For Immediate Release
Introducing the Lightweight Goodnight Training Flag
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PONCHA SPRINGS, Colo. Aug. 31, 2009 — As Julie Goodnight travels across the country to work with horses and riders for her Horse Master with Julie Goodnight RFD-TV show, she’s noticed that many horse owners are looking for ways to enhance their leaderships with their horses. Turning to groundwork is a great solution, and the Goodnight Training Flag will help as a resourceful tool as you work with your horse. The lightweight (only 5 oz.) Goodnight Training Flag is available for purchase alone for $44.95, or as part of Goodnight’s “Basic Groundwork Package,” including how-to DVDs and a rope halter and starting at $244.95.
The Goodnight Training Flag consists of a 46-inch-long fiberglass stick with a foam grip. The stick, rigid and strong, balances easily in your hand and, weighing in at just 5 oz., feels lighter than other bulky tools designed for the same job. The 18-inch-square flag, made of yellow nylon, will last a lifetime, and immediately catch your horse’s attention. (Animal research shows that horses notice yellow more than other colors.) It’s also silk-screened with the Goodnight logo, and can be removed for washing. The Goodnight Training Flag is available online at http://shop.juliegoodnight.com/shop/tttrainingflag.html and http://shop.juliegoodnight.com/shop/packagecompletegroundwork.html for the whole groundwork package.
“Your relationship with any horse is built from the ground, not the saddle,” says Goodnight. “Through groundwork, you gain your horse’s focus, trust and obedience. He learns to respect your authority as the leader, and he begins to look at you with admiration and a yearning for your acceptance and approval. It’s the ideal relationship to have with a horse—the one that both of you want. No matter where you are now with your horse, things will improve when you begin using my step-by-step groundwork program and have the tools—such as my training flag—to do the job right.”
The Goodnight Training Flag helps keep you at a safe distance from the horse as you work. When you ask a horse to move out in the round pen, it’s normal to see a few kicks, leaps and bucks. If you’re using a longe whip in the round pen, you may accidentally hit your horse with the tool that’s too long and clumsy. Plus, the long whip isn’t rigid enough to act as a space saving tool for you. The Goodnight Training Flag acts as an extension of your arm—helping you to reinforce your cues and claim your own space. Without needing to touch the horse with the flag, the sound and movement inspire his attention. Then, when you’re ready to “sack out” your horse, the Goodnight Training Flag also helps your horse learn to accept any scary stimulus.
In a recent Horse Master episode at the Tanz-Pferde dressage barn http://www.tanz-pferde.com, Goodnight used the Training Flag while teaching a young rider named Clare how to establish leadership with her horse, Lux. The 16-year-old warmblood threw bucking temper tantrums when he didn’t want to work. Goodnight taught Clare how to be her horse’s leader from the ground, in the round pen and established rules, boundaries and expectations with the quickly transformed horse.
With the Training Flag and only fifteen minutes in the round pen, Lux followed Goodnight around and showed his respect for her as a leader. Goodnight showed Clare how to develop a larger perimeter around her so that Lux didn’t move into her space and cut the circle short. Soon he lowered his head and stayed on the rail, in a deliberate gesture of submission. The next day Lux was a changed horse — he maintained his subordinate demeanor and respected boundaries. As Goodnight left the farm, she saw Clare canter figure eights and perform beautiful flying lead changes. The quick round pen lesson with the space saving Goodnight Training Flag impacted Clare’s relationship with Lux on the ground and from the saddle.
To get your Goodnight Training Flag today, visit http://shop.juliegoodnight.com/shop/tttrainingflag.htmlor call (800) 225-8827 to order by phone.
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