{"id":2779,"date":"2018-09-21T20:55:59","date_gmt":"2018-09-22T02:55:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/?p=2779"},"modified":"2018-09-24T20:58:26","modified_gmt":"2018-09-25T02:58:26","slug":"teaching-step-over","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/?p=2779","title":{"rendered":"Teaching Step Over"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Before I ever get in Harvey, or any horse for that matter, they need to know how to step over to a gate so I can get on. For Harvey, and any other horse in training or that I don&#8217;t know the history of, it&#8217;s not just a handy way to get on but a way to make sure they are ok with someone over their backs. A way to test their reactions with feet planted firmly on the&#8230; fence, gate, whatever. He can spook and run off bucking when I put a leg over the saddle and it wont matter because I will still have a firm hold on the gate. This could be done by teaching them to target with their hip and asking them to step over that way but I don&#8217;t see any way that the horse is being harmed by teaching a cue, tapping with the whip, instead. I&#8217;ve never had any luck figuring out how to teach hip targeting anyway and I know how to do it this way.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 700px;\" class=\"wp-video\"><video class=\"wp-video-shortcode\" id=\"video-2779-1\" width=\"700\" height=\"394\" preload=\"metadata\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"video\/mp4\" src=\"http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/09\/My-Movie-117.mp4?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/09\/My-Movie-117.mp4\">http:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2018\/09\/My-Movie-117.mp4<\/a><\/video><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Before I ever get in Harvey, or any horse for that matter, they need to know how to step over to a gate so I can get on. For Harvey,&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,10],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-clicker-training","category-harvey"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2781,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2779\/revisions\/2781"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pumpkinvinefarms.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}