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Here is a pic of that stud who was protecting the other one. The one in front is the protector and the one is back is crippled. Its hard to tell from the pic but if you look close you can see his hind leg away from the camera is injured.

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And these guys are just a bachelor herd of 3 studs. They were very calm and just slowly started walking away from me as I got close enough to take a pic.

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bye bye guys!!

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AWE!!! the one on the right is so cute!!! Is there any good web sites with pictures on teaching to sidepass? Ive been searching but no luck. my horse is starting to do it but well...it needs work as always...

The key to teaching any thing to your horse is to always end on a possitive note. If you get her to side pass just one or two steps be sure to praise her and then let her walk away for a few more minutes before going back to the exercise. I have always found it easier to work with the horse facing a fence so that she wont be able to walk forward. If she tends to move her front end faster than the back end move your leg pressure just a bit back so as to cue her to move her hind end. Same goes in opposite if she moves her hind end faster than the front. I hope this helps some. I find it hard to teach through words only. I am better at teaching face to face so I can demonstrate and help work out problem areas. I am now a certified instructor, but I havent done much instructing yet. haha.. Good luck.
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Hey thanx a lot im sure you'll make a great trainer.

That is so awesome, that he was protected his injured herdmate like that. That pic brightened my whole day!