Coyote Counselling » story telling http://ramblings.easterndesert.org Finding our way through Trickster's footprints . . . Thu, 17 Mar 2011 01:56:43 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Advance and Retreat http://ramblings.easterndesert.org/2009/06/06/advance-and-retreat/ http://ramblings.easterndesert.org/2009/06/06/advance-and-retreat/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:24:42 +0000 collinsd http://ramblings.easterndesert.org/?p=72 Advance and retreat is a common training tactic. I’ve used it very successfully with my horse. In fact, with Chiquita, when she doesn’t feel like being engaged, I force the issue a little bit. I increase the pressure on her by walking aggressively. I aim my gaze directly at her and point my body to her hind quarters. “If you want to walk away from me, I’ll make you run.” The strange thing is that when I take the pressure off by turning away and dropping my posture, she’ll turn and begin to walk toward me. She may not respond quickly but after a few tries she usually wants to follow me around.

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