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| Meet Clinton Anderson | |
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| Preface-A Note from Clinton | |
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| Understanding Horse Psychology | |
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| Predators vs. Prey | |
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| Two Parts to Every Brain | |
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| Left and Right Stand Alone | |
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| Balanced Training | |
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| What Horses Want | |
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| Make the Right Thing Easy and the Wrong Thing Difficult | |
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| The Value of Respect | |
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| Defining Respect | |
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| Respect is a Choice | |
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| Friendship is Built on Respect | |
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| Gaining Respect | |
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| Follow the Leader | |
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| A Reaction Waiting to Happen | |
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| Professional People Trainers | |
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| No Shades of Gray | |
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| Be Black or White | |
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| Body Language | |
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| Assert Yourself | |
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| Resistance is Normal-Expanding the Bull's Eye | |
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| Don't Quit Before the Try | |
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| Safety First | |
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| Responsibility Breeds Respect | |
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| Who's Who | |
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| Introducing Our Riders | |
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| ...and Their Horses | |
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| Life "B.C." (Before Clinton) | |
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| Cecelia's Story | |
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| Paula's Past | |
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| How We Got Involved | |
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| Groundwork Tools | |
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| An Introduction to Groundwork | |
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| Ground Control Equals Confidence | |
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| Constant Maintenance | |
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| The Importance of Groundwork | |
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| Sensitizing and Desensitizing | |
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| I Got Rhythm... | |
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| Keeping the System Balanced | |
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| Quality Over Quantity | |
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| Consistency is Key | |
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| A Byproduct of You | |
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| Essential Groundwork Exercises | |
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| The Hula Hoop | |
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| Desensitizing Exercises | |
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| Desensitizing to the Rope | |
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| Desensitizing to the Handy Stick and String | |
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| Rubbing | |
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| String Toss | |
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| Slapping the Ground | |
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| Disengage the Hindquarters | |
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| Yield the Hindquarters | |
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| Disengage and Turn to Face You | |
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| Backing | |
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| Tap the Air | |
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| Wiggle, Wave, Walk, and Whack | |
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| Marching | |
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| Disengage and Back | |
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| Yielding the Forequarters | |
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| Lungeing for Respect-Stage One | |
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| Flexing to the Halter | |
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| Sending | |
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| Circle Driving | |
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| Establish a Consistent Circle | |
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| Change Directions | |
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| Lungeing for Respect-Stage Two | |
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| Leading Beside | |
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| Follow the Fence | |
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| Inside Turns | |
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| Outside Turns | |
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| Trotting | |
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| Riding Tools | |
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| Before You Ride | |
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| From the Ground Up | |
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| Saddling | |
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| Bridling | |
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| Impulsion Cues and Considerations | |
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| Squeeze, Cluck, Spank | |
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| What if you still don't go? | |
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| How long should you ride? | |
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| Essential Exercises Under Saddle | |
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| Flexing to the Bridle | |
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| Flexing from the Ground | |
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| Flexing Under Saddle | |
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| One-Rein Stop | |
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| Cruising | |
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| Follow the Fence | |
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| Bending | |
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| Yielding the Hindquarters | |
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| Disengage the Hindquarters Under Saddle | |
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| Yield the Hindquarters Along the Fence | |
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| Three Impulsion Exercises | |
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| Post-to-Post | |
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| Circle at Post | |
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| Four Leaf Clover | |
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| Introduction to Sidepassing | |
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| Vertical Flexion: Poll Control | |
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| Backing | |
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| The Journey Continues | |
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| Where do you go from here? | |
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| A Final Word from Our Riders | |
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| Resources | |
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| Glossary | |
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| Index | |