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Bunkhouse
Reviews
Western Horseman October
1996
Wil
Howe’s From Foundation to Finished
Training Video
Series
#2
10-Step Training Program
The Formula for Success
In
the second video of his three tape series,
noted clinician and trainer, Wil Howe,
offers his 10-step program for training
horses. He covers the fundamentals of
bitting, rein response, body position, and
much more.
With
his straightforward approach to riding,
Howe makes complicated maneuvers simple.
He has dissected all the necessary parts
of intricate maneuvers and broken them
down into small, manageable steps any
rider can accomplish. One step builds upon
the other steps, and once learned by the
horse, they can be combined into the fancy
performance of highly trained
horses.
The
hour-and-a-half tape begins with Wil
discussing the nature of the horse, going
over some of the points he thoroughly
presented in his first video
(Establishing Leadership From the
Ground Up), reviewed in our
July issue.
The
heart of this tape is the 10 steps, which
are laid out in a logical sequence. With
exercises, Wil builds a finished
product-an obedient, willing, and reliable
horse. They are the basis for collection
and, actually, for anything you do on a
horse.
Howe’s
entire program is a nice balance between
the horse psychology and behavior theories
and riding applications preached by
today’s horsemanship clinicians and
the show ring techniques used by
successful performance horse trainers.
What you get is the best of both worlds
for you and your horse.
Like
the first tape, this one is well done with
good picture and sound. It comes with a
Notes & Reminders pamphlet, so you can
review the various sections of the
tape.
The
last video of this series will be reviewed
at a late date, and is titled.
Beyond the Snaffle. In it, Wil
shows how to advance to neck-reining and a
leverage bit. The work in Tape #2 is all
done using a snaffle.
Performance
Horse Magazine
Spring 96
Debbie O’Brian
‘Howe
to’ Tapes Make Sense For the Show
Ring
Wil
Howe and his wife Beverly have been a
presence on the horse show circuit for a
great many years. He has shown everything
from pleasure horses to cutters, reiners
and working cow horses. Along the way, he
has developed a very strong philosophy
about training and showing horses. A new
set of video tapes, titled "From
Foundation to Finished" are now available.
The videos are useful to the horseman
developing a young prospect as for
re-training older horses.
The
first video, titled "The Proper
Perspective," deals with the most
effective aids in training your horse,
including the all-important round pen. Wil
uses different horses to illustrate each
point, even proving the worth of his
advice by using horses of different ages
and temperaments. He talks extensively
about the response patterns in the horse,
and body language in both horse and
handler. The video creates a path to
understanding the most direct route to
respect ant trust between the handler and
the horse.
The
second video, titled "The Formula for
Success," includes the specific steps
necessary to create the finished, willing
horse. Whether planning for a show career
or a trail horse, this video will help you
achieve control over a balanced and
attentive horse. Howe teaches control of
all ‘four corners’ of the horse.
He teaches exercises that will help your
horse become a better performer. He talks
a great deal about your hands, use of
legs, and timing. His explanation of such
important training segments as use of
spurs and the horse’s comfort zone is
done simply but with great attention to
detail. Some tapes may be brilliant
examples of the trainer’s talents,
but land over the head of the average
horseman. The is not the case with the
Howe tapes.
The
tapes will help you in or out of the show
ring. To order, call Dary Reed
1.509.952.3188
Trophy
Magazine
Spring 96
Jeff
Tracy-Producer of Horseman’s World
National Radio Program
Establishing
Leadership From the Ground up & the
Ten Step Training Program
(Tapes #1 & #2 of Wil Howe’s
From Foundation to
Finished©
Training
Video Series)
Wil
Howe’s training videos will make
sense to anybody who has worked their own
horse and wondered why faithful IBN
Boo-Boo didn’t perform well. Howe
takes a very down to earth approach to
getting and keeping your horse’s
attention, but he doesn’t dissect the
matter into too fine a detail which often
leads the viewer to believe they’ve
missed something in "step 6, part B,
subsection 23.5, line 207."
To
train horses you have to be born with some
talent and natural ability, but to enjoy
handling or riding horses is within the
reach of all persons who can dedicate
themselves to learning the basics-a
discipline which Howe makes easy to
learn.
Howe,
unlike many of his peers, explains that at
times a horse needs to be bit up, tied
back or around and that "attention" must
be gotten.
With
all the round-pen revolutionaries out
there in the market today, Howe is one of
the best at keeping the message simple,
honest, and results-oriented. Your end
result, having watched the video, will be
increased knowledge of working your horse
not only in the snaffle, but also the
bosal and bridle.
If
you’ve got space for two more horse
videos on the shelf then these two would
be excellent additions to your
library.
America’s
Foundation Quarter Horse Journal,
January 1998
The philosophies and unique approach to
horse training of renowned trainer and
clinician , Wil Howe, are now available in
a three part, five hour video series
entitled "From Foundation to
Finished ©" and are some of
the best we have seen in years! Although
there are a lot of training videos on the
market today, it seems like every trainer
has one out, many don’t seem to get
their point across. This is definitely not
a problem with this series of videos. Wil
takes you from the groundwork with your
horse in the round pen to the finished
stage of advancing your horse in the
bridle with in depth instructions. Wil
claims with his "From Foundation to
Finished ©" program applied
to it’s fullest a horseman seeking
tangible information will have the tools
to advance their horse to any performance
level they choose, be it ranch work or the
show arena, and we have to agree.
The second in the series is the
10 Step Training
Program. On this tape Howe takes
you through a series of easy to follow,
well done, instructions that will result
in a willing responsive horse. This
program works for training both young
colts or "tuning up" older horses. He
talks a great deal about the importance of
soft hands, use of your legs and timing.
Starting with bitting up exercises,
establishing a headset and collection as
your horse learns to give to the bit, Wil
follows with teaching you how to attain
complete control of four corners of your
horse. These steps including collection,
reverse, roll backs, stops and much more
are the very foundation for training any
performance horse. This is one of the best
videos to come along in years. Following
the process of this video , one can
achieve a lighter, more responsive animal.
Howe insists that the sequence in which
these ten steps are taught is the key,
like building blocks each step is
dependant on the one that came before. He
stresses not rushing the horse and if you
encounter a problem go back to the last
step the horse was comfortable with and
slowly bring him forward again. "A well
broke horse is your best teacher, but
keeping one well broke and tuned is an art
in itself. I try to show people how to
keep the edge on their horses. Whether
just trail riding or competing in shows,
performance is performance!"
Wil Howe is a cowboy, horseman &
philosopher, having spent 30 years making
a living with horses, mainly Quarter
Horses. He spent 10 years cowboying on
ranches in Wyoming, Colorado, Idaho and
Montana before settling in Oregon where he
got started in the competitive world of
showing in which he specialized in reined
cowhorses & cutting horses. Since then
he and his wife, Beverly, have developed a
reputation for training and producing the
all around , well broke horse by
the high standards of their top performing
and high selling geldings throughout the
West.
This all around, well broke horse with the
traits and training Wil seeks to produce,
exemplifies the true Quarter Horse and
what the Foundation Quarter Horse
Associations are trying to promote.
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