |
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The Advice Guru
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| I say whoa on my young horses, and really I don't care what other people do or say to their horse as long as they are not abusing the horse |
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Location: Qld Australia | Whoa means STOP to all my horses. If you say Whoa to any of them you better mean it!!!
Easy means slow down., also some I hum to as they are too responsive to words. |
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 Chasin my Dream
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Location: Alberta | Honestly people can do as they please- whoa means stop to my horses and a cluck or smooch means go, my body talks enough to my horse when we run I don't need to speak, except smooch :) |
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Crazy Doggy Mommy
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Location: Where Governor's make the liscense plates | Some seem to find it beneath them to worry about what others do or say- I'm just trying to discuss if you've noticed it, and if it ever irks you. Personally whoa/hoe is stop to my horses :) |
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The Advice Guru
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| FirstFirewater - 2014-03-09 6:59 PM
Some seem to find it beneath them to worry about what others do or say- I'm just trying to discuss if you've noticed it, and if it ever irks you. Personally whoa/hoe is stop to my horses :)
I do find this comment to be rude.
I have to focus on my own horses, my own run, I don't need to be distracted with what someone else is doing. If I have a free moment after my run or while I am waiting, I would rather spend my time visiting with friends then tearing apart someone's run.
There are so many different ways to train a successful barrel horse, the only thing that matters is if the rider is having fun. |
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Location: rabbit run | WHOA YOU HO!!!
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | I'm one of the ones that dont worry about how others ride or train their horses, to busy with my own  |
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Location: the end of the rainbow | I would not buy a horse that had been taught that whoa or hoe meant to rate a barrel. I have never been able to teach or ride a good stop & I use my voice a lot. So I'm pretty sure I would eat dirt on a horse that thought whoa meant turn fast & run like hell. |
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A Somebody to Everybody
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Location: Under The Big Sky Of Texas | diggerdoo - 2014-03-09 7:27 PM
WHOA YOU HO!!!
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 Always Off Topic
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Location: ND | i think that using whoa/hoe to check a horse says a lot about someone's training if that's their method.....and that they don't figure there's much use for their horse other than barrels.... |
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Elite Veteran
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Location: Qld Australia | dhdqhllc - 2014-03-10 11:43 AM i think that using whoa/hoe to check a horse says a lot about someone's training if that's their method.....and that they don't figure there's much use for their horse other than barrels....
I agree with you . . . but have you seen Marlene's videos? She practically YELLS it at them.
She does only train for barrel just like you say. |
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Hungarian Midget Woman
Location: Midwest | I say "here" to rate
I'm pretty sure it doesn't really do much as I mostly use my body to cue my horse to turn, but it makes me feel better to say something. LOL |
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 You get what you give
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Location: Texas | I say whoa. One of mine I would like her to think she needs to stop at the first because she can fly by it LOL.
Honestly, when I cue my horses to stop or transition down from any gate, it's a body positioning thing. I sit down, shift my weight back, and then apply bit pressure…saying anything is usually last.
and if you watch my videos.. I think they are already rating when I'm saying whoa.. so they probably have it covered without me LOL |
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Fire Ant Peddler
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| diggerdoo - 2014-03-09 7:27 PM
WHOA YOU HO!!!
That's exactly what I'm thinking since one of mine thinks that Ho is her name.
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 Coyote Country Queen
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| Sometimes I have a conversation with my horse during our runs! I'm sure people wonder what I'm jabbering about out there! But most of the time I don't really say anything. I have a free-running gelding that is blind in one eye, and if I feel like he's rolling a little too hard into the barrel I'll say easy. With my ratey/turny horse I better be smooching around the barrel to keep her moving, if I said whoa or easy she'd probably stop. |
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 Accident Prone
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Location: 100 miles from Nowhere, AR | The one I'm running now, you better not say whoa... |
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