John Lyons Videos

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John Lyons Symposium Video Collection I  – Techniques For All Riding Disciplines (Set of 6 Tapes)

John takes you through one of his personal weekend Symposiums. Starting with an unbroke horse, John teaches effective Round Pen Reasoning. The collection covers: riding the unbroke horse for the first time; exercises for the spooky, high-headed horse; and teaching leads, leg cues, etc., for the more finished horse. Techniques are shown, through live demonstrations, on a totally unbroke horse and with John's stallion, Bright Zip. (6 tapes – 120 minutes each)

Tape 1:  John shows you how to gain a better understanding of the conditioned-response method of training. Learn exercises for nervous, high-headed horses and how to evaluate training techniques, overcome fears and how to control jigging on the trail. This tape helps you get that all-important start with your training program. (120 minutes)

Tape 2: Begins with more round pen work. John discusses the round pen and how to improve position and timing in the round pen. He shows you how to increase the attention span of your horse, how to cure the hard-to-catch horse, dealing with head shyness and ear shyness, longeing, sacking out the unbroke horse, ground tying, and the use of the snaffle bit, plus much more. (120 minutes)

Tape 3: This part of the series takes you through the steps for that all-important first mounting of the unbroke horse. You will learn how to put the bridle on for the first time, deal with a horse that chews on the bit, handle cinchy horses, and get the horse to stand still while being mounted. Find out how you can get your horse to relax and how to handle horses that either won't move or that go too fast. Learn how to recognize problems before they are out of control, how to handle horses that rear and that always-nagging problem of riding stallions around mares. Tape number three will show you how to handle a variety of behavior problems and sets the groundwork for more advanced training. (120 minutes)

Tape 4: Ever had to deal with a cranky horse? This tape shows you how to deal with this perplexing problem. This tape also shows you how to handle the stallion that drops in public, getting the horse to come when called, leading without resistance, trotting along side on cue, getting movement in confined areas and gaining lightness through the turn. John continues to work with the unbroke horse showing you how to continue on with the horse once it has been saddled for the first time. (120 minutes)

Tape 5: For more advanced training, this is the tape for you. In this tape, John shows you how to deal with your horse and its natural inclination towards fear. He shows you how to deal with fear-related obstacles on the trail such as animals, motorcycles, etc. You will learn how to get your horse to cross obstacles such as creeks and plastic tarps. This tape will help you perfect your circles, learn about elevation, leaning on the bit, arc, breaking at the poll and leg speed. This tape covers a multitude of information and is a must for those who want more polish on their pleasure horse. (120 minutes)

Tape 6: Continues with perfecting the circle and improving your overall control and responsiveness with specific cone exercises. Have you been having trouble getting your horse to stop on its hindquarters? This tape will give you the tools you need to accomplish that, as well as rating horse's speed off of the rider's seat, perfecting the jog trot, how to build a great stop, balanced turns, moving on the diagonal, cue spots for sidepassing, leads (simple and flying changes), and backing. Learn how to control your horse's speed without the use of a bit. John also covers exercises that are great for instructors who have students with confidence problems. And, just for fun, John shows you how to train your horse to lie down and sit up on command. (100 minutes)

John Lyons Symposium Collection II –  Set of 7 Tapes

Are you seeking better communication with your horse? Do you desire a partnership with your horse so that he/she willingly responds to you in a fluid, ever so light manner? Discover, through this series, how to get your horse's undivided attention and develop his/her ground manners to perfection. Each tape in this series builds one on another and explains how to develop the communication lines between you and your horse. Learn how you can control each muscle group in your horse's body. This series will show you in an easy, uncomplicated way how to ask your horse to soften each muscle of his body so that he/she can move in any direction, at any speed, you desire. Leads are a snap – no more stiffness in your horse or making excuses for his/her lack of performance. At last, anyone with a serious desire for learning can easily control their horse's mind and body! For those of you that show and compete, get that winning edge by using John's effective techniques. These tapes will make a remarkable difference in every horse's performance.

Tape 1: Head Shyness and Ear Clipping the Easy Way(60 minutes)

In this video, John is working with an Arabian gelding while demonstrating how to clip a horse's ears. Through viewing this tape and following the lesson plan John outlines, anyone could successfully master ear clipping their horse. Important information given, such as:

• Teaching your horse to stand still without a halter and lead, to accept grooming and clipping without restraint.
• Teaching a cue to ask your horse to come back to you if he/she runs off or walks away.
• Teaching your horse to drop its head to the elevation needed for easier ear clipping and bridling.
• Teaching your horse to stop head tossing while you're working around its head.
• Use the same method for washing your horse's face.
• Teaching your horse to accept pressure on his/her poll – this would save horses that pull back or panic if they step on their reins, etc.
• Teaching the horse to accept blanketing so well that they actually come for the blanket to be put over their head without unbuckling.

Tape 2: Controlling The Mind & Body of Your Horse (1 hour 10 minutes) Covers topics such as:

• Developing the attention span for safe and correct leading.
• The 20 steps to complete round pen training.
• Understanding body language in the round pen.
• Evaluating training methods.

Tape 3: Controlling The Mind & Body of Your Horse(1 hour 10 minutes) Covers topics such as:

• Sacking the horse out.
• Improving ground manners – solving all kinds of leading problems and horses who don't want to move in the round pen.
• Longeing – solutions to various problems.
• The WESN lesson, a directional control exercise based on West, East, South, and North directions.
• Working young foals in the round pen.
• Teaching the horse to back up and walk forward on cue.
• Advanced leading.

Tape 4: Controlling The Mind & Body of Your Horse (1 hour 10 minutes) Covers topics such as:

• Advanced leading. Horses that drag you off.
• Horses that pull back.
• Picking up horse's feet safely.
• Biting stallions.
• Bridling suggestions.
• Comments on twitching.
• How to give shots easily.
• Mounting/dismounting.
• Teaching the horse to stand still while you get on.

Tape 5: Controlling The Mind & Body of Your Horse (1 hour 10 minutes) Covers topics such as:

• Teaching the horse to stop whenever the rider gets off balance.
• Understanding the baby give, good give and great give that John teaches.
• The 9 rooms of the horse and how to have control of specific muscle groups.
• Steadying your hands and the importance of this when training the baby give, good give and great give.

Tape 6: Controlling The Mind & Body of Your Horse(1 hour 10 minutes) Covers topics such as:

• More on understanding giving to the bit.
• Breaking at the poll.
• Importance of repetition – giving left and right.
• Controlling the horse's body through the reins by understanding recognition, response, then control.
• How to pick up leads correctly.
• The active/reactive relationship between us and our horse – how to change the horse into one that responds to us rather than us reacting to what they do.
• Horses that spook.

Tape 7: Controlling The Mind & Body of Your Horse (1 hour 10 minutes) Covers topics such as:

• The rider who has lost his/her confidence.
• Basic and advanced control exercises.
• Overcoming problems such as rearing and buddy sour.
• Rating speed work for the slow jog and slow canter.
• Teaching horses to back.
• Stops.
• Rollbacks.
• Spins.

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