I am working with a yearling Appaloosa colt with the Dually Halter in the arena, he rarely puts a foot wrong and corrects easily when schooled. It is outside the arena, moving away from his friends or taking him back to his paddock that I have concerns and difficulties. He seems not to respect my space at times like this which tells me he doesn't respect my space at all! He barges and even on one occasion when he was stressed by one of his friends running up and down the fence beside us, he almost ran over me as he tried to get away from me and get back to him. I try to work him in a variety of situations. E.g. I have another horse and handler sharing the arena sometimes, I let a couple of horses in the area surrounding the arena to create a distraction on other occasions. I really don't have any problem with him when I do this. He might spend a few minutes being a bit more interested in them but quickly returns to listening to me and working well.
I have been concentrating a lot on right hand turns recently to encourage him to think about keeping an awareness of where I am and being ready to move away from me. He listens and reacts PERFECTLY staying beside/behind and almost backing up on the bend to achieve the correct distance from me as I turn. Would someone PLEASE tell me what I can do better/differently so I have the respect I deserve and need from this chappie!? He is an entire colt and he will be my stud so I have to get this right! I am no spring chicken and can't rely on power. (Not that anyone can in the long run!) I have to get the training correct.

Watch the Spooky Kadina chronicles.. those might help!

Hi you All, We are doing a lot of filming at my farm here in Sweden and I think I got some great shots for you, understanding how the horse views the thing about personal space! I´ll get back to you as soon as I have edit the piece!
Warmest Ann Lindberg

Sounds great Ann - looking forward to seeing it. jan4eyes -sounds like you are doing all the right things - schooling with the dually halter whenever he invades your space in the arena and given he is calmer there he is respecting this. Outside the arena especially around other excited horses his adrenalin is up and he is more inclined to ignore you. Given he is a colt this will be a more intense problem than most of us have to deal with. My filly was rather naughty like this when I first had the dually and when I would try to lead her away from her mate. It was impossible to do this with the rope halter so the dually really helped. I found my discipline with the dually had to be much harsher outside the arena to get her to respect it -lots of backing up circling, backing up etc. It did take sometime until she responded appropriately and once she did I gave her lots of praise then led her away in the sweet spot. I had the same problem for a number of days until she accepted that she had to respond to the dually there as well as in the arena. Now I can lead her down with the rope halter but if she reverts at all it is back to the dually for a good discipline session. My filly/mare is quite strong willed with a tendency to be aggressive if you do not keep her in check so she is a challenge sometimes but I think it would be even harder with a colt. Let's look forward to Ann's input from Sweden.

Dear jean4eyes
It is ageneral principle we often forget: If a horse has learnt a behaviour in a quiet roundpen it does not mean that it will work in an another place. The horse may have to learn the same thing again in the new situation. If it does not work you have to go back with your training: first stand still, then go forward one step, then two, and so on. Maybe you have to work also on his obvious separation anxiety.
Rudi

Thanks guys! This is what is so great about this forum. Sometimes just knowing that other people have the same issues and also that you kinda know what you are doing IS the right thing, it gives you the confidence to hang in there. Looking forward to Ann's article.