Comments on: Al Dunning http://reinersblog.com Documenting the experiences and commentary of a fledgling reiner in her quest to train a performance horse Tue, 06 Jan 2009 06:46:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Al Popovich http://reinersblog.com/trainer-clinic-reviews/al-dunning/#comment-70 Al Popovich Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:23:49 +0000 http://reinersblog.com/trainer-clinic-reviews/al-dunning/#comment-70 If I ever run into Al Dunning I definitely need to buy him a drink...or maybe a yacht. He got me started with an article in The Western Horseman magazine probably before you all were born. I don't remember the exact article but I sure enough remember his advise on rein control and "shaking" the reins with your fingers rather than "pulling". 30 some years later I think of that advise about every time a grab a rein. Now to tell a little secret about Mr. Dunning...he had curly hair back then. But he still got a really cool first name huh..............? If I ever run into Al Dunning I definitely need to buy him a drink…or maybe a yacht. He got me started with an article in The Western Horseman magazine probably before you all were born.

I don’t remember the exact article but I sure enough remember his advise on rein control and “shaking” the reins with your fingers rather than “pulling”. 30 some years later I think of that advise about every time a grab a rein.

Now to tell a little secret about Mr. Dunning…he had curly hair back then. But he still got a really cool first name huh…………..?

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